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Water levels in major reservoirs maximum in last 13 years: CWC

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 13 May, 2020 02:39 PM

Water storage level 76 percent more than last year: CWC

Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

COVID-19 and water - A webinar series

ICCW hosts this webinar series to bring in thought- leaders, water professionals and scientists together to discuss water challenges and needs during and post COVID-19.

Posted on 10 May, 2020 04:35 PM

Horticulture pile-up, yet farmers stare at losses in Kachchh

Robust arid region horticulture in the water-scarce arid region of Kachchh, but without improved value-addition for increased shelf-life, farmers faced with a crisis.

Praharsh M Patel

Prayaas: The Movement for Grassroot Changes

Posted on 10 May, 2020 04:05 PM

Kachchh: A desert oasis under peril

Date palm plantation in Kachchh (Image: Prayaas: The Movement of Grassroot Changes)

Coping with Covid-19: Options before small and marginal farmers of rainfed regions

There is a need to have basic institutional structures such as market, credit, insurance, research, extension service etc., in place in rainfed regions.

Biswanath Sinha

Kuntal Mukherjee

Posted on 09 May, 2020 03:11 PM

The global crisis due to Covid-19 has hit India after coursing through western Europe. India’s response to curtail the spread of the disease was quite decisive.

Village institutions take a lead in Covid-19 response

Institutions are a key arsenal in rural India's pandemic fight.

Kiran Singh

Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)

Posted on 07 May, 2020 09:23 PM

Covid-19 will have major implications in rural areas where the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), a non-profit organisation has been working towards conservation of natural resources through collective action of local communities. Experience indicates that the complete lockdown to contain the spread of the disease has resulted in loss of rural incomes.

In the light of disrupted food supply systems, especially for fresh produce, the village institution arranged for harvesting and sale of produce. (Image: FES)

Call for Nominations: 8th Edition of FICCI Water Awards

Call for nominations for the 8th Edition of FICCI Awards. The deadline is 31 May, 2020.

Posted on 06 May, 2020 06:37 PM

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In conversation with Rohini Nilekani: Water, societal platform thinking and COVID-19 response

We are in conversation with Ms. Rohini Nilekani, a committed philanthropist, author and social activist. She founded Arghyam almost two decades ago and has been a key ideator in the water sector.

Amrtha Kasturi Rangan

Manisha Shah

Posted on 06 May, 2020 03:28 PM

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Transforming lives in the Covid-19 context: MGNREGS and its potential

India can use its flagship public employment program (MGNREGS) to transform lives of its underprivileged population in the Covid-19 context, and live up to its promise of a welfare state.

Karthik Seshan

Ayan Biswas

Posted on 05 May, 2020 04:11 PM

As India continues to unravel the actual scale of economic impacts in a world infested by the dangerous Covid-19 virus, lingering images of daily wage labourers and migrant workers attempting a near impossible walk home have been etched in public consciousness.