Apprehensive of the fact that the Government may reduce the irrigation water for farmers coming under the second phase of the Indira Ganghi Canal, under pressure from the farmers in the first phase,
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today called for appropriate pricing for groundwater extraction, saying that the commission was examining the issue of levying cess on users
In a novel way to check factories from flushing waste into a river, it has now been made mandatory for industrial units in the Baddi and Barotiwala industrial towns of Himachal Pradesh to build fish
Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday urged the Water Resources Ministry to build a consensus on levying cess on ground water extraction to address the problem of
One report after another over the last decade has documented the degradation of the world's oceans and predicted a catastrophic decline in important fish species. But in terms of sheer gloom none
Alarmed over the rapid decline in the water table across the country, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has asked State Governments to impose cess on extraction of
The dipping groundwater level in the city continues to be a cause of worry. The Economic Survey of Delhi, released by Delhi Finance Minister AK Walia on Tuesday presented the sorry state of
function table() { var popurl="image/20061115/13-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=550,height=200,scrollbars=yes") } villagers and townsfolk of Lalkuan,
This EIA report on 10,000 mw Jaitapur nuclear power plant being set up by NPCIL in Ratnagiri says that, this project will have no impact on ecology of the region. However it has not been shared with affected villages. The project has met with strong protests from people whose lands were acquired under protest.