This report presents a case study of a UNDP GEF Small Grant Project entitled "Mitigation of the effects of the carbon dioxide and other GHG by controlling slash and burn practices," which was conducted in Nepal and which received the gold prize in the 2008 Ryutaro Hashimoto Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED) Awards.
HYDERABAD: The 13th Finance Commission has warned that subsidies provided by Andhra Pradesh government towards rice, free power and other schemes could jeopardise the impressive fiscal achievements of the State in the recent past.
BHUBANESWAR: Minister of State for Energy Atanu Sabyasachi today assured that the rural electrification programme will be completed by the end of the current plan period.
District collectors have been instructed to cancel licences of those contractors who failed to execute the infrastructure projects on time and if necessary, the defaulting firms should be blacklisted, the Minister said.
Controversial regulatory reforms in the environment sector found their way into the Economic Survey too. The report recommended that housing and real estate sector be taken out of the purview of the central environmental clearances regime.
BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, celebrating its golden jubilee this year, has planned to scale up its activities in the corporate social responsibility sector in the State.
The petroleum major will adopt villages for street lighting and rainwater harvesting and donate furniture and books to select government schools.
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has launched a new scheme to encourage energy conservation in villages of the state. Under the scheme, the deserving panchayats would be awarded cash prizes ranging between Rs 20,000 and Rs 4 lakh for popularising the applications of various non-conventional and renewable sources of energy in their respective villages.
AGARTALA, June 25: Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey has demanded speeding up of rural electrification and restructuring Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (R-APDRP) to revitalise the ailing power distribution system in the State.
In the open-air kitchens of the tiny hamlet of Bense at Nagothane, a new gadget is changing the way women cook. Cooking with it is far easier on the eyes because it involves the smoke-free solar cooker.
