The India-canada Environment facility (ICEF), joint initiative of the Canadian Government and the Government of India, has approved grants of Rs. 17.58 crores for two projects on environmental

The Global environment Facility (GEF) will more than double its funding to India and will hold its first ministerial-level meeting in New Delhi in April. Disclosing this, GEF's visiting

Twelve nations meeting in La Jolla, California, concluded negotiations on February 7, 1998, on a legally binding tuna-dolphin fisheries conservation agreement. Unlike most international agreements,

The sugar industry im Uttar Pradesh poses a serious threat to the aquatic life in the Ganga and its tributaries. One-hundred and two sugarmills in the area released about 50 tonnes of organic

The Delhi Lt. Governor, Mr. Tejendra Khanna, has said that a strategy for the decentralised disposal of garbage can be a significant and useful method of bringing about better sanitation and

The government will consider providing 50 per cent capital subsidy to states for existing as well as new sewage treatment plants. States have been asked to incorporate energy recovery component for

The India-Canada Environment Facility has approved Rs 17.58 crore for two environment projects. Rs 14.38 crore has been sanctioned to Manipur's Loktak Development Authority and Wetlands

The Union Agriculture Minister, Mr. Chaturanan Mishra, has said that land and water conservation should become a people's movement so that the Government's effort in this sphere boils down to more of

The sugar industry in Uttar Pradesh poses a serious threat to the aquatic life in Ganga River and its tributaries. The 102 sugar mills in the area release about 50 tonnes of organic wastes and

The Indian Society for Environmental Health (ISEH) has set up an incinerator here as part of measures to keep the city pollution free from hospital wastes. Designed and erected by the Department of