India

SC gets strict with industrial units 

Nature is the source of much value to us every day. Yet it mostly bypasses markets, escapes pricing and defies valuation. 

There was a time when the farmers of Yavatmal district depended completely on rainfed agriculture. That was before the introduction of Doha, a water harvesting structure by NGO Dilasa Sansthan in 2014. Farming changed drastically after that, something which Sitaram Kove, a 40-year-old farmer of Rajini village in the district, will vouch for.

Committee rules out any change in Krishna water sharing ratio

Yet again, Bengaluru’s lake on fire

Farming can’t be sustainable without the seeds which are best suited to the location, water availability, soil type and weather. According to records, there were 1.10 lakh varieties of rice in India till 1965. After that, the Green Revolution happened, which pushed for hybrid varieties.

In November 2011, the government of Madhya Pradesh sanctioned Rs 493 crore to 37 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) for drinking water supply projects under the Chief Minister’s Urban Drinking Water Supply Scheme (CMUWSS) along the lines of the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT).

NGT blames Centre for wasting public money in the name of Ganga clean-up

Arsenic present in drinking water at many habitations: Centre

The much-anticipated budget this year treads largely on the path set last year with the rural sector receiving more allocation than its urban counterpart.