National Agricultural Bank for Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 615.33 crore to Government of Maharashtra, out of its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for development of roads and bridges, minor irrigation, kharland projects and construction of anganwadi centres projects in the state. With this sanction, the total amount of loan sanctioned to Government of Maharashtra during 2011-12 aggregates to Rs 615.33 crore. ...

-PTI   Karnataka Government has decided to spend Rs 17,000 crore funds in the next seven years to complete all Irrigation Projects in the Krishna river valley in order to utilise its share of waters.  This was informed at an all party meeting convened by the Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda to discuss the progress of works in Krishna river basin being implemented by the government.  Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai told...

Compensation will be paid before land takeover The new relief, rehabilitation, and resettlement package drawn up for those providing land for development initiatives in the State has been armed with provisions for substantive compensation, due stakeholder participation, and a social impact assessment, wherever needed. The focus of the package, prepared by the Revenue Department, is on providing a reasonable compensation to project-affected persons (PAPs) and disbursing it before taking possession of the...

Hydropower projects in tribal Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti district are witnessing stiff opposition from local residents. But their protests are going unheard due to lack of political will. Tribals are up in arms to save their fertile lands and natural source of irrigation, but their concerns have gone unheard in government corridors, as the state government is approving projects one after another in tribal areas. On Friday, over 200 residents of Tindi...

'Economic growth will need massive energy. Will we allow an accident in Japan, in a 40-year-old reactor at Fukushima, arising out of extreme natural stresses, to derail our dreams to be an economically developed nation?' Every single atom in the universe carries an unimaginably powerful battery within its heart, called the nucleus. This form of energy, often called Type-1 fuel, is hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of times more powerful...