Haryana

CSE s Clean Air campaigners ANUMITA ROYCHOWDHURY and CHIRAG SHAH expose the dirty, intelligent and systematic business of fuel adulteration:

The problem: Oil companies refuse to take ultimate responsibility for the quality of the fuel the

Publication Date:

14/11/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031115

pp:

0

Tags:

Air Pollution, Fuel Quality, Diesel, Petrol, Fuel Adulteration, Kerosene, Transport, Auto Industry, Petrochemical Industry, Auto Technology, Supreme Court, Delhi, Haryana, Statistics

Air Pollution

Same indifference

Last week, on a visit to the cold desert of Ladakh, I learnt something important. It made me see the ongoing agricultural negotiations at the World Trade Organization s meet in Cancun, Mexico in a

Publication Date:

29/09/2003

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20030930

pp:

9

Tags:

Agriculture, Natural Fertilisers, Food Crops, Water Resources, Irrigation, WTO, Waste Conversion, Imports, Industry, Government Of India (GOI), Haryana, Punjab

Wildlife

Glass syringes vs disposable needles

The Haryana government s recent decision to promote glass syringes is in the midst of a storm. It has, in fact, created clear factions; one that supports the move and the other opposing it. The fact that the Union ministry of health and family welfare is

Publication Date:

30/07/2003

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Hospital Waste, Technology, Governance, Haryana, Waste Recycling

India

Clucking in alarm

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the economic loss has already mounted to more than Rs 60 crore. Even as the authorities final diagnosis is long overd

Publication Date:

14/06/2003

Author(s): T V Jayan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Animal Diseases, Poultry, Medical Research, Drug Industry, Vaccination, Viral Diseases, Birds, India, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan

India

Perpetually ill prepared

Inept response as mystery fever grips Uttar Pradesh

Publication Date:

30/01/2003

Author(s): Pranay Lal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20030131

pp:

0

Tags:

Children, Health Policy, Medical Research, Child Health, India, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Saharanpur, Diseases

Environment

Shallow scheme

Drinking water project peppered with flaws

Publication Date:

30/01/2003

Author(s): R V Singh

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Management, Water Policy, Rural Water Supply, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Panchayats, NGO, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

India

Are pills doctored?

A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son s serious illness

Publication Date:

14/12/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20021215

pp:

0

Tags:

Compensation, Medical Research, Diagnostic Methods, Drugs, Drug Industry, High Court, Bangladesh, India, Haryana, Punjab

Energy

Success factors in improved stoves programmes: lessons from six states in India

An evaluation of the Government of India's NPIC (National Programme of Improved Cookstoves) was undertaken in six states to learn lessons and assess impediments to future stoves programmes. The programmes were assessed on the basis of stove design, consumer satisfaction, capacity for quality control, and the role of subsidies in reaching a greater number of people.

Publication Date:

01/12/2002

Author(s): Douglas Barnes, Priti Kumar

Source: Journal of Environmental Studies and Policy

Vol:

5

Issue:

2

pp:

99

Tags: