PANJIM, The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), in its revised guidelines for the declaration of Critical Wildlife Habitats (CWH), has given importance to ‘gram sabhas’ by making it mandatory to seek their consent in certain matters.
An expert committee will now determine the habitats
Stung by the criticism of forest rights activists, wildlife activists and scientists regarding its initial draft guidelines for determining critical wildlife habitats issued in February, the Environment Ministry has now come out with a revised version.
The Ministry was forced to withdraw the earlier guidelines on March 4 after protests that t
The Environment Ministry on Monday gave its final clearance to the South Korean steel major POSCO to divert 1,253 hectares of forest land for its iron and steel project in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, reposing
This MoEF order dated May 2, 2011 has granted final approval to Orissa for diversion of 1,253 hectares of forest land for Posco's steel project. It says that the steel firm should not export raw material from the proposed project.
While it is widely agreed that an important goal of Panchayati Raj is to ensure better implementation of government's rural development programmes by ensuring participation of people, it is also important to assert that the role of Panchayati Raj Institutions at various levels is certainly not restricted to blind acceptance of the policies and programmes of the central and state governments.
While it is widely agreed that an important goal of Panchayati Raj is to ensure better implementation of government's rural development programmes by ensuring participation of people, it is also important to assert that the Panchayati Raj insitutions at various levels (or three tiers) is certainly not restricted to blind acceptance of the policies and programmes of the central and state governm
AS VILLAGE pramukh Madhuben Shiayal finished addressing the meeting, a dozen koli men and a handful of women who had taken off time from weeding the bajri fields got up to go.
Implementing agency of MGNREGS will have nothing to do with audit process
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India will henceforth annually audit the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) accounts and the report would be tabled in Parliament.
Under the notified new social audit rules of MGNREGS, the CAG or any person appointed by him will certify the annual ac
