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UP, Maharshtra and Karnataka seeks more funds from Centre to tackle drought

No construction around Bellandur-Agara lakes: NGT

Shift IPL matches out of Maharashtra: SC

Rapid growth in population, agriculture production, industrialisation and urbanisation have put an extreme burden on India's dwindling water resources. Water-guzzling paddy covers maximum gross area under cultivation at 44 million hectares.

Heat wave claims 300 lives across the country

Submit complete list of wetlands: NGT to States

Drought has hit 33 crore people across 10 states, informs Centre

Since India became independent in 1947, the central and state governments have introduced various rural development schemes, and have been trying to get them to converge. While this effort hasn't been as impactful on a large scale, there are some success stories. Sarda Panchayat in Sambalpur, Odisha is one.   

India has come a long way since the days of its rigid top-down Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP), which had minimal community participation. First it was the Total Sanitation Campaign which then became the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, and most recently, the Swachh Bharat Mission.

India continues to have the highest number of people defecating out in the open according to recent figures by the World Health Organisation