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In a glimmer of hope for six hydel projects in North Sikkim with a projected generation capacity of 1,047 MW, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) has sought complete technical data for consideration of its earlier decision to put them on hold.

Democracy," Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi once said, "is the art and science of mobilising the entire physical, economic and spiritual resources of various sections of the people in the service of the common good of all."

Sikkim is a small state with big dreams. It has set a target to become a poverty free, illiteracy-free, disease-free, zerounemployment state by 2015. The challenges are tough and the target date is just a few years away. But the state Government is optimistic.

Change is inevitable; it is truly the only constant. Often change is hard to detect, particularly in amorphous domains such as governance and development. Be assured though that India is changing, even if at a glacial pace. The Seventh India Today State of the States Report reveals that the gravity of growth is shifting to emerging geographies, even if gradually.

Out of the 353 new flora and fauna species discovered in Eastern Himalayas between 1998-2008, 19 were found in Sikkim, stated a latest WWF report.

Sikkim Government has set up monitoring committees from the State to subdivision levels to protect the rights of the forest dwellers on the jungle resources.