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Will access to piped water ensure safe water in India?
Posted on 09 May, 2020 02:35 PMWhile Covid-19 has brought forth the need for better access to water for WASH practices to the forefront, how India plans to bring water at the doorstep through the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) continues to be a challenge. This is especially in the context of not only access but also quality of the available water.
![Safe drinking water, a major challenges for India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking_water1_2.jpg?itok=ncEYeKkQ)
Community economies - Reconstructing rural economy with ecological sustainability and ethics of equity
Posted on 08 May, 2020 05:59 PMThe exodus of migrant workers from urban areas back to their villages in the wake of country wide lockdown has brought rural poverty into sharp focus. Reconstruction of rural economy therefore needs policy and planning attention.
![Johads in Nanduwali nadi region (Image: Farhad Contractor, IWP Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/johad.jpg?itok=t8zOK_e4)
Village institutions take a lead in Covid-19 response
Posted on 07 May, 2020 09:23 PMCovid-19 will have major implications in rural areas where the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), a non-profit organisation has been working towards conservation of natural resources through collective action of local communities. Experience indicates that the complete lockdown to contain the spread of the disease has resulted in loss of rural incomes.
![In the light of disrupted food supply systems, especially for fresh produce, the village institution arranged for harvesting and sale of produce. (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/veg_2.jpeg?itok=Pilj4v2r)
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)