Statistics

The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment friendly decision

Publication Date:

30/05/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ethanol, Petrol, MTBE, Emissions Trading, Research, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Statistics, Two Wheelers, Toxins

India

Caught in the web

Of poverty, life in India has improved little over the past decade, reports the planning commission's National Human Development Report 2001

Publication Date:

30/05/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020531

pp:

0

Tags:

Health Effects, Urbanisation, Rural Sanitation, Traditional Knowledge, Poverty, Education, India, Statistics

Poverty

Human rights and poverty eradication: A Talisman for the Commonwealth

THIS much-awaited report highlights the plight of the poor in these countries. The disparity between haves and have-nots have been documented in detail. The statistics are well highlighted. Take for

Publication Date:

29/04/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Human Rights, Africa, Gambia, Tanzania, Statistics

India

Environmentally unsound

Union budget 2002 03: all the right noises, all the wrong measures

Publication Date:

30/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution Control, Agriculture, CNG, Diesel, Finance, Exports, Legislation, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI), India, Statistics

India

Swamped

The convoluted laws of the country fail to tackle the menace caused by the exponentially growing and powerful plastic industry in India

Publication Date:

30/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20020331

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Solid Waste, Plastics, Dioxin, Industry, Legislation, India, Statistics, Waste Recycling

Biodiversity

Prolific movements

Researchers prove that movements in the Earth s crust are largely responsible for the uneven distribution of global biological diversity

Publication Date:

30/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Malabar Coast, Agricultural Research, Biodiversity, Research, Global, Statistics

India

Carry the burden

Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations detriment. India needs to learn and adapt

Publication Date:

30/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20020331

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Solid Waste, Plastics, Dioxin, Industry, Legislation, India, Statistics, Waste Recycling

Biodiversity

Net gain

Villagers around Tawa reservoir in Madhya Pradesh are finally allowed to retain fishing rights

Publication Date:

14/01/2002

Author(s): Nitin Sethi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Narmada, Tawa, Reservoir Fisheries, Fish Marketing, Forest Management, Fisherfolk, Biodiversity, Legislation, Madhya Pradesh, Statistics

Industry

Twin Pistons

A clean environment always makes for good economics

Publication Date:

29/11/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20011130

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Automobiles, Industry, Hero Puch, Research, Statistics, Environment Management

India

Organic cotton

Cotton, grown on just five per cent of Indian agricultural land, consumes more than 50 per cent of the total pesticides used in India. Cotton gowers rely heavily on pesticides to control insects,

Publication Date:

Monday, May 14, 2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

Issue:

pp:

Tags:

Agriculture, Pesticides, Cotton, Farmers, Asia, India, Statistics