Vedanta got a Golden Peacock, almost

News Snippets

New filter to remove arsenic from drinking water

Discovery of India

Anil Agarwal delivers his acceptance speech for the Norman Borlaug Award 2001

Green fruits

Officials and industries honoured for their ecofriendly initiatives

Gujarat announces Rs 13-crore scheme for state's poor

Award for ecosecurity

For his outstanding work in fighting malaria, V P Sharma gets the Green Scientist Award 2001

Interview: Popatrao Pawar, sarpanch, Hivre Bazar

Legislation for a few

Benefits of the Act that encourages conservation of plants reach few farmers

Environment scientist Robert Goodland on Utkal mining project

DIAL siphons off water

Problem

In Brief

Born Again

A rural organisation breathes life into the listless people of Melaghar village

Above All Differences

A caste-ridden society transforms the depleted forests into a green haven

Working women

In Guraiya village , it's women empowerment all the way

Interview: Ravi Aggarwal on different aspects of chemical regulation

Quality of Research: Only a fig leaf

Basis of rating

Each scientists work was rated in accordance with the following criteria

Solution

Awardee 2001

Green Scientist Award

Peanuts for ecology

India spends very little on Science for Ecological Security. And then spends it poorly

Science And Technology - Briefs

From cradle to grave

GRP followed a life cycle analysis and set up parameters in accordance