-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The economic value of a healthy tree with respect to its oxygen producing capacity is roughly Rs 23.72 lakh per year, claims a report by NGO Delhi Greens. In an effort to prove that cutting even a single tree is a costly affair, the NGO has come out with a 'Report on Economic Valuation of Oxygen Supplying Ecosystem Service of Healthy Trees'. Their claim is based...
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Vidarbha, West MP get highest rain-Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-The Business Standard As the southwest monsoon enters the last leg of its four-month journey, 2013 will be remembered as one of the best years in overall quantum and distribution of rainfall across India. More than expected rain so far have pushed up kharif sowing in a big way, which will not only add its bit to gross domestic product (GDP) growth but blunt inflationary pressures. If the intensity is maintained, India...
More »UP lost Rs 1,400 crore to illegal mining, CAG says -Shailvee Sharda
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: Illegal mining in Uttar Pradesh between 2005-11 caused a loss of Rs 1,400 crore to the exchequer, says a draft report of the comptroller & auditor general. The report, prepared on the activities of state geology and mining directorate, belies state government's claims on checking illegal mining and indicates that illegal mining is widespread. It reveals several procedural gaps in legal quarrying as well. The auditors, who...
More »Indian economy destroyed by mindless consumption -Bharat Jhunjhunwala
-The Hindustan Times In his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the rupee is down because of the global economic crisis. A look at the events of the last decade reveals otherwise. When the global economy was doing well between 2002 and 2008, the rupee was stable at about Rs. 45 to a dollar. When the global crisis erupted in 2008 and continued until 2012, the rupee held stable...
More »Fleeing the light -Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey
-The Hindu Political parties have acted as judge, jury, supplicant and advocate in their move to amend the RTI Act and exempt themselves from its purview. Their rhetoric on transparency is more hollow than ever A friend called the other day, and said: "I want to congratulate all of you in the RTI community, because you have managed to do what no one, and nothing else has managed to for a long...
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