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Weekly News and Policy Updates
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Govt comes up with regulations for RO manufacturers
Posted on 20 Oct, 2021 12:26 AMEnvironment ministry notifies regulations for RO manufacturers
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Haryana ranks third in providing tap water to all rural households
Posted on 19 Oct, 2021 06:16 PMHaryana comes third in providing tap water to rural households under Jal Jeevan Mission
![Women filling water from a tap (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/_dsc0063es_0%20%281%29.jpg?itok=olZ2-n4M)
Jal Jeevan Mission App and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh launched
Posted on 06 Oct, 2021 11:10 PMPM Modi launches the Jal Jeevan Mission app and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh
![An overhead tank in Tamil Nadu that supplies water to a village (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/tank.jpg?itok=n2Tm5o8H)
300 organisations from across the globe call for no climate finance for hydropower
Posted on 06 Oct, 2021 10:06 PMHydropower is not fit for climate finance according to 300 organisations worldwide
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Only a third of sewage generated per day in India treated, reports CPCB
Posted on 23 Sep, 2021 01:30 PMOnly a third of sewage generated daily is treated in India, according to CPCB
![A sewage treatment plant in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/9268331440_c335c2e106_k.jpg?itok=ugtER3wR)
Harvesting and using rainwater, a must in Bengaluru
Posted on 23 Sep, 2021 12:24 PMState government makes harvesting and using of rainwater a must in Bengaluru
![Rainwater harvesting installed in a house (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/14629431278_ad4c1d3a19_k_3.jpg?itok=Xvino2dO)
Northeastern states witness highest rates of desertification
Posted on 08 Sep, 2021 09:35 PMDesertification is accelerating in several northeastern Indian states
![Loss of green cover is increasing in the country (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/12879229323_98d8a58afa_c.jpg?itok=hCaLN_sm)
India leads Asian countries in enacting the Plastics Pact
Posted on 08 Sep, 2021 09:41 AMIn launching its Plastics Pact, India becomes the first Asian country to do so
![Different types of plastic waste (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/25774133008_3f63f165a4_c.jpg?itok=P5LzoDjM)
Water levels in reservoirs of north, central India plummet - Rainfall deficit to blame
Posted on 24 Aug, 2021 11:59 AMDeficient rainfall results in low storage in reservoirs of north, central India
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Government notifies ban on single-use plastics from July 2022
Posted on 24 Aug, 2021 12:04 AMNo more single-use plastics from July 1, 2022
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