The Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment present this Thirty-second Report of the Committee on “The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012” pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

As informed by the State Government of Goa, a rough estimate based on information made available by the lessee, indicates that approximately 750 Million Tonnes of Dump is lying at various sites. As regards dumps, Policy of Government is reflected in the Draft Mining Policy of Goa, which is yet to be finalized.

There is a serious lack of foresight in urban sewage & wastewater management in our country and untreated sewage is killing our water” said Vice President Hamid Ansari at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue on water & wastewater management.

The Centre for Science and Environment is organizing the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2013: Excreta Does Matter, on urban India’s water supply and waste management challenges.

The main focus of the State of Environment Report, Chennai (SoER, Chennai) is to provide the baseline environment data, which will aid in the formulation of an appropriate policy for environmental management.

This analysis by Asia Foundation on water governance in the Teesta Basin maps the key actors and stakeholders in the basin, relative stakes and their ability to influence water governance decisions in the basin.

The Arkavathy sub-basin, which is part of the Cauvery basin, is a highly stressed, rapidly urbanising watershed on the outskirts of the city of Bengaluru. This situation analysis document summarises the current state of knowledge on water management in the Arkavathy sub-basin and identifies critical knowledge gaps.

The objective of the study was to understand both the ground level situation of CFR implementation and major policy level developments that may be obstructing or strengthening the provision of CFRs, and to provide an assessment based on the collected information about the same.

The State Agriculture Policy aims to address various interlinked concerns of sustainability of the current cropping pattern and stagnating farm incomes through a simultaneous and multi-pronged action with an emphasis on improvement in production technology and infrastructure, pushing up capital formation, re-structuring the incentives and stream

The aim of this Energy Efficiency Handbook is to point out opportunities for energy savings and to improve energy efficiency of buildings and operations, and help obtain the correct assistance in identifying and implementing energy efficient projects.