The Union government s decision to strengthen small scale industries will have serious repercussions on the efforts to save environment

the Union ministry of non-conven

the National Zoological Park in Delhi may soon be granted autonomy. The Union ministry of forest and environment will soon form a committee which will look into the modalities of the process. "A

Thanks to the comprehensive use of wastewater and solid waste material, northwest China's Gansu Province yielded economic benefits worth over US $49 million. The province discharges 240 million

The removal of subsidies on phosphatic and potash fertilisers this year has led to an almost three-fold price increase and a sharp drop in their consumption, according to the annual review of the

The setting up of windmills in the British countryside has sparked off a heated debate because some conservationists contend they are economically unviable and a blot on the landscape.

A survey reveals that while using fertilisers, farmers are seldom guided by their price alone.

A large number of "economic instruments" are already being used in industrialised countries, according to a recent survey conducted by J B Opschoor of the Free University of Amsterdam. These economic instruments can be classified into five types: charges,

Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the realisation that ecological costs have to be accounted for, here and now. But will Manmohan Singh pay heed to

Apples are at the care of Himachal politics and withdrawal of subsidies can be politically disastrous

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