Sikkim has led the way by setting up a Commission on Glacier and Climate in the State in September 2007.
According to ML Arrawatia, member secretary of the Commission and also Secretary of Science and Technology department, Government of India has also taken steps to study the glaciers of the country. Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh has released a book also on National Action Plan for climate change and he has set up a national council to study it.
The annual Sino-India border trade at Nathu La, which was to be reopened today, has been postponed following the Commerce Ministry's communique to the Sikkim government, official sources said here. "We have received a fax message from the Union Commerce Ministry late last evening informing about the postponement of the reopening of the border trade at Nathu La,' the District Collector (East) Vishal Chauhan told PTI here. The reopening of annual trade at Nathu La may take place on May 19, he said.
With the demand of electricity ever increasing in the country, the Centre has reiterated its commitment to meet the requirement by adding capacity to the tune of one lakh MW under the 12th Five Year Plan, according to the Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.
