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Guidelines for groundwater abstraction- A document by Central Groundwater Authority, Ministry of Water Resources (2012)
This document provides the details of guidelines for groundwater abstraction for both notified and non notified areas Posted on 12 Dec, 2012 12:00 PM

This document by Central Groundwater Authority provides a set of guidelines to evaluate proposals/requests for the withdrawal of ground water. This is done with the following objectives:

The Climate Change Bill by Ministry of Environment and Forests (2012)
This document includes the Climate Change Bill by the Ministry of Enviroment and Forests Posted on 11 Dec, 2012 07:52 PM

This document by Ministry of Environment and Forests aims to set a target for the reduction of targeted greenhouse gas emissions; to establish a National Committee on climate change; to provide for carbon budgeting and carbon trading schemes and to encourage other such activities; to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for matters connected to it.

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (Amendment) Bill by Ministry of Rural Development (2012)
This document includes the Mahatma Gandhi national Rural Employment Guarantee Bill Posted on 11 Dec, 2012 07:41 PM

This document is a bill by Ministry of Rural Development aims to amend the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. The objective of this bill is to arrest the rampant corruption in the scheme, which was meant to provide employment opportunities to landless labourers and small farming families in rural areas.

The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill by Ministry of Water Resources (2012)
This bill aims to amend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act Posted on 11 Dec, 2012 07:24 PM

This document is a bill by Ministry of Water Resources is to amend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) of 1974. The objective of this bill is to address the pressing problem of river pollution and increasing contribution of municipal sewage that is discharged to rivers. The objectives of the bill are:

Central empowered committee (CEC) submits preliminary report on illegal mining in Goa - Roundup of news (December 3 – December 9, 2012)
The illegal mining issue in Goa, release of water from Karnataka, protests against garbage disposal plants in Karnataka, organic agriculture in Sikkim by 2015 and other news. Posted on 10 Dec, 2012 08:49 PM

Central empowered committee (CEC) submits preliminary report on illegal mining in Goa

Seminar by CGWB on National Project on Aquifer Management stresses the need for a paradigm shift in groundwater sector from development to management
A two day seminar on National Project on Aquifer Management (NAQUIM) was organized by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) at A P Shinde Hall, NASC Complex, ICAR, Pusa, New Delhi during 8th and 9th October, 2012. It provided a platform for exchange of ideas among various stakeholders including planners and administrators from various ministries of Government of India, Central and State Government organizations and NGO’s. The seminar comprised of deliberations on identified issues such as the steps involved in aquifer mapping, role of state agencies, participatory management, water quality data and related inputs. Posted on 10 Dec, 2012 05:39 PM

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Inaugural session chaired by Dr. Mihir Shah

Image courtesy: www.readandknow.org

Behaviour change towards sanitation and education, through art and drama
India is the open defecation capital of the world, where people have more mobile phones then toilets, having easy access to banks as compared to toilets. Open defecation is a big concern and a big issue to be addressed which still is not that touched upon subject among the community. As people here do not wants to talk about this issue. People in many part of the villages here make there homes without the toilets as they don’t see any use of it even if they have money to build it, instead of this they go out and defecate in the open , without knowing the ill effects and consequences of it on their health and environment. Posted on 10 Dec, 2012 12:18 PM

With the main objective of creating awareness among the community about the importance of education, open defecation and clean water, HEEALS, a non-profit organization, has collaborated with students from the Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD), University Of London, to use Applied Theatre as an unconventional and proactive tool to increase awareness among school children in villages and

"The time has come for every individual to take responsibility of conserving and harvesting water" - A conversation with Anupam Mishra
Amit Tiwari, an India Water Portal volunteer, interacts with Anupam Mishra ji during the recent Western Ghats meet at Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra. Included below are some excerpts from their conversation Posted on 09 Dec, 2012 05:54 PM

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Report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources suggests inclusion of the subject ‘water’ in the concurrent list of the constitution
The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2012-13) has recently presented the Sixteenth Report of the Committee on ‘Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies' to the Lok Sabha. Some of the important recommendations/ observations of the Committee are included below Posted on 08 Dec, 2012 12:05 PM

Need for inclusion of the subject 'water' in the Concurrent List of the Constitution to put in place a comprehensive legislative framework

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