Madhya Pradesh

Invitation to inaugural session of OFAI-Consultation on effective implementation of Organic Farming Policy in M.P, July 18 – 19, 2011, Bhopal
Posted on 14 Jul, 2011 10:29 AM

Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI)Organizers:

  • Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI)
  • Madhya Pradesh’s  Organic Farming Association (MPOFA)

Venue: State Institute of Agriculture Extension Training (SIAET), Barkhedi Kala, Bhopal

Development flows from the barrel of a gun – A documentary by AKHRA
This award winning documentary film directed and produced by Biju Toppo and Meghnath for AKHRA, a Ranchi based activist group documents the illegal displacement of entire villages by the state and highlights the miscarriages of justice brought about by the skewed development policies in India. Posted on 08 Jul, 2011 10:37 AM

 

Directed by Biju Toppo and Meghnath, Hindi with English subtitles, 58 mins

MP Government believes that thermal power plants are more important than farmers' livelihoods.
1500-1700 acres land of farmers are being purchased by a private company for thermal power station in Niwari Block of Tikam Garh, MP Posted on 04 Jul, 2011 09:41 AM

A company is establishing a thermal Power project in the Niwari Block of Tikam Garh. It is one of the poorest and most backward districts of the country. Another agency has been engaged to the job of mediation and preparing the local farmers. Through their communication skills they are convincing the local population to sell their land. The plant will change the overall picture of the area. Not all promises will be fulfilled. They tell that if you give your land, you will get a free world class hospital, and the best education for your children.

It will need about 1500 to 1700 acres of land in Niwari Block of Tikam Garh about 35 km from Jhansi. Land acquisition has started and should be completed in one to two years time. Farmers are being told to cooperate, or their land will be taken by force. SDM Shri RK Gohat is telling the local people that an MOU has been signed between the company and the state government, and that the district administration has nothing to do with this.

Farmers are free to sell and negotiate. The Government has not decided any rate. These are small farmers. Their number will be around 1500. Some even have half a bigha land. Two hundred acres of land has already purchased. It is good agriculture land close to Pareechhka Dam in Jhansi, UP. There is already a power station at the dam. Jhansi is in UP and Tikam Garh is in MP. Distribution of power is yet not known. Orcha, famous tourist place is in Niwari Block.

Scaling up rural sanitation: Findings from the impact evaluation baseline survey in Madhya Pradesh
This technical report edited by the by Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) and published by the World Bank (WB) summarizes the findings of the baseline survey conducted in Madhya Pradesh (MP), India, which was a part of an Impact Evaluation (IE) study that aimed at assessing the impact of the Global Scaling up Rural Sanitation Project launched by the Water and Sanitation Programme, in India. Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 03:43 PM

This report is a part of a series of papers that analysed the baseline data from all countries where the program was implemented.

IIFM invites applications for one year M.Phil. Programme in Natural Resource Management – Apply by July 14, 2011
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 03:05 PM

The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) is a sectoral management institute, which constantly endeavours to evolve knowledge useful for the managers in the area of Forest, Environment and Natural Resources Management and allied sectors.

Inclusion of a component relating to rural drinking water in the special package for drought mitigation strategies in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh - PIB release
The Union Cabinet approved an Additional Central Assistance of Rs.200 crore to provide drinking water in Bundelkhand during 2011-12. Posted on 22 May, 2011 05:09 PM

 This would be in addition to the other measures approved by the Cabinet on 19th November, 2009 under the special package for implementing drought mitigation strategies in Bundelkhand.

Now it is water all the way in Garhkundar–Dabar watershed of drought-prone semi-arid Bundelkhand – A paper in Current Science
This report presents the success of watershed development in Garhkundar–Dabar watershed in Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh. Posted on 19 May, 2011 08:07 AM

 The area suffers from water scarcity, natural resource degradation, low crop productivity (1–1.5 t/ha), low rainwater use efficiency (35–45  per cent), high erosion, poor soil fertility, frequent droughts, poor irrigation facilities, heavy biotic pressure on forests, inadequate vegetation cover and frequent crop failure resulting in scarcity of food, fodder and fuel. The region has serious limitations of ground and surface-water availability and heavily depends upon perched water for drinking as well as irrigation.

Fluid verve - Nowhere but in Mandu, does one find so many structures conceived with water as an integral part of design - Article from Terrascape magazine
There is so much water in Mandu also because of the large number of water bodies, lakes, ponds, stepwells, cisterns that survive, unlike their contemporary cousins in Delhi. Posted on 03 May, 2011 01:52 PM


Fluid verve - Nowhere but in Mandu, does one find so many structures conceived with water as an integral part of design - Article from Terrascape magazine

Scaling up rural sanitation: Findings from the impact evaluation baseline survey in Madhya Pradesh – A report by the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank
It is part of a series of papers analyzing the baseline data from all countries where the Global Scaling Up Rural Sanitation program has been implemented. Posted on 18 Apr, 2011 08:20 AM

WSPThis report by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) of the World Bank presents the findings of the baseline and community survey conducted in two districts of Madhya Pradesh (MP) - Dhar and Khargone. The goal of the program is to reduce the risk of diarrhea and therefore increase household productivity by stimulating demand for sanitation in the lives of people. The program also seeks to stimulate the supply of appropriate sanitation program and services by conducting market research and training local artisans to build the relevant facilities.

In India, the program is supporting the Government of India’s (GoI) Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in two States: Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The main components of the intervention include: Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Social Marketing of Sanitation, Strengthening the Enabling Environment and Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) Awards.

Status of MGNREGA in Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
A series of audio updates from CGNet Swara, over March-April 2011 Posted on 13 Apr, 2011 02:15 PM

Article courtesy: CGNet Swara

NREGA: No payment for a year, complaints do not work
Rasatulla Khan, state president of Samajwadi party in Chattisgarh, is talking about a village in Baloda bazar block where laborers have not got their NREGA wages for more than a year now.

NREGA: Gram Panchayat does not take any application for work
Ramdas Dhurve from Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh, says that in their area Sarpach and Sachiv in Gram Panchayat do not accept any application for work under NREGA.

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