-Down to Earth Climate change, desertification and the sustainability-affordability linkage three extremely critical issues facing India today Bhupender Yadav, Union minister of environment, foRests and climate change, released Down To Earth’s Annual State of India’s Environment Report 2022 at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue organised by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) March 1, 2022. “Reducing consumption and forming a self-Restrained society is the only way that we can live with nature...

-Newsclick.in Slope destabilisation, soil erosion and sequestered carbon loss have increased, according to Ravi Chopra. Noted Dehradun-based environmentalist Ravi Chopra recently resigned as the chairman of the Supreme Court (SC)-appointed High Powered Committee (HPC) overseeing the environmental impact of the Narendra Modi government’s Rs 12,000 crore 889-km Char Dham highway widening project in Uttarakhand.  The Char Dham project, one of the largest road-widening projects in the Himalayan region, intends to connect the four...

-The Tribune Minimising paddy straw burning needs multi-pronged and eco-friendly approaches. There is no single solution to manage its massive quantities. All on-field and off-field technologies have limitations. Combined, they would improve soil health, grain production and fertiliser-use efficiency, reduce pollution, and ensure long-term agriculture sustainability. Concerted efforts are needed to make eco-friendly techniques economically viable, especially for small farmers. WITH mechanised farming and assured irrigation, farmers of northwest India raise 2-3...

-News18.com Edible oil prices have been climbing unabated globally and in India since the onset of the pandemic. Here's why the Russia-Ukraine War could further drive up cooking oil prices in India Cooking oil price to increase: Prices of cooking oil are set to soar in India as a result of the ongoing crisis between the two top producers and exporters of sunflower oil — Russia and Ukraine. A war between the...

-The Telegraph Rajasthan chief minister has shown the way to other states on how to take pro-people decisions: Ajay Maken Days after the Ashok Gehlot government Restored the old pension scheme in Rajasthan, the Congress on Friday demanded this for the entire country. Fulfilling a long-standing demand, Gehlot announced in the budget placed on Wednesday that the old pension scheme was being Restored for employees appointed on and after January 1, 2004. The...