Environmental court: Pakistan's Sindh High Court has recently directed the ministry of environment to establish environment tribunals, as required by the Pakistan Environment Protection Act, 1997,

THE Himachal Pradesh government's attitude towards implementing the Catchment Area Treatment (cat) plan has been described as sluggish by environmentalists. The state government has also been accused

While the Indian farmer considers whether it is worth farming at all, the world's largest agricultural research and development project

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to shut down its libraries, end public access to research materials and put into cold storage its collection of materials on the assumption

according to recent media reports, the Union ministry of finance is set to notify a list of infrastructure facilities eligible for tax concessions. The concessions may be extended to the hospitality

Warehousing Bill, a double edged sword for farmers

FM focuses on political environment

In 2003, 10 of the largest commercial banks in the world agreed to the so-called Equator Principles: a set of policies for financial institutions to determine, assess and manage environmental and social risks in project finance. By 2005 end, 37 of the world's largest private financial institutions signed it. The principles' overall framework is based on environmental and social safeguard policies, pollution standards and environmental and social risk categorisation system.

Government juggles with data to rehash Northeast India s industrial policy

Centre keen on implementing Vaidyanathan committee report

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