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Weekly News and Policy Updates
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UP tops in providing employment under MGNREGS
Posted on 25 Jun, 2020 07:38 AMUP emerges as the top state in the country to give employment under MGNREGS
![MGNREGS helps to reduce rural distress in times of Covid-19 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0_3.jpg?itok=1UYV4zqi)
India to have more rains, floods and warm days in the coming century: Report
Posted on 25 Jun, 2020 07:28 AMIndia's first climate change assessment report warns of heavy rains, more floods and warmers days
![Country is going to face more rains, floods and warm days in the coming century (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/22887276573_14c1e3d7c6_z_0_0.jpg?itok=itzkkpCh)
Railway stations to be categorised based on wastewater generation
Posted on 11 Jun, 2020 09:08 PMRailway stations to be classified based on wastewater generation
![A wastewater treatment plant in Bengaluru (Image source: Vishwanath Srikantaiah)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2295299069_971a585c2c_e.jpg?itok=h-9xfuti)
Fire in Assam to have catastrophic effect on ecozones: Experts
Posted on 11 Jun, 2020 09:04 PMFire breaks at an oil well in Assam damaging ecozones around the site
![Migratory birds flock Maguri Beel, which is 500 m away from the incident site (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8673662663_61e12a1c09_c_0.jpg?itok=fcDMPQ-X)
Centre approves JJM funds to Odisha and Chhattisgarh for this financial year
Posted on 05 Jun, 2020 05:23 PMGovernment approves Jal Jeevan Mission funds for Odisha and Chhattisgarh
![Child drinks water from a tap (Image: Imal Hashemi/Taimani Films/World Bank, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap-water_0_1.jpg?itok=fDK7tzXX)
Cyclone Nisarga hits Maharashtra coast, causes intense rains in western districts
Posted on 05 Jun, 2020 01:03 PMMaking a landfall in Raigad district, cyclone Nisarga wanes but causes heavy rains in western Maharashtra
![In a cyclone in 2016, thousands of trees were uprooted (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31271823450_83ef86ea47_z_1.jpg?itok=OWvjIl6g)
Cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc in West Bengal
Posted on 27 May, 2020 08:33 AMCyclone Amphan causes widespread destruction in West Bengal
![A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016 (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cyclone_tn_0.jpg?itok=KK0kW-wx)
5-star rating for garbage free-cities to Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore
Posted on 27 May, 2020 08:26 AMSwachh Survekshan for urban India: Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore among the top
![Clean road near Pardesipura, Indore. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0112tps_0_0.jpg?itok=m5Du7vYO)
MGNREGA gets additional Rs. 40,000 crore funds
Posted on 20 May, 2020 10:55 AMAdditional Rs 40,000 crore allocated to MGNREGA
![Rural employment scheme gets Rs 40,000 crore boost (Image source: IWP Flickr photos))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0_2.jpg?itok=5RaEKKnx)
Covid-19 could push 260 million Indians into poverty: Research
Posted on 20 May, 2020 10:42 AMNearly 260 million Indian could be pushed to poverty due to Covid-19: Researchers
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