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Drinking water access to all in Bihar: Reach, benefits and challenges
Posted on 06 Apr, 2021 01:17 PMThe problem of drinking water in India is becoming more acute by the day, as one can see people queuing up at wells, water tankers, and common water points during summers in mos
COVID-19 and social protection: Impact in the agriculture sector
Posted on 01 Apr, 2021 01:10 PMCOVID-19 induced significant economic and social disruptions in India. Rural households, including smallholders, were affected by loss in migrant income, livelihood and farm and non-farm income.
![Access to credit increased farmers' expenditures on farm-related activities. (Image: Pixy.org)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/farm-woman-on-the-field-in-india.jpg?itok=-m9p4q_h)
Energising Bihar’s agriculture
Posted on 19 Mar, 2021 07:51 PMWith small and fragmented land holdings, owning a well and pump is not a viable option for all farmers.
![Yatin Kumar, one of the early solar irrigation entrepreneurs in Chakhaji (Image: IWMI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/kumar.jpg?itok=JECkp95w)
Decentralized water resources management
Posted on 18 Mar, 2021 10:30 AMDecentralization is the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the central government to the elected authorities at the subnational level. In India, as organs of the government closest to the people, the panchayati raj system has emerged as an effective good governance tool.
![A woman fetching water from the third tap in the house premises. (Image: Ajaya Kumar Behera)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/colony-pada4_0.jpg?itok=3p6opbe-)
Clean fuel choices of urban India’s poor
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 03:40 PMWith increased urbanisation, India is experiencing acute air pollution in its urban centres.
![PMUY should expand its reach to urban slum households, given that there are still households without LPG connections. (Image: Adam Cohn, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/old-woman-adam-cohn.jpg?itok=aeGCetao)
Testing of drinking water gets easy for users
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 11:10 AMTesting drinking water gets easy thanks to JJM and ICMR
![Farmer taking water from a hand pump (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/5702264357_db00087b7e_c.jpg?itok=KRdZgbWI)
Revival of Ganga wetlands gets government's attention
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 02:18 PMJal Shakti Ministry draws focus towards revival of Ganga wetlands
![Receding Ganga river at Sangam (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/2934020083_c28c745673_c.jpg?itok=qVxTHuB9)
Water: Governance challenges and suggested tools
Posted on 22 Feb, 2021 03:38 PMDahanu, an ecologically fragile area about 120 km from Mumbai, in Maharashtra’s Palghar district witnessed massive protests in 2019. Over 59 gram panchayats were opposing the land diversion to high-tech infrastructure projects.
![Dahanu, a green zone enjoyed special protection since 1991 (Image: nathview.blogspot.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/dahanu.jpg?itok=4li7I311)
Budget 2021: MGNREGA allocation insufficient
Posted on 13 Feb, 2021 10:52 AMThe pandemic and the inadequate measures to contain it have created a multidimensional crisis – economic, nutritional and in the field of education -- in addition to the original, and still ongoing health crisis.
![Migrant workers are left ailing both in cities and in villages, with no recourse or security. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Nregs.jpg?itok=8lc5AWH1)
Budget 2021: Will agriculture sector get a boost?
Posted on 28 Jan, 2021 10:15 AMThe agriculture sector is confronted with high price volatility, low returns, low productivity and weather risks.
![The government could consider a shift from the price support system to an income support system. PM-KISAN is a step in that direction, but the assistance under that is lacking. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Planting_Rice_Paddy.jpg?itok=sX7euyIp)