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One of the tasks that the current government had promised to work on is the fast tracking of the process of appraisal of projects seeking environmental approvals from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The article titled 'Environmental regulation in India: Moving 'forward' in the old direction' published in th

India Water Week 2016 with the theme 'Water for All: Striving together' inaugurated in New Delhi 

Railways using groundwater 'indiscriminately and illegally': NGT

Construction industry is a booming industry, with the real estate sector contributing heavily towards the country’s GDP.

Chirimiri Coalfield is a part of Central India Coalfields, located in Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.

Every night, an incandescent bulb lights up the terrace room of a house in Lalitkhera village in Haryana. Insects from the adjoining pond swarm to this solitary bright spot under which Sheila Devi sits with a cup and saucer in her hand.

Dr Hari Kumar Shreshta is an engineer, teacher, and a passionate crusader for healthy rivers. On a recent visit to India, he spoke with India Water Portal about the efforts to introduce the concept of environmental flows in hydropower-focused Nepal.

Maharashtra reeling under its worst water crisis

Centre releases DPR on forestry intervention for Ganga river

Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), one of the flagship programmes of the current NDA government, focuses on eliminating open defecation in urban India by constructing individual household, community and public toilets.