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Indian biodiversity regulation changes may enable exploitation
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 15 Aug, 2023 11:02 AM

Changes in Indian biodiversity regulations might allow for exploitation

A bill passed last week by India's Parliament, according to legal experts and environmental activists, may increase commercial exploitation of the nation's ecosystems and hurt the populations who depend on them.
The recent modifications to the Biodiversity Act exempts practitioners of many traditional Indian remedies from licensing and benefit-sharing obligations (Image: Tjiho, Pixabay)
Haryana launches Integrated Water Resources Action Plan
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 18 Jun, 2023 10:31 AM

Haryana launches Integrated Water Resources Action Plan
Continuous efforts are needed to reduce water consumption by adopting water conservation methods (Image: Sunil Kumar, CC-BY-3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
Prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 01 Apr, 2023 04:49 PM

House panel suggests prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
Over exploitation of groundwater is due to wide cultivation of water guzzler paddy and sugarcane crops (Image: Thamizhpparithi Maari, Wikimedia Commons)
Tamil Nadu unveils organic farming policy
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 18 Mar, 2023 04:19 PM

Tamil Nadu unveils organic farming policy with a focus on promoting chemical-free agriculture
Organic farming creates harmonious balance between crop production and animal husbandry and facilitates alignment of life with natural ecosystems and cycles. (Image: Katharina Low/SuSanA Secretariat)
Haryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 19 Feb, 2023 07:26 PM

Haryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state
States and union territories have been advised to undertake testing of water quality on a periodic basis (Image: Maxpixel)
India joins Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) at COP27
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Nov, 2022 01:33 PM

India joins the newly formed Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC)
Mangroves in Sunderbans (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Cabinet approves revamping of the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Policy matter this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 Apr, 2022 01:34 PM

To help rural India achieve SDGs, Cabinet approves Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Govt to help rural India achieve key targets of UN SDGs (Image source: IWP Flickr photo). Image for representation only
Study calls for securing water sustainability in Chennai
Best practices for holistic urban water management in Chennai Metropolitan Area
Mahindra Lifespaces
The Energy and Resources Institute
Posted on 01 Sep, 2021 01:43 PM

Water stress has specifically magnified for metropolitan cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, etc.
These bright plastic jugs are ubiquitous in Chennai and Tamil Nadu. (Image: McKay Savage, Flickr Commons; CC BY 2.0)
Challenges in planning faecal sludge management systems
Containment design and construction deviations from norms impact sanitation chain
Reeba Devaraj
Rajiv K Raman
Kavita Wankhade
Dhanik Narayan
Navamani Ramasamy
Teja Malladi
Posted on 30 May, 2021 12:02 PM

Sanitation targets for SDG 6 can only be met if the focus expands from just access to the full cycle of sanitation – access, conveyance, treatment and re-use.
Empty faecal sludge drying bed (Image: Lars Schoebitz; Flickr Commons)
The threatened traditional tank systems of Madurai
While traditional tanks systems in Madurai continue to fulfill the drinking water and irrigation needs of the rural population, rapid urbanisation is gradually destroying them!
Aman Srivastava
Pennan Chinnasamy
Posted on 16 Mar, 2021 11:47 AM

The tank cascade systems of Madurai

Arid and semi-arid regions of Southern-Indian peninsula are known to experience frequent droughts and the watersheds in these regions are characterised by hot climate, scanty water availability and erratic rainfall.
The dying tanks of Madurai (Image Source: Seetha Goplalakrishnan)
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