Reports and Documents

Rajasthan has recorded the highest area covered under the sprinkler irrigation system and so also Haryana, which has covered a significant proportion of land under this system of irrigation finds this evaluation study on integrated scheme on micro irrigation published by Planning Commission in Jan 2014.

According to this OXFAM working paper, the economic inequality is rapidly increasing in the majority of countries. The wealth of the world is divided in two: almost half going to the richest one percent; the other half to the remaining 99 percent. Read the text.

The vision of this ICT Policy - 2014 for the state of Odisha is to develop IT/ITES/ESDM industries for inclusive growth and employment in the state and leverage IT & ITES in governance to transform the state to a knowledge driven welfare society for improving the quality of life of citizens. Read text of this policy.

Even as the companies recognize that climate and water risks are rising, mixed regulatory signals make decisive action difficult reveals this sixth annual CDP supply chain information for 2013–14 with data on how suppliers and their customers are collaborating to drive down carbon emissions, mitigating water risk, seizing opportunities, and building revenue and brand along the way.

Program on pre-term birth is the first inter-institutional program on maternal-infant health and spontaneous pre-term birth sciences in India funded by the Department under the Grand Challenge Program. The total cost of the project is Rs. 48.85crore for a period of 5 years.

We take care of the cow and the cow takes care of us,” says Marayal, a farmer in Thalavady, Tamil Nadu. Her two cows produce 6 to 10 litres of milk a day, which she sells for 30-40 cents per litre. Across India, there are millions of backyard dairy farmers like Marayal.

The annual Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 26 September 2013. The FAO Panel of Experts had met in preparatory sessions from 6 to 10 September.

This 2014 edition on "State of the World's Childre" by UNICEF report emphasizes the importance of credible, inclusive data about children's situations to realize children's rights, improve their lives and expose and address unequal access to protection and services.

The share of global emissions covered by emissions trading is expected to rise by 70 percent from a 2005 basis, according to this report released by International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) with detailed factsheets on all existing and planned emissions trading systems.

This paper investigates criteria and indicators used to evaluate renewable energy deployment policies. The focus is on application in lower income countries, and the report seeks to extend IRENA’s Policy Brief on the topic “Evaluating policies in support of the deployment of renewable power”.