Decline of tank irrigation institutions in South India - A case-study of Tamil Nadu - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
This paper examines the importance of tank irrigation in Tamil Nadu and tries to ascertain the reasons why tank irrigation has failed today.
MGNREGA wage rate revision - Official notification from the MoRD
State-wise wage rate for Unskilled Manual Workers (Rs. per day)
The need for creating a River Act - Anupam Saraph
Dr Rajendra Singh has repeatedly pointed out to few of us working with him that India does not have a River Act.
We are not doing a true cost-benefit analysis of hydropower dams in India - Interview with Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala
The benefits from generation of electricity are grossly overstated while the costs of generation are understated.
Our Oceans - A plastic soup - Earth Institute
"Humanity’s plastic footprint is probably more dangerous than its carbon footprint,” said Captain Charles Moore, who, in 1997, discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Ensuring sustainable drinking water security in rural areas - PIB Release
The major thrust of the rural water supply programmes is to ensure provision of adequate drinking water supply to the rural communities.
Eradication of manual scavenging - Recent PIB Releases
Manual scavenging is a dehumanizing and degrading practice and rehabilitation of manual scavengers is an issue of human dignity
Draft strategic plan 2010-2022, for rural drinking water
Comments requested by DDWS (MoRD) by 31 January 2011
Using media to address water issue in Rajasthan - Video Volunteers
A Video Trainer for Video Volunteers, Tara Misra spent a year at the Jal Chitran - the Community Video Unit (CVU) in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the eastern Himalaya – A report by IUCN
This report by IUCN deals with the status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the eastern Himalaya.
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