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India

 Made to fail

Employment Guarantee Scheme, first of its kind drought relief scheme has had no impact on the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra in almost 30 years because it has failed to involve people in managing rural assets

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Drought Prone Areas, Water Resources, Drought, Drought Relief, Famine, Planning, India, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, Corruption
India

 Testing time

Revisits by Down To Earth reporters to villages that undertook water harvesting offer some valuable lessons in drought management

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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India

 Think institution

The need of the hour is to decentralise drought management and think long term

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Drought Prone Areas, Water Resources, Drought, Drought Relief, Famine, Planning, India, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, Corruption
Water Pollution

 Trouble in Dewas

Deforestation, corruption or politics? The killing of four tribals in Madhya Pradesh s Dewas district leaves many questions unanswered

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Kazimuddin Ahmed
Down to Earth
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Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Wood, Housing Construction, Tribals, Compensation, Gram Sabhas, NGO, Politics, Madhya Pradesh, Dewas (D), Corruption
India

 Spent force

the Bihar government has been spending over Rs 2.22 crore annually for 17 years on the salary of those employed in its small pox eradication programme though the world was declared free from

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Cholera, Small Pox, Bihar, Diseases, Corruption
Industry

 FOLLOW UP

The Union government has decided to implement schemes similar to the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) for 23 new rivers in 10 states, proving that it has learnt little from the poor implementation of the

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
Down to Earth
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River Pollution, Ganga, Corruption
Natural Disasters

 Board dissolved

the Madhya Pradesh government has dissolved the state pollution control board after its chairperson V K Jain was arrested by the Lok Ayukta (la), an autonomous watchdog body. The la says

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Food Process Industry, Legislation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Madhya Pradesh, Corruption
Water Pollution

 No new laws

the Central Pollution Control Board's (cpcb) effort to come out with a new water quality reviewing criteria after

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Aid, Government Of India (GOI), Corruption
Transport

 but why CNG?

Particles in diesel exhaust are toxic and can harm the foetus. Given the high levels of particulate pollution in Delhi, CNG is the cleanest option available

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Cancer, CNG, Diesel, Transport, Three Wheelers, Supreme Court, Governance, Political Parties, Politics, Delhi, Corruption
Transport

 The CNG sabotage

To clean up Delhi's air, the Supreme Court ruled in July 1998 that all public transport should move away from diesel and towards compressed natural gas CNG By March 31, 2001. But the Union government and the Delhi state government have done nothing apar

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Cancer, CNG, Diesel, Transport, Three Wheelers, Supreme Court, Governance, Political Parties, Politics, Delhi, Corruption

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