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March 25, 2024
Managing our domestic water demand
Best practices and tips to reduce water consumption from Bangalore.
Saving every drop counts (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
January 7, 2024
Evolution of state's role in rural drinking water governance in India
Need to nudge state governments to evolve a detailed roadmap (planning, implementation and operations related strategies)—immediate, medium and long-term—for ensuring drinking water security.
Demand-responsive approach became the mainstay of the project with the initiation of sectoral reforms (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
December 19, 2023
Employment potential of India's Jal Jeevan Mission
This IIM Bangalore study highlights the spillover effects of public investments in rural water supply systems in the form of employment generation.
The employment structure under Jal Jeevan Mission encompasses both direct and indirect employment during construction and O&M phases. (Image: Wallpaperflare)
December 1, 2023
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems
A summary of case presentations from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM Chair for O&M in collaboration with Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation.
Drinking water sustainability in rural India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
October 20, 2023
Building community expertise in planning, designing, and overseeing WASH systems
A holistic approach to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) initiatives
Shantilata uses a cloth to filter out the high iron content in the salty water, filled from a hand pump, in the village Sitapur on the outskirts of Bhadrak, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)
March 13, 2023
Providing access to safe drinking water to transform 10,000 lives in several Indian states
Halma and WaterAid's focus was on sustainability of existing water sources
Rubi, Buxar district’s field coordinator for WaterAid India, performs water testing to examine the quality of drinking water in the village of Bicchu Ka Dera, Buxar, India. 25 May 2022. (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)
Decentralized water resources management
Role of village communities and rural local governments
Simi Mehta
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 18 Mar, 2021 10:30 AM

Decentralization is the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the central government to the elected authorities at the subnational level.
A woman fetching water from the third tap in the house premises. (Image: Ajaya Kumar Behera)
Half of government schools and anganwadis devoid of tap water supply: Report
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 11:01 PM

Tap water supply to government schools and anganwadis in a grim state: Panel report
A Mini-Water Supply (MWS) serves the local school (Source: IWP Flickr album)
Testing of drinking water gets easy for users
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 11:10 AM

Testing drinking water gets easy thanks to JJM and ICMR
Farmer taking water from a hand pump (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Telangana among states ensuring tap water supply to schools, anganwadis
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 02:25 PM

Telangana joins a group of states which have ensured tap water supply to schools, anganwadis
Tap water in a rural school (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Budget 2021: Environmental conservation or business as usual
The budget has given environmental conservation issues a slip, say experts
Amita Bhaduri
Ritika Gupta
Posted on 13 Feb, 2021 08:46 AM

This year’s budget was tabled when the country was grappling with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 induced crisis. The government was expected to provide an effective response to the pandemic-induced recession.
There is a need to estimate the ecological footprint of all activities. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Budget 2021: What does it have for the water and agriculture sector
The allocation in the water and agriculture sector is inadequate to deal with the sectoral challenges.
Partik Kumar
RRA Network
Posted on 02 Feb, 2021 08:24 AM

COVID-19 pandemic brought clean water, basic hygiene practices and sanitation to the centre stage with these becoming crucial to deal with the health crisis.
India’s water resources are getting degraded day by day, be it rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, springs or aquifers but the budget’s focus continues to be source management while neglecting the resource. (Image: PixaBay)
Unsafe drinking water burdens urban poor
While urban poor in Delhi are forced to access water from informal sources, this water is highly contaminated posing multiple risks to health.
Kushagra Goenka
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 07:25 PM

Water in India continues to be extremely polluted and unsafe.
Safe drinking water, a valuable resource (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Mini piped water scheme helps overcome social exclusion
Promoting sustainable systems that facilitate provision of safe water and sanitation to communities in a tribal village.
Saurya Sekhar Pal
Water for People India
Posted on 11 Jan, 2021 10:34 AM

In 2016, India ranked 131 among 188 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI). With a population of 1.3 billion, the need for services is high, a
Anganwadi Centres now provided with improved toilets and running water (Image: Water For People India)
Everything you want to know about drinking water
What is safe drinking water? What is the state of drinking water in India?
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 09 Jan, 2021 01:49 PM

Why is drinking water important?
Safe drinking water, avaluable resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
WaterAid India Organises Virtual Run - The Blue Mile 2.0 for ensuring better access to water for everyone, everywhere
In its 2nd edition, The Blue Mile Run is going virtual for the first time, bringing thousands of runners across the nation together!
Posted on 25 Dec, 2020 11:38 AM

As 2020 draws to a close and a new year beckons, WaterAid India is organising a ‘run’ for water – The Blue Mile 2.0.
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