Environment and Forest

For conservation, development and enrichment of forest cover in the country, afforestation programmes by planting trees are being tak ...

In India, the total amount released under national plan for conservation of aquatic eco-systems (NPCA) was Rs. 59.8 crore in 2016-17 ...

Annual rainfall of 960.3 mms was there in Tamil Nadu subdivision during 1901. It has increased by 18.53% to 1138.2 mms in 1902 over 1 ...

Gujarat (West Coast) hit 22 times totally by cyclones with speed of 34 knots or more during 1891 to 2017; out of which 11 times was b ...

Annual rainfall of 952.3 mms was there in Bihar subdivision during 1901. It has increased by 26.66% to 1206.2 mms in 1902 over 1901. An ...

Tamil Nadu (East Coast) hit 55 times totally by cyclones with speed of 34 knots or more during 1891 to 2017; out of which 30 times was ...

Per day total solid waste generation in India was 157478 metric tonne during Dec-2016. It has decreased by -8.3% during Dec-2017 abov ...

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has formulated National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) for abatement ...

Andhra Pradesh (East Coast) hit 77 times totally by cyclones with speed of 34 knots or more during 1891 to 2017; out of which 31 time ...

The Tamil Nadu Forest Plantation Corporation Limited (TAFCORN) was established with the objective of raising, maintaining and harvesting ...

Sulphur Dioxide in ambient air can affect human health, particularly in those suffering from asthma and chronic lung diseases and exa ...

Central Government has been providing financial assistance to the Government of Assam for protection and conservation of wildlife inc ...

Case Study on Particulate matters (PM2.5 and PM10) Introduction: Particulate matter (particle pollution or PM) indicates extremel ...

Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India (https://data.gov.in) won the prestigious Award of Sustenance by CSI SIG eGovernance Awards ...

Introduction Sagar (formerly Saugor) is a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Over the years the city has urbanized ...

In line with national priorities, the CapaCITIES* project aims to strengthen the capacities of Indian cities to identify,plan and impleme ...

In line with national priorities, the CapaCITIES* project aims to strengthen the capacities of Indian cities to identify, plan and implem ...

The idea of using data to make decisions in government is not new. Today, data is being generated at an unprecedented scale and rate, whi ...

Ahmedabad: Better management of Solid Waste using data Almost 4,000 Metric Tons of solid waste (including 300 tons of C&D waste) i ...

Introduction: Kota city is a fast and upcoming educational hub in India and around 2 lakh students come to study in the city. Ov ...

Introduction The Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra has taken up the 50 crore plantation program intended to increase the fore ...

The automobile industry is one of the key drivers of the Indian economy. Since the liberalization of the sector in 1991 and allowing ...

Benjamin Ford, Biplav Srivastava*, Milind Tambe University of Southern California, USA, *IBM Research, India It is common knowledge ...

The aim of this forum is to enable technical community (researchers, students, professionals) to be aware of problems and resources a ...

The Infographics shows the level of Air Pollution in various parts of India. ...