Political
NABARD invites applications for "Award for Rural Innovations", Mumbai, Apply by May 15, 2012
Posted on 04 May, 2012 12:01 PMNABARD is set up as an apex Development Bank with a mandate for facilitating credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture, small-scale industries, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other rural crafts.
CDD Society invites applications for job openings, based in Bangalore
Posted on 04 May, 2012 11:28 AM
Fluorosis mitigation in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh: Experiences of monitoring fluoride levels in drinking water and human urine, and implementing mitigation measures
Posted on 04 May, 2012 08:48 AMBackground:
62 million people in India, including 6 million children suffer from fluorosis. The root cause of this is excessive fluoride (>1.5mg/l) in groundwater, as is found in 20 states across India.
Objectives:
International meet on "Impact of Climate change on Water Resources Development and Management", Karunya University, Coimbatore, August 17-18, 2012
Posted on 03 May, 2012 11:59 PMOrganiser: Karunya University
Venue: Karunya University
M.Tech course in Integrated Water Resource Management 2012-2013, Karunya University, Coimbatore
Posted on 03 May, 2012 11:41 PMIndia Meteorological Department invites applications for Senior Research Fellows, Pune, walk-in on May 10, 2012
Posted on 03 May, 2012 10:09 PMThe Supreme Court and its directions on Interlinking of Rivers (ILR): India and her people will be greatly benefited by its implementation
Posted on 03 May, 2012 07:03 PMAuthor : J. Prabudoss
Viability of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in India: Study of Chanju CDM project in Chamba district,Himachal Pradesh
Posted on 03 May, 2012 06:30 PMThe present paper is an attempt of the researcher to make a comparative analysis between the expected benefits received by the executing agency under CDM and the actual benefits people are expected to receive from Chanju-I Hydro Electric Project.
Importance of protecting and improving ecosystems for reducing disaster risk - A report by NIDM
Posted on 03 May, 2012 02:53 PMThe interception of ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approach manifests conflicting situations in ground despite of visible synergies in top level policies. ‘Sustainability quest’ is the emerging concern in disaster management as a consequence of improved understanding of ‘disasters’ as environmental processes or rather as ‘environmental extremes’.
Climate-change adaptation in rural areas of India
Posted on 03 May, 2012 02:33 PMThe report suggests that -