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Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts is looking for Program Associate at Mumbai – Apply by June 27, 2011
Posted on 27 Jun, 2011 11:16 AMEstablished in 1932, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts, collectively form one of the largest private sector philanthropic organisations with an annual disbursement of Rs. 300+ crores. The Trusts offer individual assistance to students and to poor patients, make financial contributions to Institutions and provide financial support to over 600 NGOs in the country.
To administer their grant making and management activities, the Trusts are looking for a suitable professional for the position of Program Associate - Civil Society, Human Rights and Governance.
An Indian perspective on the conservation and management of lakes – A report by Ministry of Environment and Forests
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 10:43 PM
This publication will serve to be useful reference material for policymakers, implementing agencies, environmentalists and those who enjoy the beauty and diversity of India’s water bodies.
Lakes are not only a source of water and livelihood for many of our populations, but they also support a large proportion of our biodiversity. The wetlands, shallower peripheral areas of large lakes, provide breeding and nesting grounds to huge population of birds, many of which migrate to India from as far north as Siberia.
Ashwas process handbook - A planning and execution guide for participatory surveys of household water and sanitation
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 04:31 PMThe handbook was created as a result of several organisations expressing their interest in conducting an exercise similar to ASHWAS. The purpose of this handbook is thus to serve as a template for those wishing to carry out a similar effort in the other parts of the country.
Sanskriti Pratishthan invites entries for Prabha Dutt fellowship in Journalism
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 01:51 PM
Sanskriti Pratishthan has established the coveted Sanskriti awards and fellowships for young talent in different fields.
The Prabha Dutt Fellowship in Journalism encourages young women who wish to investigate and research on any topic of contemporary relevance. This fellowship will be given every year. The fellow may work on a book or monograph for subsequent publication within the given time frame.
The purpose of the Fellowship is to encourage young mid career women journalists to develop their potential by pursuing meaningful projects without having to work under the pressures of short deadlines. The Fellowship carries a grant of Rs 1,00,000 including travel expenses.The work can be executed in Hindi, English or any regional language.
Assessment study of impact and sustainability of Nirmal Gram Puraskar – A report by CMS Environment
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 11:02 PMNGP was initiated in Oct 2003 to encourage Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), block and districts to take up sanitation promotion, a post achievement, award-cum-fiscal incentive scheme. The eligibility criteria for the PRIs to receive NGP include: Gram Panchayats, Blocks and Districts, which achieve 100 per cent sanitation coverage in terms of: (1) 100 per cent sanitation coverage of individual households (2) 100 per cent school and anganwadis sanitation coverage (3) Free from open defecation and (4) Clean environment maintenance (liquid and solid waste management).
Enhanced quality of life through sustained sanitation - India country paper for South Asia Conference on Sanitation
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 10:09 PM
This India Country Paper on Enhanced Quality of Life through Sustained Sanitation was prepared for South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) IV held at Colombo, Sri Lanka in April, 2011.
In rural sanitation, India’s flagship rural sanitation programme, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), continues to be implemented with renewed vigour, and improvements in multiple facets of the programme. The TSC programme was given a further boost with the introduction of the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP), an innovative incentive scheme for Gram Panchayats, Blocks and Districts. The rural sanitation sector has continued to receive increasing budgetary support.
Is privatisation a formula for provision or perversion of municipal solid waste management?
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 09:17 PM
In 2000, in response to a Supreme Court order, the Government of India formulated and enacted the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules (hereafter referred to as the Rules) to mitigate a burgeoning solid waste crisis. Pollution from haphazard municipal solid waste disposal was gravely jeopardizing public health, thereby undermining the nation’s development gains.
The Rules’ prime objective was to protect public health and the environment by minimizing disposal of waste in landfills, thereby aligning the government’s municipal waste management policy with its commitments to international treaties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, control the production of persistent organic pollutants, conserve finite resources, and achieve broad development targets.
Rainfed agriculture: Unlocking the potential – A book by CAB International
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 08:39 PMThis is the seventh book by CAB International in the series on Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management.
Scaling up rural sanitation: Findings from the impact evaluation baseline survey in Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 03:43 PMThis report is a part of a series of papers that analysed the baseline data from all countries where the program was implemented.
Alternate management approaches for village water supply systems - Case studies from Maharashtra - A field note by WSP
Posted on 23 Jun, 2011 05:25 PMIt documents the approaches in a context where the state government agencies responsible for construction and management of rural water supply systems have been found to be facing limitations in O&M arrangements.
The traditional approach to provision of rural water supply in India has been supply driven, with emphasis on norms and targets and on construction and creation of assets, but with very little concern for sustainable arrangements for better management and maintenance of the facilities built. The viewpoint that users are ‘beneficiaries’ rather than empowered stakeholders among the service providers has led to alienation of the users.
