Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP): status of action points (01/10/2007)
Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP): status of action points (01/10/2007).
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Towards a new culture for urban mobility: green paper
Rethinking urban mobility involves optimising the use of all the various modes of transport and organising "co-modality" between the different modes of collective transport (train, tram,
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Climate change scenarios for India
Climate change is predicted to impact India's natural resource base, including water resources, forestry and agriculture, through changes in precipitation, temperatures, monsoon timings, and extreme events.
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Letter from West Bengal Pollution Control Board to M/S. IISCO Steel Plant dated 20-09-2007
Direction - Whereas, M/S. IISCO Steel Plant (hereinafter referrerd as IISCO) under Steel Authority of India Ltd. operates its integrated steel plant at Burnpur, P.S.- Hirapur, Dist. - Burdwan. Whereas,
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Intellectual property rights, biodiversity and traditional knowledge
This report starts with a brief account of different types of IPRs, including a brief overview of the WTO TRIPs agreement. It focuses on biodiversity and relationship with the IPR regime.
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Submission of Form-1 alongwith Techno-Economic Pre-feasibility Report for obtaining Terms of Reference (TOR) for Nirma Cement Project
<p>Submission of Form-1 alongwith Techno-Economic Pre-feasibility Report for obtaining Terms of Reference (TOR) for Nirma Cement Project (1.5 MTPA Clinker or 1.91 MTPA Cement and captive power plant (50 MW) near village Padhiarka, Taluka Mahuva, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat.</p>
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The Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007
A bill further to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. This Act may be called the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 2007. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as reference to the coming into force of that provision.
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Child bondage continues in Indian cotton supply chain
The recent trends in employment of child labour in hybrid cottonseed production in different states in India clearly indicate that the overall number of children employed in this sector is on the rise
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Shifting waterscapes: explaining basin closure in the Lower Krishna Basin, South India
This paper shows that, while total water available in the Lower Krishna Basin is decreasing, changes in the waterscape of the basin are being shaped, to a large extent, by local users. This study underlines that it is not only the availability of the physical resource that is crucial in explaining the evolution of water use but, as water has become a disputed and highly politicized object, waterscapes are also strongly shaped by the social and political conditions of a region (a state for example), the boundaries of which often exceed the area where water is effectively used.
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EPCA report on the outdoor advertisement policy of the MCD as applicable also to the area under the NDMC
The Honorable Supreme Court in its order dated 27.4.2007 directed EPCA to examine and file its opinion on the Outdoor Advertisement Policy prepared by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. EPCA has held consultations with different city agencies concerned with the policy, as well as heard the representation of different groups who have direct involvement in the matter.
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Tripura human development report 2007
This report describes and analyses human development in the State of Tripura and its constituent districts and blocks. Tripura is a State of three million persons located in the North East of India and surrounded on three sides by Bangladesh.
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Ground water management and ownership: report of the expert group
This report examines issues relating to legal provisions concerning ownership of ground water and the right of the government to intervene in this area. Experience of ground water management in different states and some countries has been analysed and discussed. The report has suggested an approach to sustainable management of ground water.
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India's negotiating position on climate change: legitimate but not sagacious
In the intergovernmental climate negotiations India has consistently argued against greenhouse gas mitigation commitments for developing countries. This paper argues that while India
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Environmental clearance Phase I of Thermal Power Project, 13 August, 2007
2x330 MW imported coal based thermal power project at Tunda, Kutchh, Gujarat by M/s Adani Power Pvt Ltd – environmental clearance (13 August, 2007).
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The Obama-Biden environmental plan
Barack Obama has worked to ensure that our nation's environmental laws and policies balance America's need
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Vedanta cares?: busting the myths about Vedanta's operation in Lanjigarh, India
Indigenous people have lived in the lush forests of Niyamgiri mountain, Orissa, India, for generations. Now, local tribal families are living in fear for their future due to the arrival of a combined bauxite mining and alumina refinery project in the heart of their ancestral domain by an Indian subsidiary of the UK mining and metals company, Vedanta Resources plc.
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Letter of D. Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of India to PM Manmohan Singh on Bhopal Gas Disaster
On August 9th, 2007, Mr. D.Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of India, wrote a strong letter on the matter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accusing the PM's office of treating Dow and not Bhopal survivors as the victims of an injustice. The Prime Minister replied on August 17th.
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Before the deluge: coping with floods in a changing climate
Floods are the most destructive, most frequent and most costly natural disasters on earth. Flood damages have soared in recent decades, despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent on flood control structures. This is partly because global warming is causing more severe storms, and partly because of growing populations and economic activity on floodplains. It is also because flood control technologies and approaches often prove counterproductive. This report explains the failure of dams and levees to stop rising flood damages and describes better ways to tackle flood management.
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Guidelines for export of Indian mangoes to Japan
This document provides the guidance for the export of commercial shipments of fresh fruits of mango from India to Japan in compliance with the phytosanitary requirements of Japan. The purpose of this document is to facilitate commercial export of fresh fruits of mango from India to Japan after meeting the obligations covered under international agreements such as WTO-SPS agreement/ IPPC.
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CDM and the post-2012 framework
This paper identifies structural limitations within the current configuration of the CDM; puts forward a set of innovative proposals for addressing those shortcomings in the near term; and outlines a new market-based framework that can, in the medium term, strengthen and ultimately succeed the CDM.