First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
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Graded Response Action Plan to control air pollution in Delhi-NCR in ‘Very poor’ and ‘Severe’ categories comes into effect from October 17, 2017- says EPCA
<p>This Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) came into effect from Oct 17, 2017 to prevent a repeat of the severe air pollution Delhi witnessed after Diwali last year. Measures under the GRAP's 'very poor' and 'severe' categories will remain in force till March 15, 2018 said Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA) appointed by the Supreme Court.</p>
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Graded Response Action Plan to control air pollution in Delhi-NCR in ‘Very poor’ and ‘Severe’ categories comes into effect from October 17, 2017- says EPCA
This Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) came into effect from Oct 17, 2017 to prevent a repeat of the severe air pollution Delhi witnessed after Diwali last year. Measures under the GRAP's 'very poor' and 'severe' categories will remain in force till March 15, 2018 said Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA) appointed by the Supreme Court.
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Status and action to be taken Status and action to be taken under Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi NCR: EPCA Press Conference
As the festival of Diwali and winter season draw near, Delhi-NCR is gearing up to meet the severe air quality challenge that it faces every year around this time. A Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has
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Waiting for a bus: strategies to improve Delhi's bus system
Travel demand has grown significantly in Delhi. How people choose to travel will decide the severity of pollution and congestion caused by traffic and, ultimately, liveability of the city. If people choose
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Your Own Sun: A Manual on Solar Rooftop
The manual explains everything a home owner/residential society needs to know about solar rooftop and how to install it.
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Antibiotic misuse in poultry farms leading to multi-drug resistant bacteria, says CSE’s new study
Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria. To make matters worse, these bacteria are now spreading in the environment because of unsafe disposal
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Antibiotic resistance in poultry environment
Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria. To make matters worse, these bacteria are now spreading in the environment because of unsafe disposal
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Antibiotic resistance in poultry environment: spread of resistance from poultry farm to agricultural field
This new study establishes that poultry environment is a reservoir of multidrug resistant bacteria and points towards the role of litter in spreading ABR in the environment. Antibiotics are becoming increasingly
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Drought But Why? How India can fight the scourge by abandoning drought relief
During 2014-2017 India was shaken by severe spells of drought that hit over 500 million people across geographical regions. Unlike in the past, these droughts did not spare the urban areas; metropolitan
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Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana-CSE
<p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/Marathwada(1).jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 214px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is not