The Haryana government has chosen to bypass the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in order to have prime Aravalli forest land transferred to build a golf course.

Despite the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) declaring Singrauli as a critically polluted region, this entire area is witnessing a major expans

Despite the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) declaring Singrauli as a critically polluted region, this entire area is witnessing a major expans

India played a leadership role in getting developed countries to double funding for the conservation of biodiversity.

India is diverting forest land which is the equivalent of one large tiger reserve the size of Panna every year.
During the Eleventh Five Year Plan, 8,734 projects were granted forest clearance with two lakh hectares of forest land being diverted for “developmental” purposes. From this, 34 per cent of forest land (67,167 hectares) was diverted for mining and coal projects.

Protesting farmers have forced the authorities of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University (HAU) in Kurukshetra to set ablaze a field where trials of Monsanto’s GM corn were being conduct

Maharashtra has the largest number of big dams in India pegged at 1,845 but has one of the lowest cropped areas (agriculture) at 17.7 per cent against the national average of 45.5 per cent.

Maharashtra has the largest number of big dams in India, pegged at 1,845, but has one of the lowest cropped areas (agriculture) at 17.7 per cent against the national average of 45.5 per cent.

Maharashtra has the largest number of big dams in India pegged at 1,845 but has one of the lowest cropped areas (agriculture) at 17.7 per cent against the national average of 45.5 per cent.

A nine per cent increase in rape cases during the last nine months across India and especially in Haryana (against 7 per cent in 2011) saw 25 women organisations meet with Haryana chief minister Bhupi