Shillong, June 10 (IANS) The Meghalaya government has decided to put on hold all officially funded foreign visits by Ministers, MLAs and government officials for a period of six months as part of a broader expenditure rationalisation and austerity initiative, officials said on Wednesday. The decision has been taken in the larger public interest and comes at a time when governments across the country are exercising fiscal prudence amid emerging global economic uncertainties, including rising geop…
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Gandhinagar, June 4 (IANS) An experimental afforestation technique using drum-based plantation has showcased strong early results in the highly saline terrain of Dholera in Gujarat, where more than 3,200 saplings planted in previously barren conditions have survived and in several cases grown up to 12 feet within a year, leading to an expansion of the project over an additional 20 hectares.The initiative has been implemented in Block No. 29 of the Activation Area of the Dholera Special Investmen…
Gandhinagar, March 10 (IANS) The Gujarat government will introduce a new digital monitoring system to track the condition of urban lakes and air quality across cities, with the Gujarat Urban Development Mission (GUDM) set to launch the “Lake and Air Watch” initiative covering municipal areas across the state. The initiative will establish monitoring systems in 17 municipal corporations and 152 municipalities to track air quality and assess the condition of lakes through a unified digital pla…