Montek: Even though India has received nearly $ 150 million from the GEF and has leveraged another $ 150 million for projects that help conserve global ecology, this was nowhere enough, according to
India will be contributing about $9 million to the Global Environment Facility as part of the second replenishment tranche. The previous contribution was also at $9 million. The facility is a
The European Commission has imposed provisional anti dumping duties on imports of unbleached cotton grey fabrics from India, China and Pakistan, besides three other countries. A decision to impose
More than 300 experts, researchrs, and policy-makers from across the country will come together to discuss sustainable development of mountain environment at a two-day national seminar beginning here
On climate change policy, as on so much else, President Bill Clinton's rehetoric is beyond reproach. In Kyoto last Decemeber, his negotiators committed the United States to reduce its greenhouse gas
The Union Government is hosting the first ever assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) here from April 1 to 3.As many as 161 Governments will participate in the assembly which will review
The Assam Government will soon enact a bill to control the use of polythene and other non-biodegradable garbage in the State in order to preserve the environment. Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar
The Urban Land Ceiling Act will be "significantly modified" shortly, said urban development and employment minister Ram Jethmalani yesterday. He also called for greater private sector participation
The immediate fallout of the Madras High Court Green Bench's ruling last month providing a final three months deadline for operationalising the pollution control measures for the Tirupur dyeing
There is fresh hope for the beleagured Rs 800-crore Sanghi Cements Project as a team from the ministry of environment and forests leaves for the Sanghi Cement jetty site in Kutch to finalise