India

 Spark in the soot

Conflict kindles among states of India s iron ore belt

Publication Date: 
29/06/2005
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Iron And Steel Industry, Minerals, Iron, India, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha)
Forests

Law of the jungle

Environmentalists fear Scheduled Tribe Bill will put India's forest cover at stake.

Publication Date: 
27/06/2005
Neeraj Mishra
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Forest Encroachments, Tribals, Project Tiger, Forests, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1988, Supreme Court, CSE, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sunita Narain
Mining

 Theirs to mine?

This is the question angry and beleaguered tribals in Orissa and Jharkhand are asking, as mining companies set up shop in the midst of their land and forests, rooting to uproot them.

It is a question the companies answer firmly in the affirm

Publication Date: 
14/04/2005
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Forests, Mining, Minerals, Coal, Displacement, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Legislation, Supreme Court, Governance, India, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), Statistics
India

 Poll hurdles

Several problems ail the panchayat elections

Publication Date: 
29/11/2004
VIKAS YADAV
Down to Earth
Tags:
Panchayats, Politics, Haryana, Jharkhand
Food Policy

Food for all

The right-to-food campaign gets a fillip with the Common Minimum Programme of the new government incorporating far-reaching commitments on food security and the evolving constitutional doctrine tha

Publication Date: 
02/07/2004
Sukumar Muralidharan
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Food Security, India, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Supreme Court, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Arunachal, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Orissa (Odisha), Punjab, West Bengal, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Mining

 If projects are for people

Then why are their voices being muffled?

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
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Mining, Uranium, Legislation, Governance, India, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand
India

 RED ALERT in nuclear India

India s pampered nuclear power programme is losing steam. Uranium stocks are almost over; people won t let the government dig new mines; all projects are running late and new technology is almost impossible to get as decommissioning reactors is the trend

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Mining, Uranium, Health Effects, Nuclear Power, Compensation, Radiation, Occupational Health, Fast Breeders, Supreme Court, India, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Meghalaya
Food Policy

Supreme Court order on Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) dated 20/04/2004

Supreme Court order on Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) dated 20/04/2004 in the matter of People's Union for Civil Liberties Vs Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date: 
20/04/2004
Tags:
Mid-Day Meal Programme, Child Health, Supreme Court, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Tribals, Government Of India (GOI), Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Nutrition
India

 Puppet power

Gyani Baba wise saint, literarily , a seven feet tall puppet with handle moustache, is up for a big task in Rajasthan s Ajmer district. He is teaching the importance of good governance and asking people to fight drought. Immensely popular, Gyani Baba has

Publication Date: 
14/10/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Drought, Information, Governance, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, India, Jharkhand, Rajasthan
India

 Caught napping, again

Retreating monsoon leaves trail of death and destruction across much of India

Publication Date: 
14/10/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Floods, Drought, Disaster Management, India, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Orissa (Odisha), Uttar Pradesh

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