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Maharashtra Government puts its rivers in danger
Policy matters this week Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 12:29 PM

Mahashtra scraps state's River Regulation Zone policy

View of the river Mula in Pune, Maharashtra
Swachh Bharat Mission: 80% behind target
News this week Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 11:14 AM

Swachh Bharat seems a distant dream

Ecosan toilet built in a village
Maharashtra and Telangana oppose interlinking plan
News this week Posted on 20 Jan, 2015 04:56 PM

Strong opposition to interlinking of Gujarat and Maharashtra rivers

Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh
Mission to clean Yamuna in Delhi by 2017
Policy matters this week Posted on 19 Jan, 2015 09:08 PM

NGT announces heavy fines, bans farming to clean up Yamuna

Yamuna river in Agra
Nationwide monitoring of toilet use under Swachh Bharat Mission
Policy matters this week Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 10:55 PM

Government to launch nationwide monitoring of toilet use, not construction

Construction of community toilets in progress
Water news: A recap of 2014
Water made big news in 2014 with the formation of the new Water Ministry, initiation of the Swachh Bharat Mission, disasters due to erratic weather, and several scientific achievements. Posted on 05 Jan, 2015 09:58 PM

New Water Ministry, Clean Ganga Portal, Ganga Manthan: Goverment makes efforts towards rejuvenating the Ganga

Sunset at Gadmukhteshwar
A push to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Policy matters this week Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 04:58 PM

States get a free hand towards the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

A child collects garbage at Yamuna ghat in Delhi
2014-drought in Maharashtra worse than the 2012 one
News this week Posted on 23 Dec, 2014 11:58 PM

Maharashtra drought this year is worse than 2012 drought

Drought in Maharashtra
Droughts in Maharashtra: Lack of management or vagaries of climate change?
None of our policies seem to be designed keeping in mind the farmer and his convenience, says Suneel Joshi, State Coordinator for Jal Biradari, in an interview with India Water Portal. Posted on 18 Dec, 2014 08:24 AM

Recent news has been flooded with reports of the severe drought situation in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra. Even more shocking are the reports of large-scale suicides by farmers due to crop losses.

Severe droughts (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Budget 2015-16 likely to have huge cuts in social sector
Policy matters this fortnight Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 12:27 PM

Social sector likely to get less funds in Union Budget 2015-16

MNREGA workers building check dam in Gujarat
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