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National seminar on increasing water efficiency in agricultural sector
Posted on 22 Feb, 2010 05:24 PMPress release from CII
More Crop per drop: Need of Agriculture today
“The challenge of managing our water resources in a rational and sustainable manner will require action on many fronts and coordination across different sectors of the economy” said Mr. A K Bajaj, Chairman, Central Water Commission and Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India, at the inaugural session of the National Seminar on Increasing Water Efficiency in Agriculture Sector organized by CII. Setting the tone of the deliberations he particularly emphasized on the need to address the complex issue through collaborative efforts of the industry and the Government.
Branches of ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment)
Posted on 22 Feb, 2010 12:43 PM
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
The last quarter of 2009 seems to have been really productive as far as our work goes - a new office in Sikkim, the number of people we have had the opportunity to share ideas with - starting from the International Canopy Conference to lectures by visiting faculty, and moving on to some interesting workshops and events planned for 2010. Supreme Court's order on children falling in abandoned tube wells dated 11.02.2010Posted on 22 Feb, 2010 12:13 PMMessage from Mr.Rama Mohan Centre for World Solidarity In response to my letter petition filed as PIL in Hon'ble Supreme Court of India as WP(C) 36/2009 on 13.02.2009 requesting measures to prevent fatal accidents involving children falling in abandoned bore wells, the court has given certain safety measures / guidelines to all the States and UTs in India on 11.02.2010.
USAID’s grants for promoting access to Urban Water and Sanitation Services.Posted on 17 Feb, 2010 03:53 PMUSAID’s ECO-Asia program, a regional environmental program based in Thailand, has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Grants for Promoting Access to Urban Water and Sanitation Services. Call for research proposals on rural drinking water and sanitation by DDWS, Government of IndiaPosted on 17 Feb, 2010 12:50 PMRajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, funds research and development project proposals from established institutions and universities. The project must be related to rural drinking water and sanitation. Please see below the priority areas identified by the Department in respect to research and development in sanitation. MCH-STAR looking for a technical consultant on water and sanitationPosted on 17 Feb, 2010 10:41 AMThe Maternal and Child Health Sustainable Technical Assistance and Research initiative, known as MCH-STAR, is a multi-year project funded by USAID/India. CAG India invites feedback on pollution of ground water, lakes and rivers in IndiaPosted on 16 Feb, 2010 03:14 PMThe Comptroller and Auditor General of India (www.cag.gov.in) is starting a performance Audit on "Pollution of ground water, lakes and rivers in India". CAG has invited citizens to point out specific problems / issue regarding water pollution affecting them or the environment. Water contamination footprint- A paper by Chetan PanditPosted on 16 Feb, 2010 01:27 PMGuest post by Mr. Chetan Pandit who works for the Central Water Commission, Government of India This blog is a condensed version of the paper published in the 3rd Round Table on Sustainable Consumption and Production, organized by the Ministry of Environment and Forests jointly with UNEP, at New Delhi on 11-12 Feb 2010. The views expressed in this article are author’s personal views, and are not to be taken as the views of his employers. In any discussion about Sustainable Development (SD) the quantity of consumption is invariably the main concern. Perhaps this stems from the original definition of SD as the “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs", which invokes the spectre of insufficient quantities of resources at some time in the future. This concern is invalid for water, because water is a dynamic and renewable resource. Every hydrologic year brings a fresh packet of water. There is no way to use in this year, the rainfall that is yet to occur in the next year, or next decade. Moreover, any unused water will flow away to the oceans. The storages capacities, whether in surface storages or in aquifer, are adequate for one year only, at the most a little carry over for the next year. With many basins already reaching “water stressed” status, the problem at hand is how to supply the needs of this year, and there is no question of storing the water for future generations. Thus, in the context of water, quantity of water used should not be the primary concern for SD. Policy brief for the water sector regarding the privatisation & reform processes in India- Manthan Adhyayan Kendra (2009)Posted on 12 Feb, 2010 05:04 PMThis policy brief, prepared by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, provides a bird’s eye view of the privatisation and reforms processes in the country. Pagination |