People

Over 400 free medicines from Jan: Gehlot

JAIPUR: The state government on Sunday launched its ambitious scheme to provide free medicines to all-irrespective of poor or rich.

Publication Date:

03/10/2011

Source: Times Of India (Jaipur)

Tags:

Poverty, Drugs, Health Care, People, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Health

Forests

Community contest over the forest resources

There are various stakeholders who are poising major threat to the sustainability of the forest resources. The categories of these stakeholders are the state and its agents, capitalist and private contractors and local communities. The present study focuses on the third types of stakeholders and their contest over the forest resources. The communities who are living in the vicinity of the forest are not homogenous, they are hetrogeneous, and their heterogeneity is reflected through caste background, power, ownership of land and ideology.

Publication Date:

01/10/2011

Author(s): B. S. Jadhav

Source: Journal of Tropical Forestry

Vol:

27

Issue:

4

pp:

45-57

Tags:

Forest Resources, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, Landless, People, Agriculture, Forest Encroachments, Land Use, Deforestation, Cattle, Forest Fires, Minor Forest Produce

People

Why population matters

Population impacts many aspects of our lives, including issues as diverse as poverty, health, education, water, and forests. Population matters even more today because historically high numbers of people are intensifying these impacts on our well-being at a time when the demographic picture of the world is becoming increasingly complex.

Publication Date:

01/10/2011

Source: Population Action International

Tags:

Population, Maternal Health, Infectious Diseases, AIDS, Education, Poverty, Migration, Urbanisation, Food Security, Climate Change, Water Resources, Forests, Biodiversity, India, Global

People

Baba Adhav to receive TOI social impact lifetime achievement award

PUNE: In 1966, Babasaheb Pandurang Adhav quit his medical practice to become a full-time labour organizer. Newly jobless , he asked a woman he admired to marry him.

Publication Date:

01/10/2011

Source: Times Of India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Awards, People, Food Prices, Displacement, Poverty, Development, Pune (D)

People

PM To Lead Applause For India’s Unsung Heroes

Who’s Who To Gather For TOI Awards

Publication Date:

01/10/2011

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Development, Awards

Mining

Naveen says new law will not help poor

BHUBANESWAR: The new Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011 that would replace the old legislation of 1957, has not gone down well with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Publication Date:

01/10/2011

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Mining, Minerals, Mining Regulations, Parliament, Legislation, People, Economy, Illegal Trade

Mining

Mining Bill makes profit sharing mandatory

The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a landmark mining Bill mandating miners to share their profits for the well-being of project-affected people.

Publication Date:

01/10/2011

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mining, Legislation, Mineral-Based Industry, Minerals, People, Mining Regulations

Health

Over 13% of city’s population diabetic, says study

For once, the people of Chandigarh would regret earning more.

Publication Date:

01/10/2011

Source: Indian Express (Chandigarh)

Tags:

Population, People, Diabetes, Medical Research, Chandigarh, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Jharkhand, Maharashtra

Mining

Mining Bill Cleared; Cos to Share Profits with Locals

The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the Mines and Mineral Development Regulation Bill that seeks to attract investment by easing land acquisition by stipulating mining companies to pay more compen

Publication Date:

01/10/2011

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mining, Legislation, Land Acquisition, Mining Regulations, ArcelorMittal, POSCO, Minerals, Mineral-Based Industry, Coal India, People

Natural Disasters

4 million children at risk of hunger, disease in Sindh

At least four million children are at risk of hunger and disease in Sindh as funding fatigue from rich nations continues to fuel the desperation faced by families, a recent report of Save the Child

Publication Date:

30/09/2011

Source: Daily Times (Pakistan)

Tags:

Pakistan, Children, People, Diseases, Poverty, Floods, Natural Disasters, Drinking Water, Sanitation, FAO, Malnutrition