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 The view from below

Development strategies cry out for a "bottoms up" approach that involves the intended beneficiaries

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
Evan Goldsmith
Down to Earth
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India, Sustainable Development
India

 Joy of learning can be a pain

Children fell victim to organisational inefficiency and indifference at the National Joy of Learning Festival held recently in the Capital

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14/12/1994
Meera Iyer
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Children, Education, India, Delhi
India

 Dreams in jute

Jute fibre is making a comeback in new and innovative ways

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
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Jute, India
India

 India gassed

Climate changes induced by increasing concentration of greenhouse gases could adversely affect the country's crop yields

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
Down to Earth
India

 Road to chaos

The beginning of uncontrolled consumerism is the end of a planned city

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
Ram Bilas Gupta
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Urbanisation, Consumers Movement, India
India

 For whom the bell tolls

PERIODICALLY, rich and priveleged humans accuse their poor and marginalised counterparts of being responsible for all the ills of the world. The latest representative of this genre of twisted

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
Down to Earth
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19941215
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Development
India

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JUTE MANUFACTURERS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 3A Park Plaza 71 Park Street Calcutta 700 016 JUTE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LABORATORIES 12, Regent Park Calcutta 700016 INDIAN JUTE INDUSTRIES RESEARCH

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
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India

 Double timing

Will 2 time zones help India function at peak efficiency?

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
Rahul Shrivastava
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Energy Surveys, India
India

 A forest of controls

"HISTORY repeats itself, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce." In 1982, protests by tribal groups and urban environmentalists led to the withdrawal of a draft Forest Bill. This

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
Mahesh Rangarajan
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19941215
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Forest Act 1988, India
India

 Leaf storm

Indian scientists are resorting to tissue culture to salvage plants facing extinction

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
Anju Sharma
Down to Earth
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Western Ghats, Deforestation, Endangered Species, India

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