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Arctic report card 2012

The Arctic Report Card considers a wide range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually.

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Meeting India's renewable energy targets: the financing challenge

This new report published by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) analyzes the challenges for designing national policy that will attract the investment needed to spur rapid growth in wind and solar energy at a reasonable cost.

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GeSI SMARTer 2020: the role of ICT in driving a sustainable future

GeSI's SMARTer2020 report demonstrates how the increased use of information and communication technology (ICT) such as video conferencing and smart building management could cut the projected 2020 global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 16.5%, amounting to $1.9 trillion in gross energy and fuel savings and a reduction of 9.1 Gigatonnes carbon d

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Why poverty?

A debate on poverty between Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment and Christian Friis Bach, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation.

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30/11/2012
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Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins & residues) Amendment Regulations, 2012

Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins & residues) Amendment Regulations, 2012 dated 29-11-2012 relating to Level of Antibiotics in Honey.

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Hydro power projects in Nepal

At present, no hydro power project is being implemented with Indian assistance in Nepal. However, Projects on three major water resources in Nepal viz Pancheshwar (5600 MW), Sapta Koshi (3300 MW) and Naumure (225 MW), are under discussions between the two countries. The details are given in Annex.

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Supreme Court commissioners report on supplementary nutrition scheme under ICDS

The Supreme Court commissioners have found a deep-rooted nexus among bureaucrats, politicians and private food contractors to siphon off funds meant for poor children and women under ICDS. Hence this report dated 29 Nov 2012 calls for setting up an independent Special Investigation Team to investigate corruption and quality in food procurement under the scheme.

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29/11/2012
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Performance audit on Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

This CAG audit report on implementation of JNNURM, the Centre's flagship urban infrastructure development scheme observed that a crucial objective of bringing about reforms in the governance of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) could not be achieved through the scheme.

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29/11/2012
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Development-induced displacement and human security: a very short introduction

At least fifteen million people each year are forced to leave their former place of residence as a result of major development projects. It is estimated that large development projects such as dams, roads and exploitation of raw materials led to the displacement of least 300 million people between 1988 and 2008.

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World Bank funded power projects and global warming

A representation to President, The World Bank Group on its finding policy in the context of global warming.

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