-The Hindu Despite SC order, daily number in each camp high in Chhattisgarh Raipur (Chhattisgarh): The Health department has set "targets" of female sterilisation in Chhattisgarh, according to an unpublished survey of the family planning programme in the State conducted by the Public Health Resource Network (PHRN) a year ago, The synopsis of the report accessed by The Hindu says, "During discussions with various respondents while carrying out the survey, it was evident...
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A dirty secret: Concept of eco-san toilets -Manoj Misra
-The Hindu Business Line Heard of the eco-san toilet that fights river pollution? Pachnada is about 100 km from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh. Meaning pach (five) and nada (rivers), it is the region at the confluence of the Yamuna with its tributaries - Chambal, Sindh, Kunwari and Pahuj. Here, the rejuvenated Yamuna and its rich biodiversity including the magar, ghariyal and sus (dolphin) prove that once a river's flow is restored its...
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-The Hindu "Rs. 40,000-crore component is for the whole country" The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is not going to restrict the implementation of MGNREGA to a few pocket of the country, the new Minister for Rural Development Chaudhary Birendra Singh, said on Tuesday. Mr. Singh was responding to questions over whether the government was planning to restrict the scheme's implementation to only tribal and poor areas - 2500 blocks of all States -...
More »Big breakthrough in Beijing -Jairam Ramesh
-The Hindu To address climate change, India has committed itself to a 20-25 per cent reduction in intensity of carbon emissions by 2020, but the international community will want more U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have just signed a historic bilateral accord on climate change and clean energy cooperation in Beijing. This accord will have impacts in the run-up to the Paris Conference in December 2015 when the...
More »Now high, now low of onion market in Karnataka -Girish Pattanashetti
-The Hindu Cabinet announces relief, rules out MSP HUBBALLI (Karnataka): The State Cabinet on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of a minimum support price (MSP) for onion while announcing a compensation of Rs. 9,000 a hectare for crops damaged due to rains in Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Dharwad and Bellary districts. This has come on the heels of growers protesting crashing prices of their produce. A macro view of market scenario shows that fluctuations...
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