Accidental deaths and suicides in India 2021
<p>The report carries a comprehensive statistical analysis on variegated aspects of accidents and suicides in India. It offers country statistics for in-depth analysis of the factors related to accidents
<p>The report carries a comprehensive statistical analysis on variegated aspects of accidents and suicides in India. It offers country statistics for in-depth analysis of the factors related to accidents
For more than 25 years, the Union Carbide (UCIL) factory has been contaminating the land and water of Bhopal. Latest tests show that groundwater in areas even three km away from the factory contains almost 40 times more pesticides than Indian standards.
The Revised Operational Guidelines (2009) of the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) are being issued to further decentralise the project cycle management of the Scheme with a view to expedite fund transfer to the village-level implementing organisation, that is the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) and Eco-development Committees (EDCs), to embed the Scheme in the overall forestry
The Food Security Atlas of Rural Bihar is one of a series of eight Atlases produced by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). The other states covered in this series are: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. The Atlases carry out a district-level analysis of food security for each of these states.
This brief has sought to collate and evaluate some of the methods and processes that have been developed to aid farmers in the battle against rising temperatures, changing sea levels and erratic rainfalls.
Press Statement on bauxite mining by the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) through Vedanta.
Writ Petition (Civil) No. 9340/2009 and CM Appl Nos. 7127/09 and 12496/2009. The challenge in this writ petition is to an order dated 14th October 2008 passed by the National Environmental Appellate Authority ("NEAA"), New Delhi dismissing the Appeal No. 12 of 2007 filed by the Appellant.
Minister of State for Environment & Forests Jairam Ramesh's response to Calling Attention notice on 'government's changing position on climate change' in Rajya Sabha. He reiterated that India will not accept any legally binding emission reduction cuts in Copenhagen climate summit.
A Bill to amend the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. This Act may be called the National Rural Employment Guarantee (Amendment) Act, 2009. http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/NREGA/The%20National%20Rural%20Employment%20Guarantee%20Amendment%20Bill%202009.pdf
This study by Chintan examines role of the informal recycling sector in climate change mitigation in developing countries, with focus on India. Shows that informal sector in Delhi reduces emissions by an estimated 962,133 TCO2e which is 3.6 times more effective in reducing emissions than formal waste management units.
CSE organised a roundtable discussion on 'Transport and climate: building an agenda for action' along with the Global Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport in New Delhi on November 18, 2009.