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 Spent force?

the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (cag) has condemned the Orissa government and the state pollution control board (pcb) for their failure on various fronts, including lapses in

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, River Pollution, Chilka, Water Quality, Health Effects, Governance, India, Orissa (Odisha)
Air Pollution

 Unkindest cuts

An amendment to the Orissa forest act gives sweeping powers to forest officials

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Ranjan Panda
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Act, Deforestation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Orissa (Odisha)
Industry

 Draconian changes

• Punishers the community for 'crimes' like for fuelwood. • Doubles penalty for forest 'crimes' - in reserve forests imprisonment can be till sven years. • No accountability for

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Education, Orissa (Odisha)
Transport

 "Clashing interests"

The resolution and what the NGOs make of it

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Down to Earth
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NGO, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Wetlands or wastelands?

Indian government classifies wetlands as wastelands despite the fact that they serve as reservoirs of ecological diversity. During times of floods, they act as sponge, which hold water and release

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wetlands, Wasteland Development, Lakes, Chilka, Mangroves, India, Orissa (Odisha)
Biodiversity

 Soft target

The Orissa government makes a move to wrest control of some 2,000 odd non governmental organisations operating in the state

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Ranjan Panda
Down to Earth
Tags:
Development, Aid Agencies, Information, NGO, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Should we ask a rapist whether he should be punished or not?

Ram Krushna Patnaik, finance minister of Orissa

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
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Tags:
Development, Aid Agencies, Information, NGO, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Cyclones in India

The term cyclone includes all tropical storms. They start as swirls of cloud and rain that eventually intensify into storms.The Indian sub-continent is the worst affected part in the world. Although

Publication Date: 
Friday, June 29, 2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mangroves, Cyclones, Storms, Disaster Management, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Drought of relief

Drought-proofing is a far cry. The drought of 2001 in 11 states of India is likely to go down as one of the worst in the past century. Government drought relief schemes fail due to bad planning and corruption. It can"t even provide short-term relief to th

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Drought Prone Areas, Water Resources, Drought, Drought Relief, Famine, Planning, India, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, Corruption
India

 Case for CFM

History has seen the management of Indian forests change from being an instrument of regimented exploitation by the British to its present conservation-centered approach. This transition in forest

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Raman Kumar
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Forest Management, Forest Policy, Minor Forest Produce, Firewood, India, Orissa (Odisha)

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