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Call for Nominations: 8th Edition of FICCI Water Awards
Posted on 06 May, 2020 06:37 PMFor details, please click here.
In conversation with Rohini Nilekani: Water, societal platform thinking and COVID-19 response
Posted on 06 May, 2020 03:28 PMListen to the interview here:
![Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Arghyam](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/Rohini_Nilekani_Cover2.jpg?itok=bp_ryHYH)
Transforming lives in the Covid-19 context: MGNREGS and its potential
Posted on 05 May, 2020 04:11 PMAs India continues to unravel the actual scale of economic impacts in a world infested by the dangerous Covid-19 virus, lingering images of daily wage labourers and migrant workers attempting a near impossible walk home have been etched in public consciousness.
![Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage. Gopalpura, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nrega1.jpg?itok=yPxf2BMp)
Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon, under JJM
Posted on 04 May, 2020 03:13 PMUnder JJM, Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon
![Labourers building check dams under MGNREGA. (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0_1.jpg?itok=KPdJsaPQ)
IMD revises the onset and withdrawal dates for monsoon
Posted on 04 May, 2020 02:51 PMIMD revises monsoon calendar for the country
![Image used for representational purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/monsoon.jpg?itok=8O31C6qh)
Self sufficiency in the times of Covid-19
Posted on 02 May, 2020 11:26 AMReshamben, Manguben and Naseemben, strong women leaders of Vanita Shakti Mahila Sangathan and Ekta Mahila Sangathan, have always argued that government ration shops under the public distribution system should purchase all essential foodgrains from the local area, to the extent possible.
![A ‘people to people’ social solidarity enterprise in the times of Covid-19 (Image: Utthan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/woman_farmer_photo.jpg?itok=Yaxe7Psv)
Relief with dignity to the vulnerable, in the times of Covid
Posted on 29 Apr, 2020 12:59 PMWhile the COVID-19 pandemic is putting humanity through its most testing times, there are stories of hope, resilience, and unwavering human spirit. We have seen volunteers from the general public, NGOs and other community-based organisations, governments, philanthropies and private entities coming together in unprecedented ways.
![Local police support in the distribution of relief kits (Image Source: Samerth Trust)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/samerth2.jpg?itok=V1-k038l)
Covid-19: The road back home
Posted on 29 Apr, 2020 09:30 AMRaj Kumar, 32, a daily wager employed at a factory in Delhi had barely a thousand rupees in his wallet when he readied to rush back to his village in Halia block of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. On a normal April afternoon, he took the highway that leads to his district hearing about the 21-day lockdown.
![Millions of migrants rushed to return to their villages amid the lockdown (Image: Pixabay/balouriarajesh. Pixabay licence)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pixabay.jpg?itok=F5LlUCi6)
Covid-19: Oxfam India responding with relief in 14 states
Posted on 27 Apr, 2020 12:58 AMIn the last one week of starting its humanitarian relief response to fight coronavirus, Oxfam India along with its partners have provided dry ration to around 40,000 poor people, cooked meals served to nearly 40,000 migrant labourers, distributed 2660 safety kits to frontline workers and reached 4.5 million people through awareness initiatives in India.
![Oxfam India is concerned about the impact Covid-19 could have on the most vulnerable communities (Image: Oxfam India)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/oxfam-lead.jpg?itok=Qcb1O7Wb)
FAQs: Faecal sludge and septage management
Posted on 26 Apr, 2020 03:53 PMThis primer provides the basics related to most aspects of faecal sludge and septage management. Please click on a topic to view more detailed information.
![Empty faecal sludge drying bed (Image: Lars Schoebitz)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fssm1_0.jpg?itok=TDtRhEXN)