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Climate change and water sources: Strengthening community preparedness and water use regulations hold the key

Climate change is one of the most serious threats to the environment, health and economy of our nation as well as the whole world. Recent scientific studies show that global warming is already causing environmental changes that will have significant global economic and social impacts. As the world's 4th largest emitter of greenhouse gases, India has to juggle the imperative demand for economic development with pressures for greater efficiency in the use of energy.

Neelima Garg

Posted on 10 Apr, 2012 10:34 AM

Author : Neelima Garg

Scientific and technological approaches for sustainable use of water resources: Summary of the Global Indian Scientists and Technocrats Forum convention held at Pune, in December 2010

The Global Scientists and Technocrats Forum (GIST) organised a convention on ‘Scientific and technological approaches for sustainable use of water resources’ in Pune on the 27 and 28 of December 2010 . The keynote address was presented by Hon. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, and the conference was attended by about 600 delegates.

Posted on 09 Apr, 2012 11:17 PM

The sessions were as follows:

Water law in a globalised world - Philippe Cullet discusses the need for creating a new framework

Water issues are rapidly acquiring a global dimension, while water laws remain rooted in specific regions. In this paper published in the Journal of Environmental Law, Philippe Cullet examines the need for a new framework for water law that allows for linkages with the global water cycle as well as human rights and environmental law.

Philippe Cullet

Posted on 09 Apr, 2012 11:09 PM

1. Introduction

कठपुतली बोलेगी कल की बात

बाड़मेर।भारतीय संस्कृति का प्रतिबिंब लोककलाओं में झलकता है। इन्हीं लोककलाओं में कठपुतली कला भी शामिल है। यह देश की सांस्कृतिक धरोहर होने के साथसाथ प्रचारप्रसार का सशक्त माध्यम भी है, लेकिन आधुनिक सभ्यता के चलते मनोरंजन के नित नए साधन आने से सदियों पुरानी यह कला अब लुप्त होने के कगार पर है।

Ashok Rajpurohit

Posted on 09 Apr, 2012 03:10 PM

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Reviving dying springs: A paper documenting the Sikkim experience of groundwater recharge using geo-hydrology

With mountain communities dependent of springs for both domestic uses and for irrigation, conservation of these springs is crucial. However several factors, of which climate change is one, are leading to a drying up of springs. This paper reports on Sikkim's experience with using geo-hydrological knowledge to plan recharge structures. It concludes that this increases the efficiency of recharge measures.

Sandeep Tambe

Posted on 09 Apr, 2012 09:12 AM

Introduction

The paper begins with a description of Sikkim. The sources of water in the Himalayas and the geology of the area are also described.

Literature review of spring related studies

The return of the earthworm: Association for India's Development's (AID-JHU) practicing organic farming in the Sunderbans

All the farmers and gardeners who have been part of AID and its partners Mukti & BTS’ agricultural work in the Sunderbans are practicing organic agriculture of both paddy and vegetables on a part of their land while some are doing it fully. A buzz has been created in the area about it. Many of these farmers have been trained by Saathi Revathy and many more have been trained by the trainer-farmers of the area.

Nishikant

Posted on 08 Apr, 2012 10:51 PM

Article and Video Courtesy : Association for India's Development - Johns Hopkins University

Author : Nishikant

Critical analysis of the overarching issues in Indian agriculture - State of Indian agriculture report (2011-2012)

The report on the State of Indian Agriculture placed by the Government to the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, calls for wide-ranging reforms in agriculture sector to enable it to meet the growing demands and meet the challenges posed by various human and environmental factors. The first issue of State of Indian Agriculture series had been published by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) in 2009.

National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)

Posted on 06 Apr, 2012 06:57 PM

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Government of Rajasthan prepares a working draft of a rural sanitation and hygiene strategy (2012 2022)

The Government of Rajasthan (GoR) has recently come up with a strategy for rural sanitation based on its experience of implementing Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in the state. In Rajasthan, TSC was initially launched in four districts in 1999 and scaled up in all the thirty two districts in 2004-05.

IWP

Posted on 04 Apr, 2012 09:46 PM

Although significant progress has been made in terms of individual household toilet coverage in the state, usage by the population is still low at 12.9 per cent (DLHS 2007-08). Access to toilets for schools and angawandies has seen a marked increased but rural solid and liquid waste management has seen little or no attention.

Water Scarcity and Security in India

A presentation by Narayan Hegde, BAIF at the Indian Science Congress 2012

NG Hegde

Posted on 03 Apr, 2012 03:43 PM

Role of vegetation in water conservation - Water scarcity and security in India Water is life because plants and animals cannot l

Impending water crisis in India and comparing clean water standards among developing and developed nations - A overview of the issues surounding India's water scarcity

The paper begins with listing the importance of water to communities. It then goes on the describe the water crises in South Asia which are exacerbated by high demand, variable supply, and political volatility. The importance of water in all three pillars of sustainable development economic, social and environmental is noted.

Prashant Mehta

Posted on 03 Apr, 2012 03:09 PM

The two concepts required for analysis of water as regards human consumption are availability and access. Availability refers to the physical presence of adequate water supplies and is influenced by physical and environmental factors.

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How caste, credit, and crops shape microirrigation in semi-arid India

Unveiling state-specific drivers of drip and sprinkler irrigation adoption in India

Drip irrigation in Kerala (Image: Vis M, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)

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विभिन्न संगठनों द्वारा मानचित्रित किये गए कुल स्प्रिंग्स की संख्या और नीति आयोग की रिपोर्ट में देश भर में संभावित स्प्रिंग्स की संख्या (लगभग 30 से 50 लाख) को संज्ञान में रखते हुए जल शक्ति मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार द्वारा स्प्रिंगशेड प्रबंधन हेतु गठित समिति द्वारा यह महसूस किया गया कि इनकी सम्पूर्ण देश में वास्तविक गणना अति आवश्यक है। इस क्रम में जल शक्ति मंत्रालय द्वारा देश के सभी राज्यों एवं केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों में प्रथम स्प्रिंग सेन्सस हेतु नोडल एजेंसियां चिन्हित कर अगस्त, 2023 में राष्ट्रीय स्तर का प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रम नई दिल्ली में आयोजित किया गया।

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