Nine city forests to be developed in Delhi

August 20th, 2009 JAMMU - To reduce human interference in forests, the Jammu and Kashmir government is thinking of buying private plots located between protected forests. A proposal has been moved by the forest department suggesting that the private plots in areas where human habitation was damaging forests be purchased and trees be planted there.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For a comprehensive stock taking of the implementation of policies and programmes concerning protection of environment, forests and wildlife, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has convened a National Conference of the Ministers of Environment and Forests of all the States and Union Territories here today. Prime Minister Dr.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will address a national conference of Ministers of Environment and Forests here today.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For a comprehensive stock taking of the implementation of policies and programmes concerning protection of environment, forests and wildlife, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has convened a National Conference of the Ministers of Environment and Forests of all the States and Union Territories here tomorrow. Prime Minister Dr.

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has plans to launch a satellite to study the impact of the greenhouse gas emissions in the country. Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday informed in Rajya Sabha, dscussions on the project, estimated to cost 300 crore rupees, are going on with the scientists in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and other agencies, Ramesh informed Japan and Europe have launched such satellites.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has said that India would spend 200 million dollars to protect its forests and will announce how much carbon emission is being captured by its green cover. Talking to reporters here on Friday, he said the money would go into conserving and restoring unique vegetation, controlling forest fires and strengthening forestry infrastructure, among other goals.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday said the nature trail at her official residence here would be developed as a biodiversity park. Dikshit said this after launching the Delhi plantation drive from her official 3, Motilal Nehru Place residence where a number of school children planted different species of saplings.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday began the Delhi leg of her five-day India visit with a conference on climate change and green technologies - a subject close to her heart and an emerging theme in burgeoning India-US ties. Dressed in a turquoise blue business suit, a beaming Clinton landed at the ITC Green Building in Gurgaon, a township adjoining Delhi, soon after arrriving in the capital on a two-day visit that will focus on expanding the scope of strategic dialogue between the two countries.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government plans to strengthen the wildlife protection act so that poachers are convicted more quickly, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here Thursday. "I met (the Supreme Court's) amicus curae (on environment) Harish Salve and he had some very good ideas on how we can strengthen the act," Ramesh told the media.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's Finance Commission has been asked to recommend that states that have kept their forest cover intact be rewarded for it. "There should be an incentive to states to keep their forest cover," Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here Thursday.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - It was a "thank you" budget from the Congress government to the people of Delhi for voting the party back to power for the third consecutive term. Except for a marked hike in tobacco products, the tax structure remained unchanged, and several new infrastructure projects were unveiled ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2010.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday announced that 10 more city forests would be developed in various parts of the national capital and a herbal garden for Ayurvedic medicine would be established. "This would help in reducing pollution level as well as increasing green area in Delhi," she said, on the function marking the World Environment Day and the signing of an memorandum of agreement (MoU) between the government and Federation of Hotel & Restaurants Association of India, the capital's power distribution companies and schools.

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi government has launched a major drive to show its 'green face' for the Commonwealth Games 2010. In a separate project, the state would also plant 1.2 million sapling across the city in 2009-2010.

April 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has killed nearly 30 Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district in an encounter, which took place on Friday. CRPF, however, lost its 10 personnel including a Deputy Commandant during the incident.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) celebrated World Forestry Day 2009. Internationally, the day is celebrated to highlight the importance of forests and its benefits for the society.