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Groundwater
Watershed Management Compendium
Posted on 27 Dec, 2019 06:32 PMThis compendium by Mihir Kumar Maitra is a valuable resource for all practitioners engaged in watershed management activities in the field.
![Watershed management in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/watershed.jpg?itok=ooSR76aT)
Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange
Posted on 19 Dec, 2019 10:31 AMPanel expresses displeasure over slow pace of Namami Gange
![The Ganga at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9416529216_7b33145664_z_2_0_0_0.jpg?itok=uejsK4AI)
Micro-irrigation and groundwater use
Posted on 18 Dec, 2019 02:12 PMAgriculture the largest consumer of groundwater in India
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Trading in virtual water
Posted on 13 Dec, 2019 09:12 AMThe recent trade war between the United States and China was, among other things, about virtual water - the hidden water in products. Producing anything, whether it is soyabean or clothes, uses water, and has a water footprint.
![A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: Hamish John Appleby for IWMI, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer-crop-irrigation.jpg?itok=DDYpBxSG)
NGT orders 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers
Posted on 11 Dec, 2019 12:05 PMEnsure 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers: NGT to authorities
![Polythene bags and solid waste left behind as water recedes in the Ganga river. (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934020083_c28c745673_z_0_0.jpg?itok=Chxwbwjv)
Looking back into history to understand droughts
Posted on 04 Dec, 2019 02:53 PMDroughts in India: types, causes and effects
Droughts are greatly feared in India, impacting food production, the economy and the livelihoods of millions of farmers. 60% of India’s population is engaged in agriculture.
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Water stewardship approach to minimizing risks for businesses
Posted on 02 Dec, 2019 03:53 PMWater, its use, availability, and impact on people has been on the public policy debate centerstage for the past several years. In India, a growing water crisis driven by climate change, inefficiency, and water pollution is slowly moving to a near-permanent state that will harm the country’s people, economy and environment.
![Picture credit: Romit Sen](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic_1.jpg?itok=zGulaIQQ)
CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
Posted on 27 Nov, 2019 12:06 PMMoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention
![An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32493765187_81650bd26f_c_0.jpg?itok=-cTWe26K)
Orientation Training on 'Aquifer Recharge in Rural and Urban areas'
Posted on 20 Nov, 2019 09:30 PMObjective of the event:
To orient participants on innovative borewell recharge method in rural areas as well as various methods of aquifer recharge in urban areas.
Target Participants: