Dr Murlidhar Devidas Amte popularly known as Baba Amte‚ was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of poor people suffering from leprosy.[2] He is the only non-medical person in the world who has received maximum medicine related awards Early life Baba Amte was born to Devidas and Laxmibai Amte in the city of Hinganghat in Wardha District of Maharashtra. It was a wealthy family. His father was a British official with responsibilities
Premium Narmada Bachao Andolan
they had a dedication‚ they had a faith. India won freedom in 1947‚ but the communal politics had begun to raise its head. The Muslim League and Jinnah could not accept anything less than a separate country — Pakistan as against Hindustan — that was Bharat. It is from here that rifts began to surface up on communal and caste lines. Mahatma
Premium Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi United Progressive Alliance
The “Greater Common Good” is an non-fiction essay by Booker- Prize winning author Arundhati Roy.The essay was written in 1999 surrounding the construction of Sardar Sarovar Dam as part of the Narmada Valley Project.The essay grew out of the author’s involvement in fighting the construction of Narmada river dams.In this essay‚the author tries to address the ramifications of the so called “Big Projects” taken up in the name of development‚specifically the construction of dams‚their environmental
Premium Narmada Bachao Andolan Madhya Pradesh
marginal population – hill peasants‚ tribal communities‚ fishermen and other underprivileged people. The different environmental movements in our own country support this argument. The examples could be taken as Chipko‚ N.B.A. ‚ Mitti Bachao Andolan‚ Koel-Karo Andolan etc. That is why the environmentalism of the North is refereed as “full stomach” environmentalism and the environmentalism of the south is called as “empty – belly” environmentalism. Keol-karo a proposed project to generate 710 megawatts
Premium Environmentalism Environment Ecology
WATER RESOURCES What are water resources? Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. It is important because it is needed for life to exist. Many uses of water include agricultural‚ industrial‚ household‚ recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. Only 2.7% of water on the Earth is fresh water‚ and over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps‚ leaving only
Premium Water Narmada Bachao Andolan Flood
granted by Article 129 of the Indian Constitution. FACTS IN ISSUE The facts of the case‚ which are not seriously disputed‚ are that an organisation‚ namely‚ Narmada Bachao Andolan filed a petition u/Art. 32 of the Constitution of India being Writ Petition No. 319 of 1994 in this Court. The petitioner was a movement or andolan‚ whose leaders and members were concerned about the alleged adverse environmental impact of
Premium Judge Judge Narmada Bachao Andolan
The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan (literally "to stick" in Hindi Hindi Standard Hindi ‚ also known as Manak Hindi‚ High Hindi‚ Nagari Hindi or Literary Hindi‚ is a standardised register of Hindustani as spoken by Hindus. It is the official language of India‚ and is used‚ along with English‚ for administration of the central government.Standard Hindi is a sanskritised... ) is a socio-ecological Social ecology Social ecology is a philosophy developed by Murray Bookchin in the 1960s.It holds
Premium Uttarakhand India
Food Security Act hits selection criteria hurdle All efforts to bridge the gap between government estimates and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council over the Food Security Act are coming up against a central concern posed by the Congress chief: How can the selection criteria ensure the poor and deserving don’t get left out? NAC members who interact with the government point out that Sonia repeatedly underlines her personal experience over the years during visits to deprived areas where
Premium Federal government of the United States Manmohan Singh Fiscal year
A Synopsis On ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF TRAINING IMPARTED TO STAFF OF BHARAT PETROLEUM RETAIL OUTLETS IN INDORE REGION By RAM BARAN YADAV Under the Supervision of Dr. PRATEEK SHARMA [pic] IN Faculty of Management (Specialization: Training) PACIFIC ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH UNIVERSITY‚ Udaipur‚ (Rajasthan)‚ India B5 OUTLINE OF PROPOSED RESEARCH WORK 1. Name
Premium Petroleum
VJTI/ Swach Bharat Project Mumbai/ 2014 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) Mumbai‚ India UNDER THE GUIDANCE: UNDER THE GUIDANCE : Prof. BALAJI RAMADURAI‚ PMP (balajir16@gmail.com) Clean Mumbai Project PROJECT MEMBERS Avinash Mishra Supriya Mote Vaishali Kulkarni (avi1412@gmail.com) (supriyamote7@gmail.com) (vdkulkarni92@gmail.com) 1 VJTI/ Swach Bharat Project - Mumbai/ 2014 2 MUM --- BAI VJTI/ Swach Bharat Project - Mumbai/ 2014 3 Clean Mumbai Project • Major Problems
Premium Project management Sanitation