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Asserting The Rights of The Toiling Peasantry For Water Use: Movement of the Dam Oustees and the Drought Affected Toilers In South Maharashtra
Phadke, Anant - eSocialSciences - 2008
drought affected people in south Maharashtra, to assert their right to influence the policy about dams and water use. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699046
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Journalism in Democracies During Times of War: Examining the Role of Indian and US Media
Sharma, Aradhana - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines the larger issue of how a ‘free’ media performs during times of war with particular reference to US and India using case studies. It focuses on ‘national security’ becoming a major pivot around which the media discourse is shaped. How the media...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133140
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Reducing Currency and Maturity Mismatch
Tan, Khee-Giap; Karigane, T; Yoshitomi, M - eSocialSciences - 2008
financial institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170179
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Resettlement in Action
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2010
This report studies the ongoing resettlement for the middle route of the South-North Water Transfer Project at Danjiangkou in Hubei Province, China. The Water Transfer Project is China’s biggest water project since the completion of the Three Gorges Dam. The relocation of 330,000 people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676968
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Many Worlds of Dak Vachan: Proverbial Knowledge and the History of Rain and Weather
Jha, Sadan - eSocialSciences - 2010
these questions, the paper sets out an agenda for writing the history of rain and weather in the context of north Bihar. Dak …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522011
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Deforestation in the Himalayas: Myths and Reality
Baland, Jean Marie; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2014
Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil erosion, major river basins, and livelihoods of poor households living near the forests. Public discussions of the problem are frequently dominated by widely held beliefs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945341
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The Lok Pal Bill Debate: Lack of Accountability, not Anna Hazare's Fast, Should be the Focus
ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper analysis the current situation of corruption in India, the protests against it, the role of NGOs and the Lok Pal Bill
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323757
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National Water Policy
GOI, Ministry of Water Resources - eSocialSciences - 2008
the National Water Policy will depend entirely on evolving and maintaining a national consensus and commitment to its … underlying principles and objectives. To achieve the desired objectives, State Water Policy backed with an operational action … plan shall be formulated in a time bound manner say in two years. National Water Policy may be revised periodically as and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487821
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Mekong Mainstream Dams: Threatening Southeast Asia's Food Security
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2010
The Mekong is under threat. The governments of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand are considering plans to build eleven big hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s lower mainstream. If built, these dams would harm the river’s ecology and block the major fish migrations that feed and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671528
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Patterns of Migration, Water Scarcity and Caste in Rural Northern Gujarat
Fishman, Ram; Jain, Meha; Kishore, Avinash - eSocialSciences - 2013
Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the study assessed the multifactorial drivers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945234