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- India - Social Security for the Unorganised Sector Project
- Borrower's environment and social guidelines
The objective of the Additional financing for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Financing and Development Project for India is assist credit officers during environmental appraisal of the project and site visits by highlighting key environmental risk issue generally associated with specific sector of industry. Negative measures include: air pollution, water pollution, solid waste, and noise pollution. Mitigation measures include: (a) dust can be treated by using fabric filters, wet scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, and bag houses. Other methods like appropriate ventilation and wet dust suppression may also be used for prevention of dust from spreading; (b) noise pollution can be controlled by use of efficient, sound-proof equipments. If possible, the industry should be located far from residential areas; and (c) the effluent treatment begins with pre-treatment i.e. screening for removal of large solids. Primary treatment operation involves sedimentation/filtration for removal of suspended solids. Physical and chemical treatment if needed may include flocculation and coagulation for further removal of suspended solids and other perimeters before final disposal of the treated effluent. - Environmental and social risk management framework manual for Small Industries Developement Bank of India (SIDBI)
The objective of the Additional financing for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Financing and Development Project for India is assist credit officers during environmental appraisal of the project and site visits by highlighting key environmental risk issue generally associated with specific sector of industry. Negative measures include: air pollution, water pollution, solid waste, and noise pollution. Mitigation measures include: (a) dust can be treated by using fabric filters, wet scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, and bag houses. Other methods like appropriate ventilation and wet dust suppression may also be used for prevention of dust from spreading; (b) noise pollution can be controlled by use of efficient, sound-proof equipments. If possible, the industry should be located far from residential areas; and (c) the effluent treatment begins with pre-treatment i.e. screening for removal of large solids. Primary treatment operation involves sedimentation/filtration for removal of suspended solids. Physical and chemical treatment if needed may include flocculation and coagulation for further removal of suspended solids and other perimeters before final disposal of the treated effluent. - Sectoral guidebook
The objective of the Additional financing for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Financing and Development Project for India is assist credit officers during environmental appraisal of the project and site visits by highlighting key environmental risk issue generally associated with specific sector of industry. Negative measures include: air pollution, water pollution, solid waste, and noise pollution. Mitigation measures include: (a) dust can be treated by using fabric filters, wet scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, and bag houses. Other methods like appropriate ventilation and wet dust suppression may also be used for prevention of dust from spreading; (b) noise pollution can be controlled by use of efficient, sound-proof equipments. If possible, the industry should be located far from residential areas; and (c) the effluent treatment begins with pre-treatment i.e. screening for removal of large solids. Primary treatment operation involves sedimentation/filtration for removal of suspended solids. Physical and chemical treatment if needed may include flocculation and coagulation for further removal of suspended solids and other perimeters before final disposal of the treated effluent. - Public participation, teacher accountability, and school outcomes : findings from baseline surveys in three Indian states
This paper presents findings from baseline surveys on student learning achievement, teacher effort and community participation in three Indian states, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Results indicate low teacher attendance and poor student learning. Parents and school committees are neither aware of their oversight roles nor participating in school management. However, there is substantial heterogeneity in outcomes across states. Karnataka has better student and teacher outcomes as well as higher levels of community awareness and participation than the other two states. The authors find substantial variation in teacher effort within schools, but most observable teacher characteristics are not associated with teacher effort. One reason for low teacher effort may be lack of accountability. Regression analysis suggests low rates of teacher attendance are only part of the problem of low student achievement. The gains in test scores associated with higher rates of attendance and engagement in teaching are small in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, suggesting teachers themselves may not be effective. Ineffective teaching may result from lack of accountability as well as poor professional development of teachers. Further research is needed to examine not only issues of accountability but also professional development of teachers. - India - Third Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project : procurement plan for 2008-09
- India - Third Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project : procurement plan
- India - Third Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project : procurement plan
- Community participation in public Schools : the impact of information campaigns in three indian states
This study evaluates the impact of a community-based information campaign on school performance from a cluster randomized control trial. The campaign consisted of eight to nine public meetings in each of 340 treatment villages across three Indian states to disseminate information to the community about its state mandated roles and responsibilities in school management. The findings from the first follow-up 2-4 months after the campaign show that providing information through a structured campaign to communities had a positive impact in all three states. In two states therewas a significant and positive impact on reading (14-27 percent) in one of the three grades tested; in the third state there was a significant impact on writing in one grade (15 percent) and on mathematics in the other grade tested (27 percent). The intervention is associated with improvement in teacher effort in two states. Some improvements occurred in the delivery of certain benefits entitled to students (stipend, uniform, and mid day meal) and in process variables such as community participation in each of the three states. Follow-up research needs to examine whether there is a systematic increase in learning when the impact is measured over a longer time period and whether a campaign sustained over a longer time is able to generate greater impact on school outcomes. - Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. environmental and social policy : executive summary
The objective of the Haryana Power System Improvement Project for India is to improve the accountability, efficiency, and quality of electricity services in Haryana through investments in power supply infrastructure (and demand-side measures), training/capacity building and technology-transfer, and overall institutional strengthening. Negative measures include: loss of land; loss of structures; loss of livelihood; loss of standing crops/ trees; loss of access to common property resources (CPR) and facilities; losses to host communities; loss of vegetation; loss of forests; noise problems in s