Land is the heart of infrastructure development. The first India Infrastructure Report (IIR), which was brought out in 2001, identified the process of land acquisition as the most important structural constraint to the development of infrastructure. This IIR 2009 to examine various facets of
This technical EIA guidance manual for asbestos based industries accordingly addresses the related environmental concerns duly taking into consideration the requirements of all.
This four minute video highlights the human face of climate change negotiations and shows why climate change is not only a sustainable development issue, but an issue of survival to Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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For more than 25 years, the Union Carbide (UCIL) factory has been contaminating the land and water of Bhopal. Latest tests show that groundwater in areas even three km away from the factory contains almost 40 times more pesticides than Indian standards.
The rising prices of minerals in the international markets have prompted a nexus between some greedy politicians and mine owners to the detriment of public interest.
Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2009: critical assessment & recommendations prepared by constituent members of SANGHARSH (since 2007), a platform of 150 people’s movements and mass organisations engaged in fighting displacement across India.
The Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill, 2009 : critical assessment & recommendations prepared by constituent members of SANGHARSH (since 2007), a platform of 150 people’s movements and mass organisations engaged in fighting displacement across India.
A bill to provide for the establishment of the Andhra Pradesh water resources regulatory commission for regulation of water resources within the state of Andhra Pradesh, facilitate effective utilization of water resources within the state to ensure its sustainable and scientific management for drinking, agriculture, industrial and other purposes and matters connected therewith or incidental theret
The Revised Operational Guidelines (2009) of the National
Afforestation Programme (NAP) are being issued to further
decentralise the project cycle management of the Scheme
with a view to expedite fund transfer to the village-level
implementing organisation, that is the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) and Eco-development Committees (EDCs), to embed the Scheme in the overall forestry
