Sanctuary Asia

The Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s flagship Sanctuary Asia magazine founded and edited by Bittu Sahgal has been in continuous publication since 1981 and remains India's leading and best-loved magazine in its genre. Browse through select articles from our past issues.
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Union Budget 2011: Rs.600 Cr For...
February 28, 2011, (IANS): With climate change posing one of the biggest challenges before the country, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday announced

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India Needs Rs 1,08,000 Crore For...
March 14, 2011: Indian agriculture needs Rs 1,08,000 crore to fight climate change in the next five years to ensure food for all at a reasonable price by 2020

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India Expected To Be Water Stress...
March 9, 2011, (PTI): While nearly two-thirds of the world's countries will be water-stressed by 2025, the problem is going to be more acute in Asia, in parti

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Solar Energy To Power City By 201...
March 13, 2011: In what comes as a major incentive for city residents intending to use solar energy for their daily power needs, the Centre has identified Gur

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Jairam Ramesh Assures Safety Meas...
March 15, 2011: In the wake of a nuclear crisis in Japan, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, on Tuesday promised that additional sa

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Jaitapur Power Plant May Be Revie...
March 15, 2011: The crisis in Japan has also raised fears in India about our nuclear plants. A day after the Prime Minister assured Parliament that the govern

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Tsunami Not Factored Into Jaitapu...
March 16, 2011: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday made a startling revelation that a tsunami has not been factored in while granting clearance t

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Japan-Like Scenario Unlikely Here...
March 17, 2011: Top officials of the nuclear establishment on Wednesday assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that a nuclear catastrophe similar to the one th

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Coal Mining Issues Need To Be Add...
March 16, 2011, (PTI): Union home minister P Chidambaram has strongly disfavoured environment minister Jairam Ramesh's approach in identifying Go/No-Go forest

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Public Hearing On Polavaram Irrig...
March 16, 2011, (IANS): After strong objections of Chhattisgarh, the central government has decided to hold a public hearing over a planned irrigation project

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Jairam Assures Safety Measures Fo...
March 15, 2011, (ANI): Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, on Tuesday promised additional safeguards to be put in place before giving an environmental clearan

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4 Pending Railway Projects Should...
March 16, 2011, (S.O. News Service): The state Union Minister for railways Mr K H Muniyappa called on the Union Minister Mr Jai Ram Ramesh in New Delhi on 15t

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