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Conference of the Parties (COP15) of UNCCD

The 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is being held from 9th May to 20th May...

May 12, 2022

Assam: Unique Land Parcel Identification Number

On 11th March Union minister of rural development and Panchayati raj, Giriraj Singh launched Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) in Assam. About ULIPN Unique Land Parcel Identification...

March 15, 2022

NITI Aayog releases Draft Model Act on Land Titles

On October 30, 2020, NITI Aayog released Draft Model Act and rules for states on land titling. This has been introduced to reduce litigations. In turn, the process...

October 31, 2020

Ministry of Defence sets new rules for land transfer to reduce expenditure

The Ministry of Defence recently approved the land transfer rules. Under the new rules the armed forces are allowed to receive infrastructure equivalent in value to the land...

October 26, 2020

“E-Dharti Geo Portal” launched

On October 21, 2020, the Union of Housing and Urban affairs minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri launched the e-Dharti Geo Portal. The portal will integrate map and lease plans...

October 22, 2020

NCAER releases N-LRSI 2020

The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) released NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2020) recently. As per the index, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and...

February 28, 2020

India to work towards the restoration of degraded land by 2030

In a press conference addressed by the Union Minister of Environment & Forests, Prakash Javadekar has declared that India aims to restore over 50 lakh hectares of degraded...

August 27, 2019

Geography Compendium

MonsoonNacreNebular HypothesisNew Moore IslandOcean CurrentsNational Diet of JapanCortes Generales (Spain)People’s Daily (China)QuartziteGneissSchists Monsoon Monsoons are caused by the larger amplitude of the seasonal cycle of land temperature compared...

May 12, 2009

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