Reports and Documents

Read text of Maharashtra Village Forest Rules 2014 released by the state government on March 5 2014 to to institutionalize an effective management regime for conservation and long-term sustainability of forests.They apply to part of such reserved forests (RF) or protected forests (PF) in the village as assigned under the Indian Forest Act (IFA) 1927.

The Street Vendors Act, 2014 is a pioneering initiative to protect the livelihood rights and social security of urban street vendors in the country and thereby aid poverty alleviation efforts of the Government.

The state government amended the Wind Power Policy 2012 with an aim of attracting more investors and giving boost to renewable energy in the state. The government wants to ensure easy process for allocation of land and other formalities for setting up wind power projects in the state.

Uttar Pradesh goverment has drafted this State Urban Housing & Habitat Policy (SUHHP) 2014, for development projects in the state to give opportunity to the land owners to own 25 per cent out of the developed land that they will give for the development projects.

An Act further to amend the Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953. This Act may be called the Rajasthan Forest (Amendment) Act, 2014.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has claimed that prime lands in Jammu and Kashmir were allegedly transferred at concessional rate to various trusts though the lands were under commercial use, causing huge losses to the state exchequer.

This State of the Climate is the third in a series of reports produced by CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. It provides a summary of observations of Australia’s climate and analysis of the factors that influence it.

Although coal-fired plants account for just 40 percent of world energy production, they were responsible for more than 70 percent of energy-sector emissions in 2010 says this World Bank study.

This paper outlines India’s achievements in the area of food and nutrition security, and explores what lessons India has to offer to other South countries, and the institutions through which such knowledge sharing may be accomplished.

Using a nexus approach, this study synthesises current knowledge on India’s food, water and energy (FEW) footprint, and assesses the possible future global impact of India’s demand for these resources. It offers resource efficiency measures adopted in India which may find resonance with Low Income Countries.