Read text of the Supreme Court judgement that bans all commercial and tourism activity around Jarawa reserve in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. It bars hotels and resorts from operating within a five-kilometer (buffer zone around the Jarawa reserve, which is home to Jarawa tribals.
Even in countries with rapidly growing economies, large number of people still resort to open defecation: 626 million in India, 14 million in China & 7 million in Brazil finds this 2012 report which assesses the regional progress on eight MDGs.
Between 2005 and 2012, India’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) has invested US$20billion in urban infrastructure (including transport) and basic services to the urban poor. JnNURM is a very important advance, as it helps the cities with policies and funding for moving people, not vehicles.
This Executive summary of Bijahan Coal Mine of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. shows the detail of project and their Environment Impact Assessment and Environment Management Plan.
Plant and animal species are shifting their geographic ranges and the timing of their life events – such as flowering, laying eggs or migrating – at faster rates than researchers documented just a few years ago, according to a technical report on biodiversity and ecosystems used as scientific input for the 2013 Third National Climate Assessment.
This is a detailed study on health impact of air pollution on human health in Delhi conducted by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) with Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute.
