-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Only outdoor air pollution in urban areas claims 1.09 lakh lives of adults, another 7,513 of children below 5 years annually, says a latest report of World Bank. The study released on Wednesday revealed that the annual cost of Environmental degradation in India is about Rs 3.75 lakh crores, which is equivalent to 5.7% of country's GDP. The study commissioned by the Central government has brought...
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Malnutrition related death toll in Attapadi touches 54 -Laxmi Ajai Prasanna
-The Times of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As the death toll touches 54 in Attapadi, a tribal hamlet in Palakkad, with one more infant succumbing to malnutrition on Saturday, advisor to the Prime Minister, TKA Nair, along with Kudumbasree officials who are on a two-day visit to Attappadi are set to issue a set of recommendations to revive the area. "There is no dearth of funds, yet the condition of the women and children...
More »India's food security bill: an inadequate remedy?-Ravi S Jha
-The Guardian A landmark bill to make the right to food a legal entitlement is mired in controversy over its failure to address a flawed public food distribution system, misplaced priorities and exclusions India has an over abundance of food grains stocked in warehouses, yet millions of India's poor are left without food. Development practitioners and NGOs are in favour of disbanding the current food security system, the public distribution system (PDS),...
More »Environmental degradation costing India 5.7% of its GDP: World Bank -Madhavi Rajadhyaksha
-The Times of India MUMBAI: At a time when many of India's infrastructural projects are caught in the throes of an Environment versus development conundrum, a new report released by the World Bank estimates that Environmental degradation is costing India around 5.7% of its GDP every year. The report, "Diagnostic Assessment of Select Environmental Challenges in India" is the bank's first national economic assessment of Environment-related degradation in India. It analysed the...
More »Eco concerns delay river-bed mining -Manpreet Randhawa
-The Hindustan Times Chandigarh: Ecological issues have delayed the start of river-bed mining, an idea propagated by Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal with the aim of extracting enough sand not only to meet the growing demand but also to control its skyrocketing rates in the market. The plan may not be implemented immediately as the proposed quarries would require clearance from the state Environment impact assessment authority. Also, Environmentalists fear...
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