The most influential process safety accident passed its 20th anniversary on Dec 3, 2004. At an international symposium to mark the event in Kanpur, India during the week of this anniversary, process safety practitioners from around the world assembled to discuss progress in resolving the Bhopal tragedy and in advancing the practice of process safety worldwide.
India is making good progress in increasing access to Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) infrastructure in both urban and rural areas, but is lagging behind expanding access to service that is reliable, sustainable and affordable.
Ensuring food safety to protect public health and promote economic development remains a significant challenge in both developing and developed countries. Considerable progress to
strengthen food safety systems has been achieved in many countries, highlighting the opportunities to reduce and prevent food-borne disease. However, unacceptable rates of foodborne
The objective of this policy is to ensure safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable and sustainable access for the growing number of city residents to jobs, education, recreation
The Sundarbans Tiger project is a Bangladesh Forest Department initiative, done in cooperation with the University of Minnesota, that aims to facilitate the effective conservation of wild tigers (Panthera tigris) in Bangladesh.
This report presents the dynamic ground water resources of India based on GEC'97 (Ground Water Exploitation Committee)with base year as 2004. It identifies the areas where ground water development is at low key and the areas, where ground water development is alarmingly high. The estimation for the individual state was jointly done by the Ground Water Wing of the State Govt.
As envisaged in the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, Critical Wildlife Habitats are to be declared by the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment and Forests after a process of consultation by Expert Committees. In this regard, these guidelines are issued, which include both criteria as well as the process.
