सतत् विकास लक्ष्य और 2015 के बाद विकास

सतत् विकास लक्ष्य और 2015 के बाद विकास

Excerpt: जून 2013 में रियो में सतत् विकास की अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बैठक के बाद राष्ट्रसंघ के नेतृत्व में कई प्रक्रियाएँ चलाई गईं जिसका मूल उद्देश्य था कि सामाजिक, आर्थिक और पर्यावरणीय विकास में सामंजस्य लाकर दुनिया में विकास को समावेशी, संतुलित और स्थायी बनाया जाए... Download
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SDGs: Proposal of the Open Working Group

SDGs: Proposal of the Open Working Group

Excerpt: The outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, inter alia, set out a mandate to establish an open working group to develop a set of sustainable development goals for consideration and appropriate action by the General Assembly... Download
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Status of Taungya Settlements in the Terai Region of Uttarakhand

Status of Taungya Settlements in the Terai Region of Uttarakhand

Excerpt: The taungya system was devised by the forest department during the colonial rule in the early years of the century along with the policy of reservation of forests by the government, obviously as a means of procuring cheap in fact free labor for laying and protecting new plantations often in place of the newly exploited and clear-felled natural forests... Download
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DAAYAN – A Fact Finding

DAAYAN – A Fact Finding

Excerpt: Recently a brutal case of witch hunting was reported by media in August 2015. The tragic incident of lynching of five women, mainly from tribal community, branded as witches by a group of villagers took place at Maray Toli, 2.5 kilometer away from Mandar police station in outskirt of capital city Ranchi in Jharkhand. Usually women were killed in the name of witch hunting in Jharkhand but this time the incident was different. Download
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