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Predicted impacts of droughts on agriculture and food production
Posted on 12 Apr, 2015 10:56 PMClimate change has been predicted to create increasing risks for the agricultural sector thus inversely affecting agricultural production and farm incomes in India. These risks have already manifested in the form of increasing intensity and extent of droughts, floods, temperature rise and fall, and other calamities in the country.
Gujarat No.1 in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 07 Apr, 2015 09:13 PMSwachh Bharat Mission: Gujarat leads the implementation
Probe ordered on cost overruns of Vidarbha dams
Posted on 07 Apr, 2015 09:04 PMMaharashtra Government to probe into cost overruns of Vidarbha dams
Kashmir under danger of floods
Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:30 AMFear of floods looms over Kashmir again
Locals rejoice as coal mining banned in Mahan forest
Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:12 AMCoal Ministry bans mining in Mahan forest
Water, through an artist's lens
Posted on 30 Mar, 2015 08:36 AMHow did your interest in filming water stories come about? Is there any particular issue on water that has interested you? What has guided your selection?
Unpacking the water and sanitation budget
Posted on 30 Mar, 2015 07:50 AMWhat does slashed funding for the water and sanitation sector in this year’s budget mean? Is the government’s claim that the states will get more money because of the latest Finance Commission recommendation, spot on? Sona Mitra and Kanika Kaul of the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CGBA) shed light on these at the All India Convention on the Right to Sanitation.
Don't just hide waste!
Posted on 25 Mar, 2015 03:01 PMBihar is working hard to achieve total sanitation. Sanjay Kumar Sinha, of the Public Health Engineerng Department spoke about Bihar's efforts in this direction during a conference on the Right to Sanitation.
Water Man of India wins 2015 Stockholm Water Prize
Posted on 23 Mar, 2015 09:04 PMRajendra Singh is the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate