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Farmers in maximum distress

The number of farmer suicides in the country in 2011 was 47% higher than the rest; for some states, it was 100% more

Source: The Hindu Posted on 21st May 2013

Mining regulation or incentive?

The case of Bellary and Goa as being dealt by the Centrally Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court lets the big players get away without any penalty and renders mining ban useless

Source: Down to Earth Posted on 21st May 2013

Shimla civic body opposes privatisation of water supply

Workers on protest since two days against state government's decision to privatise water supply and sewerage management; allege state wants to dilute municipal corporation's powers

Source: www.waterworld.com Posted on 21st May 2013

Handle your waste yourself

Pune waste pickers send bags full of sanitary waste to companies making sanitary napkins to draw attention towards safe disposal of waste

Source: Down to Earth Posted on 20th May 2013

Orchards of happiness in poverty struck Koraput

In this poor Odisha district, a NABARD project of land aggregation and intercropping helps farmers get out of debt and hunger trap

Source: Bloomberg Posted on 20th May 2013

"Oasis of diversity in a desert of ecological devastation"

Madhav Gadgil, head of the Western Ghats ecology expert panel, writes an open letter to K.Kasturirangan, head of the new panel

Source: The Hindu Posted on 20th May 2013

Youth organisation does not want Athirapally project

Vows to oppose the hydel project in Kerala tooth and nail; says no evidence that project will produce requisite power

Source: The Hindu Posted on 20th May 2013

Use private bore-wells for public use

A non-profit in Mysore demands private bore-wells be used to provide water to all as its a common resource

Source: The Hindu Posted on 20th May 2013

Bihar opposes central water policy

State water resources minister says water a state subject and Centre has no right to declare it a national resource

Source: The Telegraph Posted on 20th May 2013

Rich states must show the way

Not just internationally, even within the country, rich states should cut on carbon emissions and sponsor clean energy projects

Source: The Hindu Posted on 20th May 2013

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