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हरित एजेन्डा: संसाधन दक्षता से होने वाले लाभ को समझना

28 Jun 2019

संसाधन दक्षता संसाधनों की बढ़ती लागत, सिमटती भूगर्भीय उपलब्धता, सामग्री की समाप्ति के जोखिम आदि से निपटने के लिए आदर्श नीति है

हरित एजेन्डा 2019: भारत की नयी सरकार के लिये सतत्त विकास की ओर आवश्यक अनिवार्यतायें

25 Jun 2019

भारत के सामने आर्थिक वृद्धि और पर्यावरण के बीच संतुलन बनाना एक चुनौती है। सतत विकास का रास्ता आर्थिक विकास में भी मदद करेगा। इसके लिए जानिए टेरी के "हरित एजेंडा" को जिसमें बताया गया है कि कौन से हैं वे रास्ते जिन्हें प्राथमिकता मिलनी चाहिए।

Tackling oil spill pollution with bioremedies

20 Jun 2019

Biological methods have been acknowledged as an eco-friendly remediation for an environment contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons

Saving Punjab's groundwater, one agricultural pump at a time

19 Jun 2019 | Ms Bigsna Gill

A scheme in Punjab delivers direct monetary benefit to farmers for using agricultural pumps more efficiently

Need for cross-learning as states act to improve wastewater management

18 Jun 2019 | Ms Joyita Ghose

As Nagpur tops the list, here is an overview of state level policies wastewater treatment and reuse

Independent audits can guide urban local bodies to reduce, reuse and recycle municipal solid waste

17 Jun 2019

A Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) audit of a civic body in Delhi brings the importance of informal waste collectors into focus. There are about 1,50,000 rag pickers in the National Capital Region.

Land Acquisition Act, 2013 is progressive but much remains to be done to ensure beneficial outcomes for all stakeholders

17 Jun 2019 | Dr Preeti Jain Das

Social impact assessment, land record maintenance, gender security, and financial guidance to affected families are core issues that need attention

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (RFCTLARR), 2013 has addressed the long-standing asymm

Karnataka adopts new approach to enhance impact of watershed programme

14 Jun 2019 | Mr Dhawal Trivedi

The Land Resource Inventory developed under Sujala-3, a watershed management scheme in Karnataka, empowers farmers with site-specific information to boost farm incomes

Indian industries support creation of coalitions for sustainable growth

11 Jun 2019

Highlights from the Indian Industry Coalition Workshop

Latest air quality report for Maharashtra suggests positive trend

07 Jun 2019

65% of the daily air quality observations for the state fell under the 'Good' and 'Satisfactory' categories in 2018-19