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India
Demystifying groundwater for collective action
Posted on 29 Jul, 2021 03:06 PMIndia is the largest user of groundwater in the world. Agriculture, rural and urban domestic water supply and increasingly industries are shaping the dependency on groundwater.
![Unless work on managing the demand is undertaken, the notion of ‘infinite’ groundwater will be hard to address. (Image: Rucha Deshmukh, ACWADAM)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/game.jpg?itok=WP-bLYSE)
Beat the heat
Posted on 27 Jul, 2021 01:19 PMThe demand for air conditioning is growing at 10-15% annually in India due to a combination of factors including increasing affluence and ri
![A series of air conditioning units on a building (Image: Pxfuel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/buildings-air-conditioning-pxfuel.jpg?itok=rzo5xlVG)
Scientific closure of abandoned bore wells
Posted on 22 Jul, 2021 01:58 PMWhy de-commission defunct or failed bore wells?
![Well decommissioning is necessary to permanently fill in and seal a well to eliminate the well as a source of water (Image: Asadwarraich, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/2560px-A_tube_well_in_village_Chakrian_0.jpg?itok=P0NGp5Mk)
Emerging markets adopt renewables
Posted on 19 Jul, 2021 12:36 PMEmerging markets are about to leapfrog fossil fuels to generate all the growth in their electricity supply from renewables in this decade. The peak global fossil fuel usage for electricity generation was probably 2018.
![Solar power plant in Telangana (image: Thomas Llyod Group, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/Solar_Power_Plant_Telangana_II_in_state_of_Telangana%2C_India%2C_12-MWp_DCb.jpg?itok=S4BX2pRq)
Building leadership of women at the grassroots
Posted on 16 Jul, 2021 03:35 PMWomen in rural India are always at an added disadvantage due to low literacy levels and socio-cultural norms characterized by inequitable access to resources. This automatically translates into reduced self-esteem and poor levels of confidence.
Stories of change: Becoming water abundant by harvesting rainwater
Posted on 12 Jul, 2021 10:20 AMWe often take for granted those things that come easy to us. Rain is one such resource that we always enjoy, but never capture for the future.
![Catch the rain where it falls (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/5498487031_bbdd8a3a03_z.jpg?itok=Zk9eTpS9)
Solar irrigation policies in India
Posted on 08 Jul, 2021 02:00 PMSolar pumps and solar irrigation are not new to India as the first program to install solar pumps started close to three decades back in 1993
![Different solar irrigation policies in India (Image: IWMI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Solar%20Policy.png?itok=CL9D0Y2B)
Billions lack access to WASH services
Posted on 06 Jul, 2021 06:40 PMA UNICEF-WHO Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report on drinking water and sanitation indicates that billions of people will lack access safely managed household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services in 2030 unless the rate of progress towards meeting sustainable development goal (SDG) goal quadruples.
![Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/tap-water.jpg?itok=aTJAl17y)
Aspirational Districts Programme, a successful model of local development, says UNDP report
Posted on 30 Jun, 2021 11:09 PMUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India released an independent appraisal report on the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) recently. The report captures the progress of the flagship initiative and recommendations for further improvements.
![UNDP India released an appraisal report on transformation of 112 most backward districts recently (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Village_pump_in_India.jpg?itok=KS0Uh4uQ)