Karnataka

India

Food for taught

Should Karnataka expand the midday meal scheme without fine tuning it?

Publication Date:

29/11/2003

Author(s): E Vijayalakshmi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Nutrition, Food Contamination, Child Health, Education, Governance, Panchayats, NGO, India, Karnataka, Bangalore (D)

Wildlife

On October 15, 2003, the Prime Minister PM attended the first meeting of the new all powerful Indian Wildlife Board. He gave a virtuoso performance. In green poetical terms, he said: We need people centred conservation approaches with the participati

Publication Date:

14/11/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031115

pp:

0

Tags:

Mining, Wildlife, Kudremukh NP, High Court, Karnataka

Agriculture

In a hole

Dengue grips Bangalore

Publication Date:

30/10/2003

Author(s): E Vijayalakshmi

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031031

pp:

0

Tags:

Animal Breeding, Malaria, Dengue, Medical Research, Karnataka, Bangalore (D)

Mining

Where are the panchayats?

Of the three farm water conservation programmes currently under way in Karnataka, the Jal Samvardhene Yojana (jsy) has completed a year of operation. The programme’s stated objective is to demonstrate the viability of community-based approaches to tank re

Publication Date:

30/10/2003

Author(s): Manu N Kulkarni

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031031

pp:

0

Tags:

Agricultural Inputs, Tanks, Water Conservation, Irrigation, Rehabilitation, Finance, Panchayats, NGO, Karnataka

India

The negotiators

Of India's 18 major rivers, 17 are inter state. In all cases, the water is intensely fought over. In all cases, there seems no resolution. In such a situation, can modern India take a page or two out of the traditional water manager's unwritten manual on

Publication Date:

30/10/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031031

pp:

0

Tags:

Rivers, Cauvery, Tanks, Water Management, Water Distribution, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Interstate Disputes, Traditional Knowledge, Legislation, Gram Sabhas, NGO, India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Ladakh

Environment

Silver iodide lining

Cloud seeding is a safe but improbable method to enhance rains

Publication Date:

14/10/2003

Author(s): T V Jayan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Monsoons, Technology, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra

India

Caught napping, again

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

Publication Date:

14/10/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Floods, Drought, Disaster Management, India, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Orissa (Odisha), Uttar Pradesh

India

Book review: Panchayats, democracy and development

In 1992 the Indian Parliament approved of the 73rd constitutional amendment, which made it mandatory for state governments to devolve powers to local bodies. More than a decade later, Vinod Vyasulu, director, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalor

Publication Date:

29/09/2003

Author(s): E Vijayalakshmi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Development, Finance, Panchayats, India, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh

Mining