Sanitation

 South Asia

No littering in bhutan: Bhutan has passed a law to prevent littering and pollution in the kingdom's capital Thimphu. The Thimphu Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules and Regulations 2007 will come

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
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Development, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Marine Fisherfolk, Economic Development, Legislation, World Bank, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Tamil Nadu, South Asia
India

 Landless poor march to Delhi. Then what?

Faced with 25,000 landless people from across the country marching up to parliament on October 29 to register their protest, the United Progressive Alliance (upa) government announced the creation of

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Development, Displacement, Tribals, Landless, Conflicts, Industry, Parliament, Government Of India (GOI), Community Groups, NGO, India, Delhi
Industry

 In credible India

Sometimes, a fortnight can mirror a year. With the year-end approaching, a flashback is usually in order. But recent events have made completely clear to me where we are and where we are headed.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
Sunita Narain
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Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Trade, Child Labour, Conflicts, Economic Development, Industry, Private Sector, Governance, Politics, India, Naxalites
Agriculture

 Reliance SEZ in Haryana sanctioned

it's official. The Reliance special economic zone (sez) project in Haryana is on. On June 5, the Board of Approval of sezs, a government body, gave its nod to the sez, which is to come up in 565

Publication Date: 
29/06/2007
Arnab Pratim Dutta
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Agriculture, Development, Farmers, Conflicts, India, Haryana, Gurgaon (D)
Industry

 Efficiency versus democracy

Industrialist Ratan Tata has reportedly written to the prime minister cribbing about delays in implementing big buck projects. In his capacity as the chair of the government s investment commission

Publication Date: 
29/06/2007
Sunita Narain
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Displacement, Tribals, Conflicts, Poverty, Industry, Legislation, Government Of India (GOI), India, Pondicherry
Industry

 Gujarat faces forced land aquisition in name of industrialisation

Gujarat has received encomiums from many quarters for its rapid industrialisation. Industries have mushroomed all over the state, thanks to investment campaigns like

Publication Date: 
14/06/2007
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Displacement, Farmers, Conflicts, Economic Development, Industry, Panchayats, India, Gujarat
Industry

 Update

Nandigram in West Bengal continues to witness sporadic outbreaks of violence between anti- and pro-land acquisition forces. On April 29, one person was killed and two others injured in clashes

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Conflicts, Industry, High Court, Political Parties, West Bengal
India

 'Privatisation has increased rural neglect'

The northeast has been badly affected by ethnic strife. DILIP GOGOI of Cotton College, Guwahati, on its vulnerability Are ethnic conflicts more frequent in the northeast compared to other parts

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
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North East, Development, Tribals, Conflicts, Rural Development, Economic Development, Poverty, India, Rural Poverty
Industry

 Freeze on special economic zones lifted

the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) lifted the freeze on special economic zones (sezs) on April 5, 2007, with some policy dilutions. It fixed the upper limit for sezs at 5,000 hectares.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2007
Kirtiman Awasthi
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Tags:
Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Industry, Government Of India (GOI), India
Industry

 Update

On March 28, 2007, West Bengal's chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee announced that the state had scrapped the proposal to build a special economic zone in the state's Nandigram block in East

Publication Date: 
29/04/2007
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Conflicts, Industry, High Court, Human Rights, West Bengal

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