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Ashwas process handbook - A planning and execution guide for participatory surveys of household water and sanitation
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 04:31 PMThe handbook was created as a result of several organisations expressing their interest in conducting an exercise similar to ASHWAS. The purpose of this handbook is thus to serve as a template for those wishing to carry out a similar effort in the other parts of the country.
Mining havoc: Impact of mining on water resources in Goa - Article from Dams, Rivers and People
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 02:02 PM
Pumping of water from Cavrem Sheikh Salim mine, severely lowering groundwater table in the village
Image courtesy: Sebastian Rodriguez, Mand Goa
Sanskriti Pratishthan invites entries for Prabha Dutt fellowship in Journalism
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 01:51 PM
Sanskriti Pratishthan has established the coveted Sanskriti awards and fellowships for young talent in different fields.
The Prabha Dutt Fellowship in Journalism encourages young women who wish to investigate and research on any topic of contemporary relevance. This fellowship will be given every year. The fellow may work on a book or monograph for subsequent publication within the given time frame.
The purpose of the Fellowship is to encourage young mid career women journalists to develop their potential by pursuing meaningful projects without having to work under the pressures of short deadlines. The Fellowship carries a grant of Rs 1,00,000 including travel expenses.The work can be executed in Hindi, English or any regional language.
Taking steps toward marine and coastal ecosystem based management: An introductory guide by UNEP
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 09:28 AMAn important aim of this guide is to facilitate the implementation of UNEP’s overarching Ecosystem Management Programme and new Marine and Coastal Strategy in countries and regions in line with its Medium Term Strategy 2010-13.
Assessment study of impact and sustainability of Nirmal Gram Puraskar – A report by CMS Environment
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 11:02 PMNGP was initiated in Oct 2003 to encourage Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), block and districts to take up sanitation promotion, a post achievement, award-cum-fiscal incentive scheme. The eligibility criteria for the PRIs to receive NGP include: Gram Panchayats, Blocks and Districts, which achieve 100 per cent sanitation coverage in terms of: (1) 100 per cent sanitation coverage of individual households (2) 100 per cent school and anganwadis sanitation coverage (3) Free from open defecation and (4) Clean environment maintenance (liquid and solid waste management).
Enhanced quality of life through sustained sanitation - India country paper for South Asia Conference on Sanitation
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 10:09 PM
This India Country Paper on Enhanced Quality of Life through Sustained Sanitation was prepared for South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) IV held at Colombo, Sri Lanka in April, 2011.
In rural sanitation, India’s flagship rural sanitation programme, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), continues to be implemented with renewed vigour, and improvements in multiple facets of the programme. The TSC programme was given a further boost with the introduction of the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP), an innovative incentive scheme for Gram Panchayats, Blocks and Districts. The rural sanitation sector has continued to receive increasing budgetary support.
Is privatisation a formula for provision or perversion of municipal solid waste management?
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 09:17 PM
In 2000, in response to a Supreme Court order, the Government of India formulated and enacted the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules (hereafter referred to as the Rules) to mitigate a burgeoning solid waste crisis. Pollution from haphazard municipal solid waste disposal was gravely jeopardizing public health, thereby undermining the nation’s development gains.
The Rules’ prime objective was to protect public health and the environment by minimizing disposal of waste in landfills, thereby aligning the government’s municipal waste management policy with its commitments to international treaties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, control the production of persistent organic pollutants, conserve finite resources, and achieve broad development targets.
Rainfed agriculture: Unlocking the potential – A book by CAB International
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 08:39 PMThis is the seventh book by CAB International in the series on Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management.
Scaling up rural sanitation: Findings from the impact evaluation baseline survey in Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 03:43 PMThis report is a part of a series of papers that analysed the baseline data from all countries where the program was implemented.
National film festival: Ek Ropa Dhan (Hindi), June 26, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Jun, 2011 07:02 PMVenue: Siri Fort Auditorium, August Kranti Marg, Khel Gaon, Delhi
Description:
Agriculture in India is passing through a crisis. Farming has become a loss-making proposition. However, an increase in productivity does not always require higher investment. Farm yields can be enhanced by improving the methods of cultivation. The film revolves around the new system of rice intensification method of cultivating paddy that requires less water, pesticides and fertilizers.
The film is directed by Biju Toppo and Meghnath Bhattacharjee.