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Global Climate Deals Should Address India’s Concerns: Survey

The two global deals on climate change and sustainable development to be finalised in 2015 should take into account India’s development concerns and requirements, the...

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Environment

France extends €1b for sustainable development in India

France has proposed to give India a 1 billion euro ($1.4 billion) credit line to fund sustainable infrastructure and urban development project. New Delhi: Laurent Fabius, M...

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Sustainable Development

France extends ?1b for sustainable development in India

France has proposed to give India a 1 billion euro ($1.4 billion) credit line to fund sustainable infrastructure and urban development project. New Delhi: Laurent Fabius, M...

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Environment

Wanted: more international funding to fight climate change

The Economic Survey 2013-14, announced on Wednesday, appears to be setting the tone for India’s climate change negotiations on global fora. It is in line with a state...

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Sustainable Development

Railway budget promises clean water, better hygiene and safety

Ministry says it is seeking Cabinet approval to allow foreign direct investment in rail sector The Railway Budget 2014-15, which is also Narendra Modi government’s ma...

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Sustainable Development

India?s green cover has increased, but outside demarcated forests

Latest state of forests report shows increase of green cover by 5,871 sq km; most of the increase is owing to plantations India’s green cover is increasing, but this ...

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Sustainable Development

Sustainable Growth Not At Cost Of Poor: Javadekar

As growth and development are the priorities of the Narendra Modi government, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on June 26 said efforts to make the global economy sust...

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Sustainable Development

Why India's sanitation Crisis kills Women

The gruesome rape and hanging of two teenage girls in the populous Uttar Pradesh state again proves how women have become the biggest victims of India’s sanitation cr...

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Sustainable Development

New poverty line: Rs 32 for rural India, Rs 47 for urban India

The latest report by Rangarajan committee has added almost 100 million more people to the list of poor The expert committee set up by the Planning Commission last year unde...

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Environment

Climate change ‘biggest Welsh issue’ says interim report

The biggest issues facing future generations in Wales are climate change, the natural environment, jobs and skills, according to a survey. The Wales We Want project asked g...

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