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Air pollution has long been a problem in the industrial nations of the West. It has now become an increasing source of environmental degradation in the developing nations of east Asia. China in particular, because of its rapid push to industrialize, is experiencing dramatic levels of aerosol pollution over a large portion of the country.
The latest poverty estimates for the country released by Planning Commission shows a decline in poverty by 7.3 per cent over the past five years & says that anyone with a daily consumption expenditure of Rs. 28.35 & Rs. 22.42 in urban and rural areas respectively is above the poverty line.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) supports the tax hike on big cars and SUVs brought on by the Union budget 2012. Excise duty on large cars has increased marginally from 22 per cent to 24 per cent. MUVs and SUVs will attract higher duty – up to 27 per cent.
The Union Budget 2012-13 presented by the Finance Minister ShriPranab Mukherjee in LokSabha identifies five objectives to be addressed effectively in the ensuing fiscal year.
The Economic Survey 2011–12 summarizes the performance on major development programmes & has a new chapter that reflects the growing challenges of sustainable development & climate change.
Unprecedented growth in water demand is threatening major development goals, warns this latest World Water Development Report. Says that food demand, urbanization and climate change are increasing pressure on water supplies & calls for radical rethink of the way water is managed.
This note is an outcome of contributions of information through the CFR‐LA (Learning and Advocacy) process from multiple Civil Society Organisations and individuals working in implementation of CFRs, observations from CFR case studies undertaken with support from Oxfam and inputs of participants in the National Consultation on CFRs.
The purpose of these Voluntary Guidelines is to serve as a reference and to provide guidance to improve the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests with the overarching goal of achieving food security for all and to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) carried out this technical analysis of the EIA report of the expansion project of thermal power plant of M/s Korba West Power Company Limited, Raigarh.
