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Scarcity squeeze: Moody's says India's water crisis could cripple economy
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 02 Jul, 2024 11:36 AM

Water woes threaten India's credit rating, Moody's warns
More action is needed to ensure a sustainable water future for India (Image: Wasim Raja, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY 2.0)
Beyond infrastructure: How Jal Jeevan Mission empowers rural households in Maharashtra
Empowering women, empowering communities
Ashwin Bhat
Shyamali Banerjee
Posted on 11 Jun, 2024 12:58 PM

Launched in 2019, the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) aims to provide every rural household with adequate and safe drinking water by 2024.
JJM's ripple effect on rural Maharashtra (Image: AI generated, Freepik)
Spatial variations of water poverty determinants in Maharashtra
This study from Maharashtra underlines the importance of exploring intra-district variations among components of water poverty to aid in local-scale policy-making for better water resource management.
Aishwarya Dhawan
Haripriya Gundimeda
Posted on 27 May, 2024 10:09 AM

Poverty and water scarcity: The linkages
Local level water poverty assessment important for better water resource management (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Economic viability of drip irrigation in Maharashtra
A benefit-cost ratio analysis of cultivation of banana, sugarcane and cotton in Maharashtra indicated that drip investment for all three crops was economically viable with and without subsidy.
Sangeeta Shroff
Varun Miglani
Posted on 26 May, 2024 11:01 AM

Micro irrigation in India
Economic viability of micro irrigation (Image: Anton: Wikimedia Commons)
Taming the ash: Strategies for fly ash management in India
The problem of fly ash from coal plants in India and recommended solutions
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 20 May, 2024 02:46 PM

India is heavily reliant on coal for its energy needs, with coal-fired power plants contributing significantly to the countr
A fly ash dam near NTPC in Korba (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
Empowering women through socio-technical innovations
A case study of women-led climate resilient farming by Swayam Shikshan Prayog
Radheshyam Jadhav
Prama Mukhopadhyay
Deepali Chadha
Naseem Shaikh
Kritika Goel
Upmanyu Patil
Hom N Gartaula
Ranjitha Puskur
Swayam Shikshan Prayog
International Rice Research Institute
Posted on 18 May, 2024 08:49 AM

Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) was founded in 1998 in Maharashtra, following a collaborative venture with the state government in the aftermath of the Latur earthquake reconstruction project, encompassing 1200 villages.
Building the resilience of women farmers (Image: ICRISAT, Flcikr Commons)
Understanding drought impacts and strategies: Orange growers in Vidarbha
Discover the systematic strategies employed to mitigate water scarcity and adapt to climatic adversities
Vishwas Dohale
Navonil Mustafee
Magesh Nagarajan
Posted on 19 Apr, 2024 03:50 PM

Drought, a climatic phenomenon marked by insufficient rainfall over an extended period, severely impacts livelihoods by causing water shortages for essential activities like farming. This leads to reduced agricultural income, livestock mortality, food insecurity, and health issues.
Examining orange growers' perceptions and strategies to mitigate drought impacts (Image: Needpix)
Potential for green growth and job creation in Maharashtra's just transition
The state government should formulate a comprehensive State Just Transition Policy, focusing on economic diversification, workforce skilling and development
iFOREST
Posted on 12 Mar, 2024 10:52 AM

Maharashtra, contributing 10% of India's greenhouse gas emissions, plays a pivotal role in achieving the nation's climate targets, including the Net Zero goal by 2070.
Navigating the green transition (Image: Mahaurja)
Environmental fund misuse: NGT penalises CPCB, criticises ministry's response
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 31 Dec, 2023 05:41 PM

NGT rebukes CPCB's 'gross misuse' of environmental funds
The NGT highlighted the diversion of environmental compensation funds for unauthorised purposes (Image: Needpix)
Navigating groundwater quality: Challenges faced by farm women from Maharashtra
While the burden of managing water at the economic and domestic level still lies with farm women, has the lift irrigation scheme helped in reducing the burden on women from villages in Purandar subdistrict in Maharashtra?
Leonardelli Irene
Kemerink-Seyoum Jeltsje
Kulkarni Seema
Bhat Sneha
Zwarteveen Margreet
Posted on 15 Nov, 2023 10:45 AM

The Purandar lift irrigation scheme in Maharashtra
Women water managers in rural India. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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