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Budget 2014: A water perspective
Posted on 25 Jul, 2014 01:33 PMThe 2014 Union Budget is being hailed as both challenging and decisive. Various important water issues such as rivers, watershed and safe drinking water have been addressed, money earmarked and plans and programmes announced.
![Water Budget 2014 (Source: Sourabh Phadke)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8357660968_c5df439beb_o.jpg?itok=ncalJasf)
Applications invited for 'Ph.D Scholar cum Teaching Associate', Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon, Haryana
Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 05:14 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/amity_logo_0.gif?itok=aY-1YIfy)
Parliament gives nod to Polavaram irrigation project
Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 02:09 PMParliament passes the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill
![Godavari river delta in AP (Source: Aditya Madhav)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dowleswaram_barrage_near_rajahmundry_on_river_godavari.jpg?itok=pD8TIPzP)
Indian monsoon under recovery mode
Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 02:01 PMMonsoon covers entire nation, raises hopes of recovery
![Heavy rainfall in Muzaffarpur, Bihar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2245920465_b010a7ff2f_z.jpg?itok=VSDRp6Fu)
Centre's 100 day plan: Construct one toilet per second
Posted on 15 Jul, 2014 08:00 AMCentre all set to construct 5.2 million toilets by August 31
![Toilet built under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3220088155_6ede9578fe_z.jpg?itok=3AJk0Uyr)
Union Budget 2014-15 sets aside Rs. 2037 crore for Ganga's revival
Posted on 15 Jul, 2014 07:51 AMRs. 2,037 crore allocated for Ganga's revival in Union Budget 2014-15
![Ganga river in Gadmukteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z_0.jpg?itok=BzcxKS0m)
June 2014: The driest June in 113 years!
Posted on 08 Jul, 2014 09:40 AMIndia receives only 85.8 mm of rain this June
![June 2014: driest since 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11187099345_653d8def04_z.jpg?itok=I7d3Om38)
Clean water: Courtesy sand and microbes
Posted on 07 Jul, 2014 10:11 PMEvery year, nearly 600,000 children in India die of illnesses associated with unclean drinking water [1]. Inspite of this, 2 out of every 3 households still do not treat their drinking water [2] and half of the rural water supply, where 70 percent of India’s population lives, is routinely contaminated with toxic bacteria.
![Biosand filter (Source: CAWST)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/biosand_filter.png?itok=jgj2Jein)
Poor sanitation brings down enrollment of girls in schools
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 01:10 PMDip in enrollment of female students due to poor sanitation in schools
![Girls toilet in a school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3220926516_ce0b74d47e_o.jpg?itok=Q0wm9qgc)
Compensate affected farmers: HC to Narmada Authority
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 09:07 AMHigh Court raps Narmada Authority over incomplete canal work
![State of an irrigation canal at Khargone district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9713919205_c25c00559b_z.jpg?itok=jlifJWn-)