India

 Experiments with truth

Innovative science teaching scheme relegated to supplementary status

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
Sopan Joshi
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Children, Village Level Planning, Technology, Education, Governance, NGO, India, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Power of knowledge

In Madhya Pradesh, Mangal and Surshingh of Sarai village, go to the district administration at Dhar, several kilometres away, to lodge complaints against local services. Sometimes, it is about

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Development, Education, Madhya Pradesh, Computers
India

 Gearing up for Bt cotton

Farmers ready to sow GM cotton in Andhra Pradesh

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agricultural Inputs, Pest Control, Cotton, Farmers, Crop Biodiversity, Genetic Engineering, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
India

 A midsummer dream

Anyone will tell you that follow-ups are not a story. Journalism is not about

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
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Groundwater Recharge, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Dams, Irrigation, Watershed Development, NGO, India, Gujarat, Rajkot, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Open or shut row

Confusion over move to close down Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
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Tags:
Endangered Species, Birds, Bustard, Sanctuaries, India, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Searing spell

Current heat wave is not just an aberration, feel experts

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Glaciers, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Research, Scientists, Antarctica, India, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rainfall Pattern
India

 RAPPED FOR INACTION

More than 24 people were accused in the land and forest scam in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. However, no action was taken against the culprits. Taking serious note of this, an empowered

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Timber Smuggling, India, Chhattisgarh, Bastar, Madhya Pradesh
Water Resources

 Water, water...

Battle lines are drawn as drought proofing remains a distant dream

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
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Water Resources, Water Conservation, Drought, Drought Relief, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Gaps galore

This book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the joint forest management (JFM) programme. The beginnings of this initiative can be dated to the early 1970s, when people had just begun

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Madhav Gadgil
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Forest Management, Forest Policy, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Protected Area Conservation, Economic Development, Unemployment, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha)
Climate Change

 More land for landless

Proposed change in land law may cause inter village disputes

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Prabhanjan Verma
Down to Earth
Tags:
Grazing Lands, Land Reforms, Livestock, Legislation, Gram Sabhas, Madhya Pradesh

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