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Can Budget 2016-17 breathe life into the public health system?
Posted on 15 Feb, 2016 11:00 AMPer a report by the Planning Commission, India’s burden of water borne diseases remains grossly underestimated. The improvements in access to drinking water has not been matched by a proportionate decline in deaths and illnesses from waterborne diseases.
Is Pumpkart streamlining an unorganised sector?
Posted on 11 Feb, 2016 12:03 PMThe increasing gap in water availability in India has encouraged the growth of the water industry. Be it the bottling sector, filtration or wastewater recycling, all segments related to water are seeing a phenomenal upsurge.
Environmentalists protest proposed projects near Konkan coastline
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:48 PMActivists stand against three proposed projects near Konkan coastline
Eight ministries now responsible for Ganga clean up
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:39 PMSeven ministries other than the Water Ministry to help revive the Ganga
Agriculture and informal sector labour need a budgetary push
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 08:46 AMRecent data from the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) as well as the Agriculture Census highlighted the plight of Indian farmers. Around 85 percent are small and marginal farmers with an average monthly income of only Rs. 4653, which is lesser than their monthly expenses. Debt rates are very high among farmers with an average loan of more than Rs.
Training programme on Sustainable Urban Water Management: Rainwater Harvesting and Decentralised Wastewater Treatment
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:57 AMAbout the programme:
International Conference on Innovations in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems (ISWATS)
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:40 AMAbout the event:
The three day conference is being organised by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, and Ecosan Services Foundation (ESF), Pune.
National Conference on Peri-Urban Agriculture and Ecosystems
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:21 AMAbout the conference:
Gender and water use: Looking beyond pure data
Posted on 05 Feb, 2016 12:36 PMGrowth and development indicators at the policy level many a times demand the need for factual data that is often standardised and expressed as numbers in order to make each local context comparable to other and allow data to be aggregated to higher geographical scales.
Development or drastic ecological changes: Where is Dehradun headed?
Posted on 05 Feb, 2016 11:49 AMThe Babur Nama mentions that the “
