The present dispensation at the Centre rushed to put the National Food Security Ordinance (NFSO) 2013 into effect on 5 July 2013. This move was perhaps spurred by the success of the MGNREGA, which was ...

Gangetic Plain lies in the centre of Uttar Pradesh. Having highly fertile alluvial soils, this region is flat in topography and broken by numerous ponds, lakes and rivers. Gangetic plain stretching ac ...

The idea of Corporate social responsibility (CSR) entails the notion under which business organizations and commercial establishments regard the interests of society by assuming responsibility for the ...

World oceans encompass about three fourth of earth’s surface. According to the UN estimates, the total amount of water on earth is about 1400 million cubic kilometre which is sufficient to cover the e ...

The idea of Corporate social responsibility (CSR) entails the notion under which business organizations and commercial establishments regard the interests of society by assuming responsibility for the ...

**It is an abridged version of the paper contributed by the author to the All India Seminar on Integrated Water Resources Management held in New Delhi on 22 December 2009 under the aegis of the Nation ...