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The national environment appellate authority act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1997)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:53 AMThis document provides the details of the Act made to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Appellate Authority that will hear appeals with respect to restriction of areas in which any industries, operations or processes or class of industries, operations or processes shall not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and for other matters concerned therewith.
Model bill to regulate and control the development of groundwater - Ministry of Water Resources (1996)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:51 AMThis document is a model bill for the regulation and control of the groundwater. It provides the details of the definitions and the process of implementation of the bill and includes:
- The title, extent and commencement of the Act
- Definitions of terms included in the Act
- Mode of establishment of a groundwater authority
- Details on powers to notify areas for control and regulation of groundwater and on the use of groundwater in notified areas
- Details of the grant of permit required to extract and use groundwater in the notified area
- Registration of existing users in the notification areas
- Mechanism of registration of new wells in the non notified areas
- Power resting with the authority to alter, amend or vary the terms of the permit
- Cancellation of permit or certificate of registration or license
- Powers of the groundwater authority
- Service of orders
- Delegation of powers and duties
- Details of mechanisms for dealing with offences
- The powers resting with the state government to make rules for the implementation of the Act.
The environment protection act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1986,2001,2005)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:48 AMThe document provides the details of the Environment Protection Act (1986) and includes:
- Information on the short title, extend and commencement of the Act
- Definitions of terms included in the Act
- General powers of the central government in implementing the Act
- Appointment of officers and their powers and functions
- Power of central government to give directions
- Rules to regulate environmental pollution
- Details of rules for prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution
The environment protection rules - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1986)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:41 AMThe document describes the mechanism for implementation of the rules of the Act by providing information on the:
Draft regulatory reform bill - Secretariat for Infrastructure (Planning Commission) (2009)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:36 AMThe key provisions of the draft bill include an institutional framework for regulatory commissions, their role and functions, accountability to the legislature and interface with the markets and the people. The proposed bill, if enacted, will supplement the existing sector-specific laws that set out sectoral objectives.
Watershed Management - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 07:54 AMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Watershed Management is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner.
Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 10:18 PMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology is structured into modules on the following topics:
PFI Foundation is organising an International Conference WATERCON 2011, on Community based Water Resource Management in Northeast, January 28-30,2011 in Assam
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 04:28 PMOrganizer: PFI Foundation
Venue: Guwahati, Assam
Kerala state disaster management policy - Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (2009)
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 04:28 PMThis document highlights the vulnerable status of the state in terms of natural disasters and highlights the urgent need for a disaster management strategy for the state.
The objectives of the Kerala state disaster management policy include:
- To develop and ensure policy, institutional and techno – legal frameworks for disaster management in the state
- To develop and maintain proactive governance and systems, and promote research and development for Disaster risk management strategies for disaster prevention and mitigation.
- To establish effective disaster crisis management through the organisation and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all aspects of emergencies with respect to response, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
- To strengthen the capacities and resilience of vulnerable communities with special emphasis on empowerment of women and establish community level systems for pre, during and post disaster interventions.
- To build capacities and promote positive changes in the administrative systems, procedures and personnel that would facilitate efficient and effective pre and post disaster activities.
- To institutionalise disaster management in government as envisaged in DM Act, 2005 and to mainstream disaster management in to developmental planning.
Policy on Rain Water Harvesting - Department of Water Resources (Government of Goa) (2008)
Posted on 11 Oct, 2010 04:24 PMThis document provides the details of the Rainwater Harvesting policy for the State of Goa and is aimed at providing guidance to all the concerned departments for the implementation of the policy in the state and information to the public.