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4 billion global population affected by severe water scarcity: NASA

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 23 Feb, 2016 12:16 PM

Groundwater levels are reducing all over the world: NASA analysis

A tubewell in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Ken-Betwa river link project hits a roadblock

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 23 Feb, 2016 12:09 PM

No clearance to Ken-Betwa river link project till wildlife issues are addressed

Map showing Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)

Floating gardens for the landless

Flood affected areas in coastal Odisha have adopted new ways of farming. Called floating gardens, these have the scope to reduce the food insecurities of the landless poor.

Jagannath Chatterjee

Posted on 17 Feb, 2016 09:49 PM

The coastal district of Puri in Odisha is infested with water hyacinth. In 1982, 10 million people and 3 million hectares of agricultural land was affected by floods causing the water hyacinth to increase to such an extent that it has affected the lives and livelihood of communities for almost three decades.

Women working on a floating garden (Source: RCDC)

High on potential, low on execution

Small hydro power projects, which could have a greater potential to deal with energy deficiency, are yet to yield what they promise thanks to procedural hiccups and bad research.

Manu Moudgil

Posted on 17 Feb, 2016 09:25 PM

Recently, Prime Minister Modi asked Niti Aayog to submit a report on stalled hydropower projects in the country.

A small hydro power project in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

National Water Commission in place of CWC and CGWB

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:28 AM

Government proposes to set up a National Water Commission

The Upper Lake, Bhopal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Karnataka first state to witness rabi crop loss

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:16 AM

Karanataka records failure of winter crops, seeks Rs 1,417 crore Central assistance

Barren fields owing to poor rains (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Can Budget 2016-17 breathe life into the public health system?

Budget asks include the upping of health spending, passing new health policies and involving civil society among other things.

Ravi Duggal

Jan Swasthya Abhiyaan

Posted on 15 Feb, 2016 11:00 AM

Per a report by the Planning Commission, India’s burden of water borne diseases remains grossly underestimated. The improvements in access to drinking water has not been matched by a proportionate decline in deaths and illnesses from waterborne diseases.

Measuring for malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh (Source: Russell Watkins, Wikimedia Commons)

Is Pumpkart streamlining an unorganised sector?

An e-commerce platform selling water pumps has big plans for India but will they be able to buck the trend of incurring heavy losses that other online stores face?

Manu Moudgil

Posted on 11 Feb, 2016 12:03 PM

The increasing gap in water availability in India has encouraged the growth of the water industry. Be it the bottling sector, filtration or wastewater recycling, all segments related to water are seeing a phenomenal upsurge.