Monthly Archives: November 2010
Managing Water Resources
THE loud assertions by the state’s PWD Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao that his department is catering to all the water requirements of the Verna industrial estate do not match the ground reality.
Food security to be affected by climate change: PAU VC
Noting that farm productivity would see significant drop due to climate change, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Vice Chancellor MS Kang has said food security in both developing and developed countries is likely to be affected because of change in weather. The loss … Continue reading
‘Mining taking its toll on Mandovi, Zuari’
The rivers of Mandovi and Zuari have been polluted due to a high content of manganese, iron, colbalt and other trace elements leaching from iron ore dumps on their banks during the monsoon season, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) scientist V P … Continue reading
Now, Rules To Check Mining Pollution
There finally is hope for those breathing polluted air in mining areas. The Union ministry of environment and forest (MOEF) has for the first time set new standards for operators of iron ore mining leases and ore processing units in … Continue reading
Groundwater Extraction By Verna Units Takes Toll On Kesarval Spring
The Public Works Department’s (PWD) inability to provide sufficient water to the Verna Industrial Estate has resulted in severe stress on the groundwater resources in the area. Water extraction through bore wells continues unabated in the industrial estate and this has … Continue reading
Underfed: The Other Young India
The Integrated Child Development Ser vices (ICDS), a scheme launched by the gov ernment in 1975, was meant to address the health and nutritional needs of women and children. But the high prevalence of child malnutrition is a severe indictment … Continue reading
What’s in NREGA for the middle class
Despite its seminal success in beginning a process of addressing issues of poverty, starvation and empowering the poor, the MGNREGA needed a general election to breathe life into it. However, the disproportionate influence of the middle class on social sector policy … Continue reading
‘We Share The Anguish Of Kashmiris’
For the first time, an Indian Muslim party outside Kashmir has voiced an opinion on the state’s issues. But is there more to this than meets the eye?
PM Arrives For G20 Summit, Against Protectionist Sentiments
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived for the G20 summit cautioning against protectionism while declaring it was in India’s interest to have an “open, stable and rule-based” international economic environment including in trade and investment flows. “Given the vast development challenges … Continue reading
Financial Regulatory Reform Likely At The G20 SUMMIT 2010
The leaders attending the Seoul G20 summit will discuss and may wrap up regulatory reform on global financial market, Dong—soo Chin, Chairman of the financial services commission of South Korea, said here on Thursday.