Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed? At a time when courts hog headlines, this was a conspicuous slip. About two months ago, the Uttarakhand High Court admitted a public interest petition on making gross environmental productivity a co-indicator of the state of the…
Lack of development belies state government’s tall claims Tribune News Service Nainital, February 18 Losing their patience over the failure of the administration to provide them with the basic amenities, the women from the rural areas of Bageshwar have threatened to launch a massive agitation…
Shishir Prashant / Business Standard New Delhi/ Dehradun February 03, 2011, 0:58 IST The strong industrialisation owing to hill-based tax incentives during the past few years may be a feel good factor in Uttarakhand. But all that glitters is not gold. The Uttarakhand Environment Protection…
Reuters Libbar Hari:, January 26, 2011 Bhola Nath doesn’t care much for India’s growth story. Not when the 65-year-old migrant brick kiln worker has stopped buying onions and garlic, key food staples for Indian families, and manages to save just 1,000 rupees ($22) per month…
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has just uploaded the “Performance Audit Report of Hydropower Development Through Private Sector Participation” in full to its website. In what proves to be sober reading, both the dismal state of implementation and complete lack of environmental consideration…
Tribune News Service Dehradun, September 9 Perturbed at the rampant exploitation of the Himalayas and the inherent dangers of lopsided development, activists, while observing Himalaya Day today, said that development that is counterproductive to the existence of the Himalayas was unacceptable to them. They urged…
Shishir Prashant Sify Finance, 2010-08-19 02:20:00 A couple of proposed special economic zones (SEZs), both in private and government sectors, in Uttarakhand may not see the light of day mainly due to unfavourable market conditions. Though Parsvanath and other private players have discarded their SEZ…
Press Trust of India, Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 0027 hrs IST Dehradun: Uttarakhand is likely to pass the much-awaited Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act, setting the stage for private companies like RIL and ITC to get into contract farming in the state and…
Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / New Delhi / Dehra Dun May 14, 2010, 0:23 IST A couple of proposed special economic zones (SEZs), both in private and government sectors, in Uttarakhand have failed to make any headway. Though Parsvnath and other private players have…
IANS Vancouver, April 21 – Canada’s Pebble Creek mining company said here Tuesday that it is all set to commence drilling operations at its Askot project in India’s Uttarakhand state. Situated in Pithoragarh district of the state, the Askot project likely contains deposits of gold,…