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Weekly News and Policy Updates
Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu sets an example by becoming water secure
Posted on 05 Jul, 2023 04:40 PMNamkaal district of Tamil Nadu shows the way to successfully manage water scarcity
Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district has successfully addressed its water scarcity challenges and become the second-best district in India in terms of groundwater availability according to the Union Jal Shakti Ministry’s annual ranking.
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Environmentalists oppose Telangana marine park
Posted on 04 Jul, 2023 08:39 AMEnvironmentalists petition HC against Telangana marine park plan; notice issued
![HMDA’s proposal said that it will have over 300 species (Image: WallpaperFlare)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-07/marine%20park.jpg?itok=xMyMazfn)
Mahua flowers empower tribal women from Odisha
Posted on 18 Jun, 2023 07:12 PMMahua flowers empower tribal women from Odisha to earn their living
![Dried mahua flowers (Image Source: Pankaj Oudhia via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/Mahua.jpg?itok=aTwBaJgE)
Haryana launches Integrated Water Resources Action Plan
Posted on 18 Jun, 2023 10:31 AMHaryana launches Integrated Water Resources Action Plan
![Continuous efforts are needed to reduce water consumption by adopting water conservation methods (Image: Sunil Kumar, CC-BY-3.0, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/1200px-Dharauli%2C_Haryana_124109%2C_India_-_panoramio.jpg?itok=45GflfGT)
Technology empowers women farmers in Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 02 Jun, 2023 03:46 PMAgricultural technology empowers farm women in Andhra Pradesh
![A woman farmer working in the field in Andhra Pradesh. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: Claude Renault via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/Cotton_picking_in_India.jpg?itok=LyXC6ogh)
Assam launches ambitious water scheme to train over two lakh students as 'Jal Doots'
Posted on 01 Jun, 2023 02:35 PMAssam undertakes an ambitious water scheme to educate more than two lakh youngsters as Jal Doots
![Assam intends to reach intends to reach 100% coverage of FHTCs shortly (Image: Wallpaper Flare; Creative Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-05/water.jpg?itok=V6MktcM6)
Solar energy changes the lives of rural women in Rajasthan
Posted on 19 May, 2023 10:30 AMSolar energy changes the lives of rural women in Rajasthan
![Women from rural Rajasthan. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: Christopher Michel via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-05/Women%20rajasthan.jpg?itok=7glr87iC)
Government plans to develop a carbon credit trading scheme for decarbonisation
Posted on 17 May, 2023 08:35 AMCarbon market on the anvil in line with emissions trajectory
![Ministry of Power & Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change plans an Indian Carbon Market to mobilize investments for transition to low-carbon pathways (Image: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-05/climate-change-7134831.jpg?itok=WpUHY8E7)
Panaji sets an example for other cities in waste management
Posted on 05 May, 2023 11:51 AMPanaji's waste revolution model sets an example for other cities to follow
Goa’s capital Panaji, a zero-landfill city, segregates and recycles its waste, leaving nothing to be sent to landfills when other cities continue to struggle with their waste.
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India's first census of all water bodies
Posted on 01 May, 2023 10:10 PMJal Shakti ministry releases report enumerating over 2.4 million water bodies
![In 2016, a Standing Committee of Parliament pointed to the need to carry out a separate census of water bodies. (Image: Needpix)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-05/fishing-409138_1280.jpg?itok=j4l1aKdk)