Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance given to Nirma Cement Plant, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 14/01/2015

By setting aside the revocation order of the Environment clearance to the controversial cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, NGT clears the way for this project situated in an environmentally sensitive wetland area. 

Judgement Date: 
14/01/2015
Tags:
Nirma, Bhavnagar (D), Gujarat, Cement Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Wetlands, Wastelands
Agriculture

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on conversion of waste land into agricultural land, 19/12/2014

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on conversion of waste land into agricultural land, 19/12/2014.

Publication Date: 
Friday, December 19, 2014
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Wastelands, Agriculture, Statistics, India, Parliament, Land Use, Land Resources
Land

Odisha to create 1,50,000-acre land bank for industries

The Odisha Government asked Collectors of all 21 districts to identify government and waste land to the tune of 50,000 acres for accommodating in-coming industries.

Publication Date: 
16/10/2014
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Wastelands, Industry, Land Degradation, Housing, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Land
Energy

Reduction of GHG emissions and attainment of energy security through sustainable production of biofuels: is it a viable option?

Depletion of fossil fuels at an alarming rate coupled with ever growing challenges due to anthropogenic induced climate change stress has attracted increasing attention to blending bio-fuels worldwide. India's primary energy use is projected to expand massively to deliver a sustained GDP growth rate of 9per cent through 2031-32.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2014
M. Gopinath Reddy, B. Suresh Reddy, Steven Raj Padakandla
Centre for Economic and Social Studies
Tags:
Biofuels, Green House Gases, Energy, India, Oil, Fuel Pricing, Imports, Carbon Dioxide, Biodiesel, Ethanol, Climate Change, Wastelands
Land

Economics of salt-induced land degradation and restoration

A report from the UN and the CGIAR consortium reveals that land degradation due to salt build-up is causing damages in some 75 countries, estimated at more than US$27 billion per year.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2014
Manzoor Qadir, Emmanuelle Quillérou, Vinay Nangia, & et al
UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)
Tags:
Land Degradation, Salinity, Wastelands, India, Global, Aral Sea, Indo-Gangetic Plains, Indus, Irrigation
Environment

Increase in agricultural patch contiguity over the past three decades in Ganga River Basin, India

Ganga River Basin (GRB) is the second most populous river basin in the world, which has been undergoing rapid land-use change during the last few decades. Here, the researchers analyse the landscape dynamics in Indian GRB (IGRB) using three indices, i.e. class area, mean patch size and number of patches for 14 land use and land cover classes using multi-temporal Landsat satellite datasets of 1975 and 2010.

Publication Date: 
10/08/2014
M. D. Behera, N. Patidar, V. S. Chitale & et al
Current Science
107
3
502-511
Tags:
Ganga, River Basin, Agriculture, Land Use, Remote Sensing, Forests, Grasslands, Deforestation, Wastelands
Environment

Natural Conservation Zones shrinking in Delhi, NCR

Rampant urbanisation has led to shrinkage in Natural Conservation Zones such as forests, water bodies and wastelands in the National Capital Region, Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu

Publication Date: 
07/08/2014
Vishal Kant
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Urbanisation, Wastelands, Water Resources, Haryana
Land

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding regarding Land Acquisition Act, 1894, intending to acquire 327.52 acres in village Patti Jhambra, Shahabad in District Kurukshetra, 05/08/2014

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mohinder Singh & Others Vs State of Haryana dated 05/08/2014 regarding Land Acquisition Act, 1894, intending to acquire 327.52 acres in village Patti Jhambra, Shahabad in District Kurukshetra for a public purpose namely to develop and utilize the land for residential, commercial industrial area for the urban
Estate of Shahabad.

Judgement Date: 
05/08/2014
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Haryana, Supreme Court, Compensation, Kurukshetra (D), Agriculture, Wastelands
Land

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on decline in agricultural land, 25/07/2014

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on decline in agricultural land, 25/07/2014.

Publication Date: 
25/07/2014
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Land Resources, India, Agriculture, Parliament, Land Acquisition, Wastelands, Soil Salinisation
Forests

Greens debate transferring of reserve forest to FDCM

NAGPUR: A hot debate is underway among wildlife conservationists, proponents of Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006 and the authorities over diverting sensitive and tiger-bearing reserve forest area to Fo

Publication Date: 
15/07/2014
Vijay Pinjarkar
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Forests, Land, Wastelands, Carbon Dioxide, Deforestation, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), Bamboo

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