Document contains the Press Release by Welspun Energy, winner of Asian Power Award. This award is recognition of Welspun’s commitment to innovation and continued focus on renewable energy projects.
Ms Jayanti Natarajan, the Minister of Environment and Forests in this letter dated 9 Oct 2012 to the Prime Minister, had expressed concern that the proposed National Investment Board could end up substantially leveraging corporate interests over human rights and the environment.
This 2012 edition of the state of food insecurity presents new estimates of undernourishment & shows that progress in reducing hunger has been better but the number of people suffering from chronic undernourishment is still high & eradication of hunger remains a major global challenge.
In 2008 the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) launched four Global Programmes on climate change, food security, migration, and water. The Global Programmes devise innovative yet practical solutions in addressing these challenges. They contribute nationally and internationally to an informed political dialogue.
This paper suggests that vulnerable countries may benefit from considering strategies beyond the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol and highlights new proposals about reparations under international law.
As per the decisions taken by DPCC in its Board meeting held on 06.10.2012, Restaurants, Eating Houses,Sweet Shops, Dhabas and Hotels [RESDH Sector] & Banquet Halls /Party Lawns are required to comply with the Effluent Standards, provide Effluent Treatment System and also comply with other requirements as set by DPCC.
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (Chairperson: C. Rangarajan) submitted a ‘Report on the Regulation of Sugar Sector in India: The Way Forward’ on October 5, 2012. The Report examines the issues related to the regulation of the sugar sector, and suggests ways to promote efficiency and investments in the sector.
The task for global governance in dealing with climate change is to focus on the interconnectedness between carbon dioxide emissions, standards of living and global ecological limits.
The Bandipur National Park was fonned by including most M the torest areas of the then Venugopala Wildlife Park and its Sanctum Sanctorum at Bandipur in the year 1974. In the year 2001, after going through the due process of law, the State Government vide its Notification No. FEE 211 FWL 98 Dated 27-06-2001 notified an area of 870.36 Sq.Km.
This technical summary on the implementation of comprehensive risk and safety assessments of nuclear power plants in the EU says that European NPPs have generally high safety standards but further improvements are needed in all of them.
