AIZAWL, June 25: A sum of Rs 68,59,96,000 has been allotted for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for the year 2009-10 to Mizoram, official sources said here today.
According to the state level monitoring committee, the Centre has sanctioned the fund for the eight districts of Mizoram, except for Lunglei.
An evaluation was made on the performance of three tree species viz. Alnus nepalenis D. Don. Melia azadirachta A. Juss. and Gmelina arborea Roxb. and their interactive effects on crop yield during establishment period. The seedlings of all tree species survived better under cropped than un-cropped plots.
Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather. More »
Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather.......More»
Heat waves follow a dry spell in Orissa and West Bengal, killing 80 people in April. Dust storms take Assam by surprise and Malwa scrambles for water. What
New Delhi: While the Union Health Ministry waits for May 31 to put in practice its ambitious plan of pictorial warnings on all tobacco products, the move to ban smoking in public places seems to have paid rich dividends. Hefty fine amounts collected since the ban was imposed from October 2 last year indicate the strict enforcement of the ban.
AIZAWL, May 17: Food scarcity has hit Mizoram as rice, the staple food of the state, could not be transported through trains due to militancy in neighbouring Asom, official sources said here.They said that train services in Asom were disrupted following recent attacks on trains by suspected Dimasa rebels on the Lumding-Badarpur sector, causing erratic supply of rice at Mizoram
