With some States defaulting on payment of their share of funds for providing meals to children in government schools, adversely affecting the implementation of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, the Centre has now asked all States to consider adopting Andhra Pradesh's model ‘Green Channel Scheme.' The A.P. model makes funds available throughout the year.

Jorhat, April 24: The forest department is taking up a project to harvest rainwater from three rain-fed channels that flow through Gibbon wildlife sanctuary from the hills in neighbouring Nagaland

99,850 Hectares Of Green Cover Eroded Between ’07 & ’09: IISc Study.

Jorhat, April 10: The forest department is thinking of installing solar fences in an area along the Brahmaputra, northeast of the town to keep out a wandering herd of elephants — that moves along t

In a first in the entire northeastern region, the NREGS workers in Meghalaya are going to get their pay through biometric smart cards.

Deforestation and conversion of land for agriculture has caused habitat loss leading to threat to Blyth’s tragopan, an endangered bird, in Nagaland.

According to the latest annual report of the forest and wildlife department, large-scale hunting and snaring of this enchanting bird by people for food was also a big threat.

With the financial year starting on April 1, villagers working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) will get Rs 191 per day as wages.

Gangtok: The poverty level in Sikkim has gone down with 80,000 people now living below poverty line, according to the new official estimates for 2009-2010 released by the Planning Commission.

While in 2004-2005, poverty level in Sikkim stood at 30.9 per cent with 1,70,000 people living under BPL, in the wake of the intense poverty alleviation programme initiated by the government, it has been significantly reduced in both urban and rural areas, official sources said.