India

Consisting mainly of arid and semi-arid areas and the country's 200 backward districts, these rainfed regions are concentrated in 13 states.

The map indicates that across the main 19 river basins of the country, water resource projects with a total live storage of 174 BCM (Billion Cubic Metres) have been completed, 75 BCM are ongoing, and 132 BCM are being planned.

Tarun Bharat Sangh and Rajendar Singh started a massive campaign to spread awareness of traditional water harvesting structures in order to restore the water resources of arid Rajasthan. The aim was to popularize the use of such traditional structures across the country.

This map from Wikimedia provides information on the average annual temperature figures across the country over a range of below 20 Deg C and above 27.5 Deg C.

TSC and Ecosan's initiative to bring about sustainable sanitation in India based on technologically advanced and eco friendly approaches towards sanitation, involving NGO, Community and Individual participation. Read more

Climage Change, Indias perceptions, positions, policies and possibilities, written by Jyoti K Parikh and Kirit Parikh, Indira Gandhi

The Indian Government conducts a National Environment Awareness Campaign every year.

British Council and TERI have identified 52 youth over the country who are empowered to pilot climate change adaptation and mitigation activities in their communities as part of their International Climate Championships 2009 program.

The map shows that there is a decreasing trend of rainfall over most of peninsular India (barring Maharashtra) including the western part of the Gangetic plain and the north eastern states apart from Assam.

An increasing trend of rainfall has been observed for the eastern part of the Gangetic plain, Assam, Telengana and all coastal regions of the country.