India can do more on climate change with support: Union Environment Minister...
Reiterating India's commitment to tackling climate change, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said it can do more if finance and other support are ensured. Reiterating India’s commitment
View ArticleAction taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in 34th...
This Report of the Standing Committee on Finance (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) deals with action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in their Thirty-Fourth Report on the subject
View ArticleClimate financing: India, South Asian nations lack funds to meet SDGs
India has made significant progress in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by UN member-states in 2015 but finances remain an issue, a study of the country's Voluntary National
View ArticleParrikar moots SHGs for waste collection
Panaji: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday asked women self-help groups to explore the possibility of taking up door to door garbage collection and segregation in villages. Parrikar said the...
View ArticleHimachal govt worried over receding glaciers
Receding Himalayan glaciers due to climate change is an area of concern for Himachal Pradesh, said the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. Addressing an orientation workshop on climate change adaptation
View ArticleGovt starts survey to link rivers
The Chhattisgarh Government has commenced survey work for river inter-linking projects in the State, officials informed. The Government has approved Rs 36.55 crore as the budget for taking up the survey
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding loans for the incoming...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Manager & Others Vs Abdul Majid Babaso Momin & Others dated 02/05/2018 regarding
View Article‘Climate change affecting farming activities in State’
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has begun a marathon exercise across Tamil Nadu to sensitise farmers on climate change and need to focus on water conservation. Organising
View ArticleJob creation at the farmer’s doorstep
The Telangana government’s recent announcement of the Rythu Bandhu scheme has spotlighted the policy of utilising cash transfer to assist land-owning farmers with a non-agricultural income — instead of
View ArticleGrowing wheat in north-west, rice in eastern states can reduce water crisis
While 42% of India's land area is currently facing a drought, 88.11% of Punjab's districts and 76.02% of Haryana's are drought-resilient, according to a 2018 study published in Journal of Hydrology
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