Food Policy

Food subsidy

In reply to a question in Lok Sabha on April 21, 2008, the Food and Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar admitted that while a total of 102.8 million ration cards against BPL (below poverty line) people were issued, there were actually in the country only 65.2 million BPL families. It means that 37 million below poverty line-card holders or as much as 35 per cent of India's total number of beneficiaries under public distribution system do not exist in actuality.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Supply, Subsidies, Poverty, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim

 Protests continue against dams on Teesta

distressed over the Sikkim government's "failure' to scrap a series of dams planned on the river Teesta and its tributaries in North Sikkim district, anti-dam activists have launched a second round

Publication Date: 
29/04/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
North East, Teesta, Dams, Lepcha, Conflicts, Biodiversity Hotspots, India, Sikkim, North Sikkim
Energy

Centre urged to take up power projects in NE

The Northeastern States have urged the Centre to build power projects in the region under the

Publication Date: 
28/04/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
North East, Power Transmission, Sikkim, Gangtok
Climate Change

Sikkim gears up to send high-level team to study glacial melting

Sikkim Government is gearing up to send a high-level glaciologists' team to study the meltdown of the glaciers in Sikkim due to global warming and to find out remedies. The team led by Professor S I Hasnain and accompanied by officials and members of various project teams, would visit west Sikkim to study the state of East Rathong glacier during their nine-day expedition starting from April 24, an official said. Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling had set up a commission under Hasnain to study the state of glaciers late last year, the official said.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2008
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Glacial Melt, Sikkim
Dams/ Irrigation

SDF slams Medha Patkar for stand on Dzongu project

The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) today criticised social activist Medha Patkar for lending support to the opponents of the hydel power projects in the State, including one at Dzongu in North Sikkim and said her utterances were

Publication Date: 
22/04/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Sikkim
Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC: people don't matter

India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has made a name for itself as one of the country's most ruthless corporations. As a state-owned company, NHPC has been able to ignore the conditions set out by India's Environment Ministry, state legislation and in project agreements to guarantee the rights of people affected by its projects. This report by Heffa Sch

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Heffa Schucking
Urgewald
Tags:
Narmada Valley, North East, Teesta, Dams, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Lower Subansiri, Sikkim
Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC: people don't matter

India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has made a name for itself as one of the country's most ruthless corporations. As a state-owned company, NHPC has been able to ignore the conditions set out by India's Environment Ministry, state legislation and in project agreements to guarantee the rights of people affected by its projects. This report by Heffa Sch

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Heffa Schucking
Urgewald
Tags:
Narmada Valley, North East, Teesta, Dams, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Lower Subansiri, Sikkim
Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC: people don't matter

India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has made a name for itself as one of the country's most ruthless corporations. As a state-owned company, NHPC has been able to ignore the conditions set out by India's Environment Ministry, state legislation and in project agreements to guarantee the rights of people affected by its projects. This report by Heffa Sch

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Heffa Schucking
Urgewald
Tags:
Narmada Valley, North East, Teesta, Dams, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Lower Subansiri, Sikkim
Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC: people don't matter

India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has made a name for itself as one of the country's most ruthless corporations. As a state-owned company, NHPC has been able to ignore the conditions set out by India's Environment Ministry, state legislation and in project agreements to guarantee the rights of people affected by its projects. This report by Heffa Sch

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Heffa Schucking
Urgewald
Tags:
Narmada Valley, North East, Teesta, Dams, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Lower Subansiri, Sikkim
Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC: people don't matter

India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has made a name for itself as one of the country's most ruthless corporations. As a state-owned company, NHPC has been able to ignore the conditions set out by India's Environment Ministry, state legislation and in project agreements to guarantee the rights of people affected by its projects. This report by Heffa Sch

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Heffa Schucking
Urgewald
Tags:
Narmada Valley, North East, Teesta, Dams, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Lower Subansiri, Sikkim

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