Topic: Jairam Ramesh
Indian farmers could get six times more cash for their properties under a new land acquisition bill aimed at accelerating industrial development in Asia's third-largest economy.The draft bill is seen as key to defusing longstanding tensions over land purchases, a ...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came under renewed fire after he failed Tuesday to make sweeping changes to his cabinet in a reshuffle that the opposition branded an "aimless rotation".Halfway through its second term, the administration led by Singh's Congress ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's new environment minister is likely to be more flexible toward industry to help power Asia's third-largest economy, although a complete turnaround in tighter enforcement of green policies pursued by her maverick predecessor is ruled out.Jayanthi ...
Eight countries with the largest number of elephants met for the first on Tuesday in New Delhi to plot new strategies to protect the animal."Delegates here represent two-thirds of the world's wild elephant population," Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told ...
India should ramp up safety mechanisms at its existing and planned nuclear power plants in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday."What happened in Fukushima was a wake-up call for all of us ...
India has blocked South Korean steelmaker POSCO from constructing a planned $12 billion plant in eastern Orissa state until villagers' land claims are settled.Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh rejected late Thursday the state government's argument that villagers had no rights over ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - The number of Indian tigers living in the wild rose to 1,706 at the latest count, giving a boost to conservation efforts for the endangered species in the country with the world's largest population of the ...
0 View Larger Image Every time Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh says no to a project, his critics give him a new label: green...
India's Ministry of Environment and Forests has given its approval for construction of a second international airport in the country's financial...
Children bewitched by Harry Potter have gone on a wild spree of owl-napping - apparently taking the birds as pets in a mad effort to emulate the...
Photo Gallery
-
Mexico Climate Conference
Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh delivers a speech during the United Nations ...AP News - -
India GM Food
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, farmers hold signs as ...AP News - -
Denmark Climate Summit
India's Jairam Ramesh, center, speaks with journalists at a UN Climate ...AP News -
Video Gallery
-
Who is Jairam Ramesh?
Jairam Ramesh, who made headlines as a crusading green minister ...2011-07-13 -
Jairam Ramesh calls new land bill ...
In an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda, Jairam ...2011-09-09 -
No dilution of RTI, says Jairam ...
Speaking at NDTV Indian of the Year 2011, Mr Ramesh ...2011-10-18
