Silver iodide lining
Cloud seeding is a safe but improbable method to enhance rains
Cloud seeding is a safe but improbable method to enhance rains
Narmada dam row rages
The 2002 Amendment to the Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972 the bible of the conservation movement calls for a new category of protected areas, a Community Reserve . Recognising communities can take positive action to conserve natural resources,
The best solutions are always simple. This is well exemplified by the Natural Sugar and Allied Industry, a sugar factory located near Latur, Maharashtra. Due to excellent water management, the factory did not buy a single drop of water for its operation d
a recent development is bound to bring a smile on many faces. A high-yielding variety of wheat has been given the green signal for commercial cultivation in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Scientists
The provisional figures for India’s forest cover are now ready, and Down To Earth has managed to acquire a copy. The figures, when compared to earlier ones, show an overall increase of 236, 800 hectares of forest. But is that really so?
About non profit organisations NPOs , also thought non governmental
The Krishna river waters have changed course. They are suddenly flowing in the reverse direction, from the lower riparian state of Karnataka to Maharashtra which is an upper riparian state. But the
Drinking water project peppered with flaws
National programme on improved chulhas put on ice
River waters are contested ground. What is needed is an equity based agenda
Interlink rivers and get delinked from true water management
An evaluation of the Government of India's NPIC (National Programme of Improved Cookstoves) was undertaken in six states to learn lessons and assess impediments to future stoves programmes. The programmes were assessed on the basis of stove design, consumer satisfaction, capacity for quality control, and the role of subsidies in reaching a greater number of people.
Anna Hazare s relentless crusade leads to ordinance granting more powers to the gram sabha in Maharashtra
More power for villages and people will ensure better governance and less corruption
Late reaction to toxic oil imports by state Pollution Control Board<br> <font size="1" color=navy>(Read full article)</font>
<p>Stamp duty exemption order for Lavasa dated September 2002.</p>
Farmers ready to sow GM cotton in Andhra Pradesh
<p>Letter from Maharashtra Krishna Khari Vikas Mahamandal, Pune on Lavasa dated 20/06/2002.</p>
<font class=UCASE> ANNA HAZARE</FONT> bids a heavy hearted farewell to the late Vilasrao Salunkhe, better known as pani baba . Salunkhe s revolutionary concept of pani panchayats worked on one simple precept: water is a common property resource an