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e-Vikas is driving behavioural shift towards need-based fertiliser use among farmers: Madhya Pradesh agri secyThe e-Vikas fertiliser system has so far benefitted 1.3 million farmers, reduced queues, and triggered a behavioural shift toward need-base...- Parliamentary panel calls for rigorous implementation of Land Acquisition ActA parliamentary panel has urged strict adherence to the land acquisition law. Concerns are raised over violations, particularly in tribal a...
- Congress alleges FRA violations in Adani coal mine project in MPJairam Ramesh accuses Adani Group of illegal tree cutting in Madhya Pradesh for a coal mine. He alleges violations of Forest Rights Act and...
- Only 258 rural courts set up so far: MoS Law in Lok SabhaReplying to a question by a BJP member, the Minister of State for Law and Justice S P Singh Baghel said a total of 15 states had expressed ...
- Delay in afforestation act rules threatens tribals, forest dwellers: Jairam RameshThe rules are yet to be made public despite former environment minister Anil Madhav Dave's assurance to the Rajya Sabha in July 2016, Rames...
- Forest rights groups demand amendment in compensatory afforestation lawHighlighting discrepancies in carrying out compensatory afforestation across the country, leading forest rights groups and tribal organisat...
- Delhi government to develop playgrounds on gram sabha landAccording to the order, the land will be identified in consultation with committees of MLAs who will be responsible for the maintenance of ...
- Environment ministry drafts rules for utilisation of more than Rs 42,000 crore greening fundThe CAF Act, which was passed by the Parliament in July 2016, approved the release of more than Rs 42,000 crore to be spent on afforestatio...
- Congress in Karnataka makes resistance to Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana scheme poll plankSAGY is set to turn into a weapon in the hands of the Congress in Karnataka, which is going for panchayat polls later this month.
- Gram sabhas in Karnataka will soon have a say in industrial projectsIndustry representatives are worried this may be another way to make money from them, but rural activists say the villager has the initial ...
- Multi-crop land acquisition should be the last resort: Jairam RameshThe Centre today said it is up to the states how much multi-crop irrigated land they could acquire, but noted "it should be the last resort...
- Rajasthan gets third tiger reserveThe Rajasthan government has notified the Mukundra hills sanctuary as the third tiger reserve in the state.
- Tribal Affairs ministry, MoEF seek more time on diversion of forest landThe recommendations for all practical purposes allow the forest clearance process to bypass the gram sabhas, or village assemblies.
- Diversion of forest land for industrial use may delay as environment ministry seeks time for consultationsA Panel had decided to dilute the requirement of taking consent from the affected tribal population before diverting forest land.
- UPA to empower tribals via rules and guidelines, not amendmentThe Centre is all set to make long-pending changes to strengthen the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, or PESA.
- Non-transparency exists in NRHM, says Panchayati MinistryThe UPA's flagship National Rural Health Mission has come under sharp criticism from within the government, with the Panchayati Raj Ministr...
- Gram sabhas above Parliament, assemblies: Anna HazareDecrying the failure of Rajya Sabha to pass the Lokpal Bill, Hazare made a curious suggestion to bring a law to empower gram sabhas that wi...
- Jairam Ramesh for minimum support price for minor forest produceIn an effort to wean away tribals from the Maoists, the Environment Ministry is pushing for a minimum support price for minor forest produc...
- Forest Act to be amended to reduce tribal harassmentThe Environment Ministry has asked state governments to declare bamboo as a minor forest produce.
- CAG primed for social audit role in MGNREGAThe Centre will give CAG a place in social audit of rural job scheme and direct the states to set up directorates to train auditors from ci...
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