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Banking on rainwater harvesting
Teaser: National Water Mission’s campaign aims at creating rainwater harvesting structures in various parts of India.National Water Mission’s (NWM) has launched a campaign ‘Catch the rain’ on a pan...
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Green court slams centre over groundwater withdrawal in dry areas
Teaser: Policy matters this weekNGT slams centre over groundwater extraction in dry areasDispleased over the Centre's submission that restriction on groundwater extraction in over-exploited, critical...
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Tank desiltation scheme in Maharashtra: Policy concerns and way forward
Teaser: Maharashtra has been implementing the Gaalmukt Dharan, Gaalyukt Shivar Yojana (GDGS) scheme since 2017. How has it fared and what needs to be done to improve it further?Tank systems of...
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Repurposing microirrigation to deal with water woes
Teaser: Microirrigation does not often bring about a change in cropping patterns, with farmers continuing with water-intensive crops.India is likely to face stark water scarcity in the coming decades...
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Boosting rural livelihoods using agriculture and MGNREGA amidst Covid-19
Teaser: Strengthening farm and non-farm livelihoods can pave the way for food and nutritional security.As the Covid-19 pandemic was leaving deep scars around the globe, it forced governments to take...
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UP tops in providing employment under MGNREGS
Teaser: Policy matters this weekUP emerges as the top state in the country to give employment under MGNREGSUnder the rural employment guarantee scheme, the Uttar Pradesh government has engaged 57.13...
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Groundwater depletion in Punjab: Time for a major policy overhaul
Teaser: The time for quick fixes is over; a comprehensive policy overhaul is urgently needed to impede the juggernaut of Punjab's groundwater depletion.Punjab, a small state in northwest India, derives...
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Priorities for the Revised National Water Policy
Teaser: There is need to evolve a National Water Policy that establishes a framework and pathway to sustainable, efficient and equitable management of surface and groundwater resources.The Department...
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Railway stations to be categorised based on wastewater generation
Teaser: Policy matters this weekRailway stations to be classified based on wastewater generationThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will classify railway stations under the red, orange and green...
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Agricultural crop substitution can bridge rural and urban water needs
Teaser: Rural and urban water crisis in India can be addressed through adaptive changes in current agricultural practices, as per a study in Maharashtra by the Indian School of Business. With 85...
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5-star rating for garbage free-cities to Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore
Teaser: Policy matters this weekSwachh Survekshan for urban India: Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore among the topCentre has announced the performance of cities under the Star Rating Protocol, which is part...
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Water levels in major reservoirs maximum in last 13 years: CWC
Teaser: News this weekWater storage level 76 percent more than last year: CWCAccording to the Central Water Commission's (CWC) weekly bulletin, as on 6 May, 2020, live water storage in 123 reservoirs...
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Jharkhand launches scheme to revive rural economy
Teaser: Policy matters this weekJharkhand government launches three schemes to revive rural economy under the MGNREGAIn a bid to revive the rural economy that has been affected by the lockdown owing to...
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Horticulture pile-up, yet farmers stare at losses in Kachchh
Teaser: Robust arid region horticulture in the water-scarce arid region of Kachchh, but without improved value-addition for increased shelf-life, farmers faced with a crisis. Kachchh: A desert oasis...
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Coping with Covid-19: Options before small and marginal farmers of rainfed...
Teaser: There is a need to have basic institutional structures such as market, credit, insurance, research, extension service etc., in place in rainfed regions.The global crisis due to Covid-19 has hit...
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Self sufficiency in the times of Covid-19
Teaser: Utthan promotes self-sufficient food production areas with internal dependencies, as the pandemic causes disruptions from food to fork.Reshamben, Manguben and Naseemben, strong women leaders of...
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Providing safe drinking water, in difficult times!
Teaser: How does Piramal Sarvajal plan to deal with the water crisis in the country?Piramal Sarvajal, seeded by the Piramal Foundation in 2008, is a mission driven social enterprise which designs and...
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Clean drinking water: Still a pipe dream for Maharashtra?
Teaser: While water supply coverage has improved over the years in Maharashtra, why does safe and continuous water supply still remain a distant dream for the state?Latur in Maharashtra has been facing...
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Virtual water and water footprint
Teaser: How much water do we consume directly and indirectly?Climate change and water scarcity in IndiaThe world is today facing an unprecedented water crisis, both in access and availability. Cape...
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Groundwater in 30 districts in Delhi-NCR contaminated, reveals 2019 data
Teaser: News this week30 districts in Delhi-NCR had contaminated groundwater in 2019: Water MinisterAs per the data presented by the Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the Rajya Sabha, at...
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