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Water policy for rainfed areas
Posted on 10 Jan, 2020 12:12 PMA committee has been constituted to draft a new National Water Policy (NWP) and make key changes in the water governance structure and regulatory framework. It is chaired by Mihir Shah, who is a former Planning Commission member and a water expert. The committee is expected to produce a report within six months.
![Public investments on water in rainfed areas have much higher social rate of returns (Image: Kannan, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kannan-paddy.jpg?itok=k_T485Ip)
Kerala tops SDG index by NITI Aayog
Posted on 08 Jan, 2020 03:36 PMKerala retains the top slot with a score of 70, followed closely by Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana in the latest edition of NITI Aayog’s annual assessment of progress made by states in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDG).
![Considering the poor performance on SDG implementation in many critical areas such as hunger, there is a need to focus on these (Image: The future of food)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hunger_0.jpg?itok=mI3tzXks)
International Conference on “Rivers for Future”
Posted on 07 Jan, 2020 03:06 PMThe Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, is organizing an International Conference “Rivers for Future” (RFF-2020). Rivers, the lifeline of people all over the world, are facing increasing threats in Anthropocene, which not only impacts the supply of freshwater, but also threatens the livelihood of millions of people, jeopardizing economic and ecosystem services.
If she built a country: A film review
Posted on 04 Jan, 2020 10:49 AMMaheen Mirza’s film ‘Agar wo desh banati/ If she built a country’ looks at the widespread displacement on an unprecedented scale for mines and industries in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.
![The documentary brings attention to how development interventions changed gender relations (Image courtesy: People's Film Collective)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desh1.jpg?itok=WpnNTpJD)
Watershed Management Compendium
Posted on 27 Dec, 2019 06:32 PMThis compendium by Mihir Kumar Maitra is a valuable resource for all practitioners engaged in watershed management activities in the field.
![Watershed management in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/watershed.jpg?itok=ooSR76aT)
In wake of climate change, prioritise and invest in water security and clean drinking water
Posted on 04 Dec, 2019 05:33 PMWhile climate activists and world leaders were gathering in Paris in the first week of December 2015 to discuss the impact of climate change, the metropolis Chennai in the southern corner of India was inundated with floods.
![Image credit: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/prashanth_vishwanathan.jpg?itok=S5-Gt8M6)
Water stewardship approach to minimizing risks for businesses
Posted on 02 Dec, 2019 03:53 PMWater, its use, availability, and impact on people has been on the public policy debate centerstage for the past several years. In India, a growing water crisis driven by climate change, inefficiency, and water pollution is slowly moving to a near-permanent state that will harm the country’s people, economy and environment.
![Picture credit: Romit Sen](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic_1.jpg?itok=zGulaIQQ)
BWSSB’s workforce woefully inadequate, says Chairman Tushar Girinath
Posted on 18 Nov, 2019 02:49 PM“It is a lack of (institutional) capacity which is leading to public woes on water. We are not in a position to give you quality services because of two things – one, manpower, and two, finances,” said BWSSB Chairman Tushar Girinath, speaking at a panel discussion on ‘Sustainable, Equitable Access to Water’.
![Image credit: Citizen Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water1-1.jpg?itok=P2nKE6ff)
Climate shocks and gender vulnerabilities in the Upper Ganga basin
Posted on 11 Nov, 2019 10:40 AMSocially constructed notions of the different roles and responsibilities of men and women have a huge bearing on access to and control over resources, and subsequently on their vulnerabilities. More often than not, this leads to vulnerabilities that are skewed towards women, more than men.
![Ganga's riverflow at Rishikesh in Uttarakhand (Image courtesy: Ankit Singh; Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rishikesh_uttarakhand.jpg?itok=AO6hz0nM)