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Haryana
FAQ - Stubble burning in India: Causes, effects, and solutions
Posted on 01 Apr, 2024 08:48 AMEvery winter, in the bustling city of Delhi and its neighbouring areas, a thick layer of smog settles and the air there is heavy with pollution - the consequence of a widespread agricultural practice known as stubble burning.
![Burning of rice residues after harvest, to quickly prepare the land for wheat planting, around Sangrur, Punjab (Image: 2011CIAT/NeilPalmer; CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-03/stubble%20burning.jpg?itok=36qC3vtl)
Controversial Water Pollution Amendment Bill clears Rajya Sabha amidst concerns
Posted on 15 Feb, 2024 10:14 PMRajya Sabha passes Amendment Bill decriminalising water pollution offenses: Industry impetus or environmental concerns?
![The Amendment Bill may provide potential encouragement to river pollution (Image: Rawpixel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-02/water%20pollution.jpg?itok=XtaTyfWR)
DPCC recommends penalties for buildings without rainwater harvesting systems in Delhi
Posted on 15 Jan, 2024 08:34 AMDPCC proposes penalising structures lacking operational rainwater harvesting systems in its NGT report
In accordance with regulations, structures over 100 square meters in Delhi are required to install rainwater harvesting systems, with non-compliance resulting in a 50% penalty on the monthly Delhi Jal Board bill.
![Rainwater harvesting model for a stand alone house (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-01/rainwater%20harvesting%20system.jpg?itok=feDyact5)
Tamil Nadu may charge fees for commercial groundwater extraction: Upcoming revisions to State Water Policy
Posted on 15 Nov, 2023 09:19 AMTamil Nadu’s initiative to enhance water policy and management: Updates expected by January
![Need to push for tough laws to restrict groundwater overextraction (Image: Rawpixel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-11/ntpc.jpg?itok=stn1RhUp)
National Green Tribunal issues notices for non-compliance with river cleanup orders
Posted on 17 Oct, 2023 03:12 PMNGT issues notices for non-compliance: States and Centre criticised for failing to clean polluted river stretches
![River Yamuna in Delhi (Image: Mirza, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/Peace_Yamuna_Ghat_%28259710365%29.jpeg?itok=zUL4HNK3)
Nudging farmers to conserve water
Posted on 25 Jul, 2023 10:07 PMIn a randomised field experiment, researchers tested whether training medium scale farmers in an agricultural water reduction practice reduced water use from common aquifers in Haryana, India.
![Alternate Wetting and Drying (Image: Zoheb Mahmud Khan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-07/Alternate-Wetting-and-Drying-AWD.png?itok=_rLi8AKP)
Haryana launches Integrated Water Resources Action Plan
Posted on 18 Jun, 2023 10:31 AMHaryana launches Integrated Water Resources Action Plan
![Continuous efforts are needed to reduce water consumption by adopting water conservation methods (Image: Sunil Kumar, CC-BY-3.0, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/1200px-Dharauli%2C_Haryana_124109%2C_India_-_panoramio.jpg?itok=45GflfGT)
Assam launches ambitious water scheme to train over two lakh students as 'Jal Doots'
Posted on 01 Jun, 2023 02:35 PMAssam undertakes an ambitious water scheme to educate more than two lakh youngsters as Jal Doots
![Assam intends to reach intends to reach 100% coverage of FHTCs shortly (Image: Wallpaper Flare; Creative Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-05/water.jpg?itok=V6MktcM6)
Government plans to develop a carbon credit trading scheme for decarbonisation
Posted on 17 May, 2023 08:35 AMCarbon market on the anvil in line with emissions trajectory
![Ministry of Power & Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change plans an Indian Carbon Market to mobilize investments for transition to low-carbon pathways (Image: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-05/climate-change-7134831.jpg?itok=WpUHY8E7)
Prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
Posted on 01 Apr, 2023 04:49 PMHouse panel suggests prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
![Over exploitation of groundwater is due to wide cultivation of water guzzler paddy and sugarcane crops (Image: Thamizhpparithi Maari, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/A_Pump_irrigation.jpg?itok=raUuFXgl)