“These notified areas were neither demarcated on the ground nor transferred & mutated in the name of the State Forest Department in the revenue records. Therefore, these areas shall be considered for the purpose of compensatory afforestation (CA) under Forest Conservation Act 1980,” the letter says. Read more
Courtesy: Down to earth
Brown, mucky, and shrivelled to a thread-like state – that is the pitiful story of most rivers unfortunate enough to be situated in the northern plains of India. While the revered Ganga races to the top in the list of rivers on the verge of extinction, unchecked pollution and unsustainable human consumption of our limited resources are fast ensuring that its tributaries are reduced to the same fate. One of the lesser-known victims of this ceaseless human exploitation is the Mandakini river of UP’s Chitrakoot district. Read more
Courtesy: First post
While the world learnt about children labouring in mica mines in the Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar, many companies using mica decided this was not acceptable, and started to act.
A DO-TANK called Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) was created to join forces and work towards a sustainable change. November 2018, nearly two years since its inception, RMI presented its achievements during a conference held in Delhi. Read more
Courtesy: Business standard
The Maharashtra government on Thursday agreed to reassess at least 7,000 claims for land rights to be made out to farmers under the Forest Rights Act, hours after around 20,000 farmers reached Azad Maidan in South Mumbai, a rally organiser said. The protestors, most of them Adivasis, had walked to the city from the adjoining district of Thane over two days. Read more
Courtesy: Scroll.in
The District Mineral Foundation Trust has approved development projects worth Rs 1.5 crore after one-and-a-half years of its formation. Read more
Courtesy:- Tribune India
