The Revised Operational Guidelines (2009) of the National
Afforestation Programme (NAP) are being issued to further
decentralise the project cycle management of the Scheme
with a view to expedite fund transfer to the village-level
implementing organisation, that is the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) and Eco-development Committees (EDCs), to embed the Scheme in the overall forestry

To check illegal mining activities in the State, the State Government maintained that it is contemplating to prepare a map of the actual mining lease area by using remote sensing technology.

Owners of polluting vehicles beware, your car

In a clear sign of the growing faith of the US in Indian space programmes, two top US agencies - the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - signed a letter of intent (LoI) on Wednesday to obtain data from the Oceansat-2 satellite of the ISRO.

Top scientists associated with remote sensing application believe that it is now possible to predict occurrence of earthquakes with reasonable precision

The main objectives of the present study are preparation of baseline information on vegetation types, forest burnt area mapping using multi-temporal satellite data and integrated analysis for identification of fire-prone areas in Sirohi
district.

Bhopal: Addressing the school students of Orion International Public School on the programme 'Scientist-Children face to face' here today Thakral Institute of Science and Technology Director and Remote Technique specialist Dr NK Tiwari said that by using remote sensing and communication technology, a better plan of Bhopal development could be made.

Despite mounting evide-nce of China undertaking construction of dams, purportedly to divert the Brahmaputra river, India today reiterated its stand that Beijing is

The National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) confirmed on Tuesday that construction was on at the Zangmu site on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra river, prompting the government to take up the matter with China at a

Geographical information and remote sensing systems play a special role in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region in support for informed decision making.

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