The report seeks to boldly address many critical issues confronting the health sector such as inequitable access to basic services resulting in welfare loss for the poor, the inefficiencies in the system resulting in waste and suboptimal utilization of existing resources, the poor quality and declining values, ethical norms etc.

There is little question that global warming would increase the risk of wildfires by drying out vegetation and stirring the winds that spread fire. Until recently, however, land managers were unable to formulate appropriate responses because the spatial scales of predictions were far too coarse.

Supreme Court judgement in the implementation of laws for restricting use of loudspeakers and high volume producing sound systems dated 18/07/2005.

Letter from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to the Secretary, MOEF on the environmental clearance for a tourism project/hill station in Mulshi and Velhe Talukas of Pune District, Maharashtra dated July 15 2005.

Letter from MOEF to B P Pandey, Secretary (Environment) Govt of Maharashtra on Lavasa Corporation's plan to develop a Lake Town Hill Station.

In response to the media reports that nearly 70 percent of the CNG buses in Delhi have been found to be leaking CNG, the Honb

An Act to regulate the import, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs and cosmetics. This Act may be called the Drugs [and Cosmetics] Act, 1940.

The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate the ecotourism project at the Periyar Tiger Reserve (Thekkady), in Kerala, India. The Ministry of Environment has undertaken to promote local community participation in forest management, through the

An Act to provide for the establishment, development and management of the Special Economic Zones for the promotion of exports and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This act extends to the whole of India.

The very high prices of vanilla over the past few years have stimulated interest in this small-holder crop. Naturally, this has led to an increase in plantings in the traditional supply areas and in new origins. However, the subsequent sharp fall in demand, and the simultaneous collapse of prices, from over $500/kg to under $50/kg, has left the sector in turmoil; euphoria

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