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Building India: transforming the nations logistics infrastructure

This report discusses the losses to the economy due to poor logistics infrastructure, which will substantially increase under current trajectory of infrastructure development, and recommends a new, balanced modal approach for India's logistics infrastructure development.

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Algae-based biofuels: applications and co-products

Algal biofuels have many
advantageous characteristics that would lower impacts on environmental degradation in
comparison to biofuel feedstock and in some cases improve the well-being of developing and developed communities.

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Large-scale wet spell and spatio-temporal rainfall extremes over India during 1951-2007

The main motivation of this comprehensive study is to understand climatological and fluctuation features of the extreme rainfall events (EREs) considering
detailed account of spatial variability of rainfall occurrences. Experiences suggest that the EREs are embedded in the large-scale, long period intense rainfall activities during the summer monsoon period.

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Improving vehicle fuel economy in the ASEAN region

A survey on fuel economy in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) was conducted to assist ASEAN and its Member Countries to adopt a pro-active approach to promote fuel economy by establishing a common framework for adopting fuel economy policies and measures.

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Enhancing food security in an era of global climate change

The nexus of climate change, agriculture and food security is one of the quintessential challenges of sustainable development. Rapid growth in many of the world

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Statement of Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment & Forests, Government of India at the 7th MEF meeting, Rome, Italy

The statement by Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment & Forests at 7th MEF meeting, Rome, 29-30th June, 2010. He stressed on the need for interlinking MRV of climate mitigating actions to ensure that developing nations have "equitable" access to carbon space.

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Draft master plan Amritsar 2010-2031

Considering the role and importance of rational and orderly growth of urban centers, the Government of Punjab intends to streamline the development process in urban settlements to
ensure that these settlements continue to achieve their objectives of improved efficiency and productivity.

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