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Agencies monitoring groundwater level in various parts of India in 2011 A list by the Central Ground Water Board

The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has recently come up with a list of agencies monitoring groundwater level in various parts of the country.

Sekhar Raghavan speaks about saving our water

Talk by Sekhar Raghavan, Rain Centre, at the Rotary Club of Madras South weekly meeting on 26 April 2011 on rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation

Water quality in Penukonda region of Anantapur district - A field report by Arghyam

A team from Arghyam recently visited an NGO called SEDS - Social Education and Development Society in the district of Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh.

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Ecologically sound, economically viable community managed sustainable agriculture in Andhra Pradesh – A report by Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty and World Bank

The learning note describes CMSA program and its approach, the institutional model supporting it and the implementation process.

Hydrological and farming system impacts of agricultural water management interventions for sustainable groundwater use in North Gujarat - A paper by Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy

Under this project an estimated area of 73,000 acres of irrigated land is currently under minor irrigation systems including drips and sprinklers.

Pampered views and parrot talks – In the cause of well irrigation in India – A paper by Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy

This article by the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy reveals some of the fallacies in Indian irrigation most important being that well irrigation is superior to canal irrigation.

Jalyatra: Exploring India's traditional water management systems

Jalyatra places water resources in the local environmental and social context.

Estimation of groundwater resources in Andhra Pradesh - A report by the State Groundwater Department - GoAP (2002)

This report by the State Groundwater Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh presents an estimation of the State’s groundwater resources.

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Gujarat’s agricultural growth story: Reality check and important lessons for water management – A paper by Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy

This paper attempts a reality check on the ‘miracle growth’ in Gujarat’s agricultural production by looking at the gross value of the outputs from agriculture