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April 18, 2024
Collaborative approaches to water governance in Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra basin
As the demand for water from the Hindu Kush Himalaya region is expected to rise due to population growth, the impacts of temperature increases, and development requirements, researchers emphasise the urgent need to enhance scientific collaboration and rejuvenate existing treaties and governance structures.
Rivers of destiny (Image: Vikramjit Kakati/Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)
February 14, 2024
Sustainable water management to enhance rural livelihoods
The event underlined the need to create a skilled workforce with multi-skilling abilities, embodying the concept of a one-stop-shop and service, particularly relevant for the organised sector.
The release of the reports prepared under the Jal Kaushal Project, led by the JustJobs Network and funded by Arghyam (Image: Arghyam)
January 11, 2024
Mapping the water workforce
These preliminary findings provide a roadmap for detailed research, offering insights into the jobs, tasks, and skills required to manage rural water resources in India.
Examining jobs, skills, and tasks in rural water sector (Image: JustJobs Network)
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 28, 2023
Creating scalable, sustainable agriculture programs
The report presents six case studies on how sustainable agriculture programmes scaled up in the past in India
A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in the Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
December 27, 2023
Assessment of India's preparedness: Implementing effective social protection
The ASPIRE tool analyses various social protection programs, offering insights into tailoring them for different climate risks
Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage in Jhabua district (UN Women/Gaganjit Singh; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
Empowered by the PESA Act, a Mahila Sangh relentlessly works to reclaim governance
PESA Act unleashed: The Mahila Sangh's ongoing governance transformation
Nivedita Menon
Govind Pednekar
Posted on 21 Sep, 2023 05:42 PM

In 2018, when the communities of Ghatanji Block in Yavatmal attended a workshop about the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, the information accessed brought about a shift in their perspective, where they felt empowered to reclaim common resources that rightfully belonged to them.
Women from the Mahila Gram Sangh (Image: FES)
Water policies in India: Past and present
How has the National Water Policy in India evolved over the years? Read these FAQs.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 11 Sep, 2023 08:10 PM

What is the state of water in India? 
Effective policymaking is one of the key principles to achieve good governance (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
India's updated ESG reporting format and rules
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 31 Jul, 2023 11:51 AM

India’s updated sustainability reporting format and rules for ESG ratings providers
India has rigorous environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure norms (Image: WallpaperFlare)
Building solidarities for just futures
Conclave brings together people’s collectives who have been defending the rights of marginalised communities
ActionAid India
Posted on 16 Jun, 2023 08:37 PM

ActionAid Association, in its commitment to work with the most marginalized communities and to build community-led initiatives, hosted a two-day national conclave on June 9- 10, 2023, in Delhi.
The conclave highlighted the challenges and instances of marginalization that exist due to factors such as land dispossession, forced displacement, lack of access to education, healthcare, and basic amenities, and limited representation in decision-making processes. (Image: Simon Williams/Ekta Parishad; Wikimedia Commons)
How Indian laws are shaping the course of environmental sustainability
An in-depth exploration of environmental sustainability and the Indian legal system
Pallavi Saigal
Posted on 09 Jun, 2023 05:47 PM

Environmental sustainability is a globally recognised need that has grown in prominence over the last few decades. Defined as the judicious use of natural resources to support long-term ecological balance, environmental sustainability presents an array of complex challenges, particularly for a populous and rapidly developing nation like India.
Indian environmental jurisprudence has been significantly shaped by a series of landmark judgments (Image: Carbon Herald)
Securing land rights for deprived urban communities
ActionAid drives change for deprived urban communities' rights to land, housing, and basic amenities
ActionAid India
Posted on 30 May, 2023 05:39 PM

Highlights
Communities assert their right to urban land (Image: Abraham Chacko, Flickr Commons, (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0))
Digital technologies, for locally led water governance
Can digital technologies aid in better decision making and management, governance and distribution of water equitably, transparently and sustainably at the local level? Experiences reveal that technology can often act as double edged sword.
SOPPECOM
TMG Research
Posted on 22 Mar, 2023 09:15 AM

Atpadi, a taluka in Sangli district of southern Maharashtra and  situated in the rain-shadow of the Western Ghats, was often called as ‘the land of dushkal (droughts)’ and experienced one of its worst droughts in 2012,  followed by those again in  2016 and 2019. 
Can digital technologies aid local level decision making? (Image Source: SOPPECOM)
Executing participatory programs at scale
What are the key elements that can help in efficient execution and the success of community led water security programmes at scale?
Mala Subramaniam
Posted on 16 Feb, 2023 12:03 AM

The dictionary definition of “execution” is the act or process of executing, carrying through something to its finish. By this yardstick, many water security efforts would be found wanting. Most programs start, but rarely finish in that it is difficult to trace the training to planning to implementation on the ground.
Women building a water tank at Chopriali, Uttarakhand (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
India issues notice to Pakistan to renegotiate Indus Waters Treaty to optimise water use
Policy matters this month
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 02 Feb, 2023 12:36 PM

India issues notice to Pakistan seeking modification to Indus Waters Treaty
Indus River between Domkhar and Skurbuchen (Image: Keith Goyden, India Water Portal Flickr)
Participatory development needed for eco-sensitive Himalayan region
A comprehensive review of the many development projects in the planning and early implementation stages needs to be done
Sandeep Chachra
Posted on 31 Jan, 2023 02:38 PM

The residents of Joshimath in Uttarakhand are coming out in protest. Land subsidence in the region has put their lives, houses, and town at risk and impacted the surrounding land. As part of the relief efforts, at-risk families are being shifted to temporary relief centres, and work is underway on building transition centres, where they can stay till a long-term solution can be worked out.
Need to declare Himalayas as an eco-sensitive zone (Image: Bibek Raj Pandeya, Wikimedia Commons)
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