The fee structure proposed under the Prevention and Control of Pollution (Unifrom Consent Procedure) Rules, 1999, for grant of consent to industries to starting the operation is likely to be revised

The World Education Forum has envisaged Education For All by the year 2015. The decade-old Jomtien declaration did not meet its target of education for all by 2000, so the Dakar Framework of Action

The human resources development ministry has set up a task force to monitor the working of the non-government organisations (NGOs) which receive funds from it. Replying to questions in the Rajya

In a bid to tide over the power shortage, the Rajasthan Government is planning to establish four hydro-power projects shortly. They will include a Rs. 15-crore plant to be set up at the Bisalpur dam

The Jaipur Zilla Doodh Utpadak Sangh, which is representing the fruits of the White Revolution at the ongoing Krishi Expo 2000 at Pragati Maidan. Started in 1990-91 at the initiative of the National

report : The assets of the world's 200 richest people are more than the combined income of 41 per cent of the world's population, notes a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report. A yearly

It's the turn of the voluntary sector to be rated for various aspects of their performance. To begin with 2,000 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are to be rated on the basis of their financial

A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court hearing arguments on the sharing of Krishna river water and on the height of Almatti dam, restrained the three states involved from airing their grievances

The most detailed examination ever of education in the Asia Pacific has revealed great progress in some areas, but also warns of persistently high dropout rates and discrimination. Representatives of

A whopping 6.5 lakh children in the National Capital are out of school despite a Supreme Court ruling that children under the age of 14 years have a fundamental right to