Tata, M&M to invest Rs 7,500cr in Maharashtra
Days after the Fiat-Tata joint venture announced an investment of more than Rs 2,300 crore in the Ranjangaon plant in Maharashtra, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra have separately committed to inve
Days after the Fiat-Tata joint venture announced an investment of more than Rs 2,300 crore in the Ranjangaon plant in Maharashtra, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra have separately committed to inve
A ray of hope is dawning in a few hundred villages of Washim and Akola districts, thanks to a project called the Integrated Sustainable Agricultural Programme (INSAP) being implemented by Yuva-Rural (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action) with the help of Swiss-Aid India.
Human beings are known to suffer from major allergens such as pollen grains, fungal spores, house dust mites, animal dander and food stuff present in the atmosphere. In India about 20% of population suffers from major allergic diseases such as bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, eczema, hay fever etc. Pollinosis is caused by the pollen of grasses and other flowering plants.
During disaster, management of essential services is a daunting task. Water supply systems (WSS) are susceptible to natural disasters like earthquakes, floods and famine and also face threat from man-made disasters. Since water is the basic need of living being, restoring it is a major challenge to water engineers in such a scenarios.
For sustaining of a WSS over its design period, operation and maintenance cost should be fully recovered from the users. Therefore, willingness to pay and affordability survey of households in small and medium towns is a prerequisite for selection of proper scheme, its implementation and financial sustainability.
The Sardar Sarovar Project is an inter-state multi-purpose project on the river Narmada in Gujarat. It is a joint venture between the States of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Although the project was originally envisaged in the year 1946, due to the dispute regarding sharing of waters of the Narmada between the co-basin states, it could not be initiated. Under the Inter-state Water Disputes Act, 1956, Narmada Water
At least two industrial workers were killed and seven others received burn wounds in an explosion at a chemical unit in the Tarapur MIDC early on Sunday.
with protests against land acquisition spreading across the country, state governments have realized that they cannot do without a dialogue with farmers
maharashtra is planning to amend the state employment guarantee act to divert the reserve fund to other projects. The move comes when the union government is trying to fortify the National Rural
the Maharashtra government has given away about 40 hectares (ha) of grazing land to Dow Chemicals for a research and development facility in Shendi village, 30 km from Pune. Villagers say they were
Eco impact study on Tanzania project Hydrology studies are being undertaken and the Tanzania project would not start until Norconsult comes up with the report.
FOR some years now, the Budget speeches of the Finance Minister have been impressive exercises in the art of rhetoric, that is, of verbal persuasion without reference to reality.
In Vidarbha, many farmers will not benefit from the waiver because they possess over two hectares of land. Above, Durpata Bhalerao Ataram, whose husband committed suicide in 2007.
Suddenly the Maharashtra Government seems to have woken up to the deadly threat posed by tuberculosis.
Against the background of a glut in sugarcane production, the State Government has decided to continue with last year's decision to provide transport subsidy to sugar factories to provide relief to
The aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of UASB reactor for treating municipal wastewater.
At ITC, CSR is built into its businesses.
The Union Minister for Panchayati Raj, Mani Shankar Aiyar, was recently in Nagpur to attend a conference. He volunteered to visit Koljhari, Bodhbadhan and Waiphad villages that witnessed many farmer suicides. At Waiphad, he met with a group of farmers and farm labourers who were eager to talk to him.
This article chronicles the peaceful struggle and eventual success of the people of Alibag, Maharashtra, against the attempts by corporate bodies, with the help of the state government, to grab land f
plague cases are on the rise and are afflicting countries more frequently than before. A who report says there were around 1,900 cases worldwide in 2002, which increased to 2,100 cases in 2003. In