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"Access and behavioral outcome indicators for water, sanitation and hygiene by USAID Hygiene Improvement Project",
Posted on 09 Mar, 2011 12:11 PM
- Access and behavioral outcome indicators for water, sanitation, and hygiene by USAID Hygiene Improvement Project
The document highlights the evidence that has accumulated based on the reliable assessment and validation of hygiene practices – practices that are critical for the prevention of diarrheal diseases and the reduction of child morbidity and mortality.
Emerging policies, creating new commons - A policy forum
Posted on 04 Mar, 2011 02:54 PMThe panel discussion was held to further the idea of commons by extending the idea of autonomy in some of the discussions on commons to the Indian idea of Swaraj or Self-Rule.
Discussions in the panel drew the existing ideas of resource sharing, establishing institutions for governance but extend this to a broader discussion on knowledge and democracy. The panel draws from a recent examination of Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj from a knowledge perspective, an attempt by a network of knowledge commons - the Knowledge In Civil Society or KICS – to posit an Indian science and technology manifesto for 21st-century India and the world. Knowledge Swaraj suggests a new social contract of science in India, based on the principles of plurality, sustainability and justice and a closer look at expertise and knowledge in India. The panel began with a view from civil society on knowledge by M V Sastri looking at Gandhi’s ideas of Hind Swaraj and oceanic circles and the need for the commons debates to relook at ideas from Hind Swaraj from the viewpoint of the present day discourses of human rights also. This was followed by papers that suggest how these ideas can be explored in practice.
Present status of interlinking of rivers project - Press Information Bureau release
Posted on 04 Mar, 2011 02:09 PMThe Government has said that the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) under the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has identified 30 inter-state River links (16 under Peninsular Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). Out of these, FRs of 14 links under Peninsular Component and 2 links (Indian Portion) under Himalayan Component have been completed. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, present status of interlinking of rivers in the country, Shri Vincent H. Pala, Minister of State for Water Resources, said that the Five inter-state River links under Peninsular Component namely (i) Ken-Betwa, (ii) Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal, (iii) Damanganga-Pinjal, (iv) Par-Tapi-Narmada & (v) Godavari (Polavaram)-Krishna (Vijayawada) were identified as priority links for building consensus among the concerned states for taking up their Detailed Project Reports (DPRs).
River schools can make the future look bright - Parineeta Dandekar
Posted on 04 Mar, 2011 01:25 PM
Above - Children studying a map of the Chalakudy Basin. Photo - RRC.
Seeds of sustainability and sensitivity when sown at a young age, blossom into responsible individuals. And you need to be in touch with the land to sow those seeds. The Central and State Boards of Education in India have made Environmental Science a compulsory subject for schools and junior colleges (for all subjects). But Environmental Sciences is not to be studied in the classroom. In order to understand the erosion and deposition processes of a river, students need to visit a river bend in their city and in order to instil a lifelong aversion to plastic bags, a landfill and dumping grounds need to be seen.
"Civil society groups to do NREGA audit again"
Posted on 04 Mar, 2011 11:56 AM
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Social impact assessment of resettlement & rehabilitation policies and packages in India - Report of a research project by Centre for Social Development
Posted on 02 Mar, 2011 08:37 AMThe National Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) policy, issued in 2007, recognizes the need to carry out Social Impact Assessment (SIA) as part of the resettlement planning and implementation processes. While an assessment of social impacts prior to the commencement of a new project or expansion of an existing is now obligatory under this new policy, the appropriate guidelines for the purpose do not yet exist. This handbook on conducting social impact assessments aims to fill this gap.
Co-processing of distillery spent wash concentrate in cement industry – Inviting comments on the draft guidelines by the Central Pollution Control Board (2010)
Posted on 01 Mar, 2011 09:48 PMIn order to utilize the hazardous wastes generated in the cement industry the Central Pollution Control Board has come up with the draft guidelines (in February 2010) dealing with the co-processing of distillery spent wash concentrate in the cement industry.
Robert Chambers speaks about health, nutrition, sanitation and CLTS at the International Development Select Committee on the future of DFID's programme in India
Posted on 01 Mar, 2011 03:18 PMHe spoke about health, nutrition and sanitation in India and specifically referring to CLTS.
Download the below attachment for written evidence given by Robert Chambers
Alkaline soils: Characteristics and treatment - Ramnaresh
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 12:33 PMक्षारीय मृदाओं के लक्षण तथा सुधार