Bihar approaches the 12th Plan with a sense of confidence and optimism. During the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12), the economy of Bihar showed a steady growth trend. Growth is typically sustainable, if inter-linkages in the economy are such that growth in one sector pushes growth in the others.
More people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than 600 million individuals. Although access to improved sanitation is steadily increasing in India since the year 2000 the pace of change is too slow.
With an increased pace of industrialization especially in developing countries, environmental problems have also increased. At the same time, with growing population and economic development, there has been a rapid rise in air pollution sources. Due to this, a number of pollutants are released in the ambient air deteriorating its quality.
Over a period of last four years of implementation of the Act, some problems impeding the implementation of the Act in its letter and spirit have come to the notice of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, such as, convening of Gram Sabha meetings at the Panchayat level resulting in exclusion of smaller habitations not formally part of any village; no
Text of the joint statement issued at the 11th BASIC ministerial meeting on climate change held at Johannesburg, South Africa from July 12-13, 2012. BASIC Ministers welcomed the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and the adoption of the document The Future We Want, reaffirming the Rio Principles, in particular the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.
On July 11, 2012, the European Commission put forward two regulatory proposals that would implement mandatory 2020 CO2 emission targets for new passenger cars and light-commercial vehicles (vans). The proposals now need only be confirmed by the European Parliament and European Council to become law.
This Goa Vision 2035 document provides the roadmap for the next 25 years for all around development and growth of the state. It recommends closure of all mines extracting ore beyond the permissible limit set under the Environment Clearance.
