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23-Gny-1-15-March-2019.Pdf A DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT FORTNIGHTLY 60 ` PRICE OU Y and SSUE NO. 128 17, I HY VOL. 19, P RA G MAR. 1-15, 2019, GEO GEOMORPHOLOGY SPECIAL LANDFORMS IN INDIA COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGYGY DESERT LANDFORMS ICE AS AN AGENT OF SCULPTING LAND FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY CACHAR VALLEY PARI Strengthening Democracy NEW DELHI, INDIA LONDON, The U. K. Joint International Course (New Delhi + London) on “Public Policy Management in Parliamentary Democracy” For officers of Ministries/Departments/Autonomous Organisations/Institutions and PSUs under Government of India, State Assemblies and States Governments PARI CALENDAR 24th June - 3rd July, 2019; 15th – 24th July, 2019; 19th – 28th August, 2019; 9th – 18th September, 2019; 14th – 23rd October, 2019; 11th – 20th November, 2019; 9th – 18th December, 2019; 13th – 22nd January, 2020; 10th – 19th February, 2020; 16th – 25th March, 2020 Officers from 80 Central Ministries/Autonomous Bodies/PSUs and State Assemblies have received training so far Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Department of Space, National Aluminium Company (NALCO), National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), Deptt. of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Indian Bank, RITES Limited, Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), ONGC, UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute , Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management (ICMAM), India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), National Biodiversity Authority (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS (New Delhi), Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Ircon International Limited, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDI), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Institute for Plasma Research, Office of the Controller General of Defence Accounts, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, NPC, IIFT, NSDC, IOCL, Ministry of Communication (Department of Posts), National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretariat, Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies (CIHCS), Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), Sikkim Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi; National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata, West Bengal; Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat; Central Council For Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, Bharat Petroleum, Mumbai, Maharashtra; Children’s Film Society India, Mumbai, Maharashtra; Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra; National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme), Hyderabad, Telangana; National Institute of Rock Mechanics, Bangalore, Karnataka; Mizoram Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Aizwal, Mizoram; Ministry of Personnel P.G. and Pensions, Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare, New Delhi; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan; Ministry of Personnel P.G. and Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training, New Delhi ; National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), New Delhi; Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, N.D.; Ministry of Shipping, New Delhi; Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, New Delhi PARLIAMENTARY & ADMINISTRATIVE RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIGHTS, Research Foundation An Educational Not-for-Profit organisation 604, Bhikaji Cama Bhawan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi -110066 Tel: +91-11-40159058, 46014233, Please contact: Amit Kumar, Mobile: 7678491255 Website: www.pariparliament.org | E-mail : [email protected], [email protected] G’nY SINCE 2001 A DEVELOPMENT AND GEOGRAPHYANDYOU.COM GEOGRAPHY AND YOU ENVIRONMENT FORTNIGHTLY VOL. 19 ISSUE 17 No. 128 MARCH 1-15, 2019 PHOTO COURTESY: AMIT JAIN The clarity of the water in river Dawki, Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya makes the boat look like it’s suspended in mid-air. LANDFORMS IN INDIA 28 Coastal Geomorphology 4 Fluvial Geomorphology: An Indian Perspective Sulagna Chattopadhyay Dhruv Sen Singh The coastal landforms are erosional or depositional There are 22 major river basins in India. Among them three main depending upon the process of their genesis. basins have their origin in Himalaya. 36 Ice as an Agent of Sculpting Land 10 Cachar Valley: A Cauldron of Adverse Natural Rasik Ravindra Phenomenon The major part of ice and glaciers are found as ice caps and ice sheets Kuldeep Kachroo in Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland, apart from the Himalaya, Andes The Cachar valley has a very fragile environmental setting and Europe. where neo-tectonic activity is still underway. ARCTIC-ANTARCTIC 18 Narmada’s Distinctive Litho-tectonic Features 42 Polar Regions from the Sky Anulekha Prasad Alvarinho J Luis The Narmada flows in a general ENE-WSW direction over a length of Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface. 1,312 km, draining into the Gulf of Khambhat in the Arabian Sea. It increases in winter and melts away in summer. 20 Lake Lonar Ratish Kumar Jha The Lonar is one of the best preserved impact structures IN BRIEF and the only one to have been formed on volcanic rocks. 1 Letters; 2 Editor’s Note; 9 The Karst Caves of India; 17 Columnar Basalt; 30 The Atolls of Lakshadweep; 22 Desert Landforms 31 Badland Topography; Sudesh Kumar Wadhawan 32 Barren Island; 33 India’s Tombolo; Landforms in deserts have evolved through a long period of time 34 Hot Springs; 35 Human Induced Land Subsidence; through the interplay between fluvial and aeolian processes. 48 Books & Websites. 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