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Budget 2014-15: Speech of Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, 10/07/2014.

 

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on inter linking of rivers, 07/07/2014.

Benefits of interlinking of rivers are in the areas of irrigation, drought and flood prevention, hydropower generation, conversion of wastelands to cultivable lands, better groundwater resources an

There are some worrying signals from the new government in New Delhi that it could compromise on environmental concerns in the pursuit of more rapid growth: clearances could be given quickly (i e, environment protection requirements will be loosened), the Land Acquisition Act could be diluted and more. It may be more useful if we shake ourselves free of the obsession with GDP growth rates and try instead to make India a caring, humane, compassionate, equitable, just and harmonious society.

Connecting the country's big rivers may still look a far-fetched idea, but a village in Bhavnagar has shown the way in its own small way.

The move will leave Pampa, Achencovil dry, says PPS leader

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday made it clear that the issues concerning green clearance will not come in the way of the country's high growth path as the new government intends to make the sy

PUNE: Maharashtra has missed the bus as far as the proposed national river-linking project is concerned, but the state should throw its weight behind the Ganga-Cauvery link as it may benefit its ci

An expert member of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) and environment scientist at Banaras Hindu University Prof BD Tripathi suggests the direct control of the central government over th

According to ministry sources, the scheme is being discussed with other concerned ministries and their suggestions are being sought.

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