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Webinar series by India-UK Water Centre
Posted on 22 May, 2020 02:12 PMEach webinar will be approximately 1 hour in length and will focus on a range of topics.
To register, please click here.
Webinar 1:
Technology to build knowledge and capacities beyond COVID
Posted on 22 May, 2020 09:14 AMThe COVID-19 crisis has brought the world to a standstill. Government, civil society and volunteers are rallying to ensure that social and economic inequalities do not dictate how this crisis draws lines between the “haves” and “have-nots”. Nonetheless, the crisis seems to have deepened the existing divide.
![Bringing the digital revolution to the hands of real India (Image: CXOToday.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/digital-india-lead.jpg?itok=3frwAeAR)
Impact of climate change on river basins in India
Posted on 21 May, 2020 07:29 PMIndia has many reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population depends upon climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture and forestry for its livelihood.
![Global warming (Image: Sunando Roy, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/global-warming-sunando_roy.jpg?itok=5ryHmo0m)
MGNREGA gets additional Rs. 40,000 crore funds
Posted on 20 May, 2020 10:55 AMAdditional Rs 40,000 crore allocated to MGNREGA
![Rural employment scheme gets Rs 40,000 crore boost (Image source: IWP Flickr photos))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0_2.jpg?itok=5RaEKKnx)
Covid-19 could push 260 million Indians into poverty: Research
Posted on 20 May, 2020 10:42 AMNearly 260 million Indian could be pushed to poverty due to Covid-19: Researchers
![Covid-19 could push 260 million Indians into poverty (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24260768078_4f04b89c73_c.jpg?itok=Vp-4MhqH)
Collective action against Coronavirus
Posted on 18 May, 2020 02:09 PMEven as I sat down to write this the Jeevan Raths have rolled out and are serving migrants essentials - food, water and sanitary
![PC: The Jeevan Rath Collaborative](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/whatsapp_image_2020-05-14_at_9.07.24_am_0.jpeg?itok=7FfdkGIe)
Covid-19: Managing the disaster in rural India
Posted on 17 May, 2020 09:45 PMWith an attempt to contain the spread of deadly Covid-19, Indian government had announced a complete nation-wide lockdown from March 25 onwards. For the first time, the provisions of the National Disaster Management Act, 2005, were invoked since the law came into being after the 2004 tsunami.
![Drought in Marathwada (Image: Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-drought_condition_of_marathwada.jpg?itok=qc12-9Vn)
Developing an effective participatory groundwater monitoring program at village level
Posted on 16 May, 2020 03:52 PMThe ‘Managing Aquifer Recharge and Sustaining Groundwater Use through Village-level Intervention’ (MARVI) project is being undertaken since February 2012 with the overall aim to improve the security of irrigation water supplies and enhance livelihood opportunities for rural communities in India.
![One of the Bhujal Jankaars measuring groundwater levels manually (Image: Basant Maheshwari)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/monitoring_of_water_table_in_dug_wells-bj_hari_ram_gadri.jpg?itok=Y3bYQ2KT)
WASH warriors, in the making!
Posted on 15 May, 2020 03:17 PMCitizens Association for Child Rights (CACR) works with municipal schools in Mumbai with a focus on WASH and menstrual hygiene management and even a digital literacy programme.
![WASH warriors, in the making! (Image Source: CACR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cacr.png?itok=jDJBwsuI)
Ensuring food security in times of Covid-19
Posted on 15 May, 2020 02:37 PMThe study, ‘Covid-19 induced lockdown - How is hinterland coping’, based on a large survey undertaken by a consortium of civil society organisations undertook a rapid assessment of the impact of series of lockdowns on rural poor households.
![The prolonged lockdown has increased the dependence of farmers on food supply through the public distribution system as well as the need to grow a good crop in kharif season. (Image: UNESCO)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/indian-farmer-sifting-grain-wb.jpg?itok=l7uLzsK4)