SHRESHTA Scheme: Union Minister of social Justice and empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar launched the Scheme “SHRESHTA”-Scheme for residential education for students in High school in Targeted Areas. The Scheme will be beneficial for SC students those who could not reach for higher quality education. It provides for high quality education for meritorious but poor SC […]
Tag: 6th Jun 2022
Current State Of Water Scarcity
Current State of Water Scarcity: According to a newly published book, unconventional water sources can help beat global water scarcity. The book was compiled by experts at the United Nations University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources and the UN Food and Agriculture […]
SC Judgement On Eco Sensitive Zone
SC Judgement On Eco Sensitive Zone: The Supreme Court directed that every protected forest, national park and wildlife sanctuary across the country should have a mandatory eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of a minimum one km starting from their demarcated boundaries. Environment Ministry guidelines show that the purpose of declaring ESZs around national parks, forests and sanctuaries […]
Community Forest Resource
Community Forest Resource: Chhattisgarh has become only the second state in the country to recognise Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights of a village inside a Kanger Ghati National Park. While CFR rights are an important empowerment tool, getting a consensus amongst various villages about their traditional boundaries often proves a challenge. In 2016, the Odisha […]
