Panchayats

Gujarat faces forced land aquisition in name of industrialisation

Gujarat has received encomiums from many quarters for its rapid industrialisation. Industries have mushroomed all over the state, thanks to investment campaigns like

Publication Date:

14/06/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20070615

pp:

0

Tags:

Land Resources, Land Ownership, Development, Displacement, Farmers, Conflicts, Economic Development, Industry, Panchayats, India, Gujarat

Mining

A village that took on miners

Sua Nath is usually an amiable farmer. But ask him about mining in his village, Bagjana, and he flares up. Nath is among those who have taken it upon themselves to protect this village in

Publication Date:

14/06/2007

Author(s): Archi Rastogi

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20070615

pp:

0

Tags:

Grazing Lands, Fodder, Livestock, Mining, Conflicts, Public Participation, Panchayats, India, Rajasthan

Industry

When markets do work

Some innovations change lives. A favourite of mine is the village milk collection system, a cooperative model. There s a dairy in the village, people bring in milk, the dairy in

Publication Date:

14/06/2007

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20070615

pp:

2

Tags:

Grazing Lands, Drought Prone Areas, Fodder, Livestock, Dairy Development, Milk, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drought, Rural Development, Industry, Public Participation, Panchayats

Environment

Working Group on Environment releases report in Kerala

The Kerala Planning Board, for the first time, has taken up

Publication Date:

14/04/2007

Author(s): P N VENUGOPAL

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Pollution, Pollution Control, Land Use, Public Participation, Panchayats, India, Kerala, Environment Management

Poverty

Budget leak backward districts get short shrift

The Union budget 2007-08 will very likely slash development funds for the most backward regions of India by more than 48 per cent, say sources at the Union ministry of Panchayati Raj. Government is

Publication Date:

27/02/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Rural Development, Finance, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Panchayats, India, Rural Poverty

Agriculture

GM field trials now need panchayat nod

seed companies testing genetically modified (gm) crops will now have to seek permission from village panchayats and state agriculture universities before carrying out field trials. Responding to

Publication Date:

30/01/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Seeds, Basmati Rice, Industry, Genetic Engineering, Legislation, Panchayats, India

Agriculture

Monkeys destroy crops in Himachal, farmers fume at government apathy

ON December 23, 2006, more than 200 people gathered in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, to protest the government's inaction regarding crop depredation by wildlife, especially monkeys, in the state.

Publication Date:

30/01/2007

Author(s): Archi Rastogi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Farmers, Conflicts, Wildlife, Monkey, Panchayats, India, Himachal Pradesh

Forests

Cabinet nod to joint parliamentary committee recommendations

the cabinet gave its nod to the amendments in the Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 on December 7, 2006. It has decided to go along with the recommendations of the joint

Publication Date:

30/12/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forests, Land Ownership, Forest Policy, Tribals, Legislation, Parliament, Panchayats, India

Forests