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January 11, 2024 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)
December 28, 2023 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 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)
December 12, 2023 Learnings from India's Participatory Groundwater Management Programme
Launched in 2019, Atal Bhujal Yojana aims to mainstream community participation and inter-ministerial convergence in groundwater management. (Image: Picryl)
January 7, 2023 India’s cooling strategy can simultaneously mitigate the heat-related risks on lives and livelihoods, lower carbon emissions, and position India as a global hub for green cooling manufacturing.
Can India meet its growing domestic demand while also position itself as a manufacturing hub for cooling technologies? (Image: Gije Cho, CC)
October 15, 2022 Role of MGNREGA in the year after the 2020 lockdown: Survey findings from Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh
MGNREGA provided income support or security to vulnerable households during the pandemic (Image: UN Women)
NREGA news updates collated by the Foundation for Ecological Security (16-31 Oct 2010)
Youth Cong protests over ''poor'' implementation of NREGA in J-K. This and more stories on the NREGA newsletter.
Posted on 21 Mar, 2010 03:45 AM

Article and Image Courtesy: Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)

Extent of social inclusion in the Government of Rajasthan's Integrated Fluorosis Mitigation Programme (RIFMP)
This paper presents and explores the efforts of the Government of Rajasthan, in tackling the problem of fluorosis and ensuring that it impacts all segments of the target population. Posted on 20 Mar, 2010 04:36 AM

This paper presents and explores the efforts of the Government of Rajasthan, in tackling the problem of fluorosis and in ensuring that the Rajasthan Integrated Fluorosis Mitigation Programme (RIFMP) impacts all segments of the target population, including dalits. 

Rajasthan has almost half of the total villages, with the highest levels of fluoride in the country. After the success of the UNICEF pilot project using Domestic De-fluoridation Units (DDUs) at household levels, the Government of Rajasthan in 2005 adopted this technology and implemented the Rajasthan Integrated Fluorosis Mitigation Programme (RIFMP), across the state.

State Government of Bihar is inviting comments from the public, on the Bihar State Water Policy Draft (2009)
The article is in on the guidelines of the revised National Water Policy (2002) which requires the state of Bihar, to prepare a comprehensive state-level water policy. Posted on 11 Mar, 2010 05:06 AM

In the context of the guidelines of the revised National Water Policy (2002) which require the states to prepare a comprehensive state-level water policy, and also the need to pay special attention towards the construction of new irrigation projects, along with water management, land management, food management, floods management, ecological balance etc, in the context of the various new developments and problems being faced by the state of Bihar over the last decade or so, the Water Resources Department of the State Government of Bihar has prepared a draft State Water Policy (2009) and is inviting comments from the general public.

Entry 56 of List I and Entry 17 under list II of seventh schedule - Ministry of Water Resources (2010)
The article is about ENtry 56 of List I of Seventh Schedule provides that regulation and development of inter-state rivers and river valleys is declared by Parliament by law. Posted on 04 Mar, 2010 02:22 PM

Entry 56 of List I of Seventh Schedule provides that "Regulation and development of inter-State rivers and river valleys to the extent to which such regulation and development under the control of the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest".

Original document can be viewed here on the Ministry of Water Resources website

Wetland mapping and conservation: Use of GIS
The article is about the wetlands management issues that is surrounded by confusion and lack of proper water management policies, and how this can be tackled using GIS. Posted on 01 Mar, 2010 04:35 PM

Guest post by Sangeeta Deogawanka

February 2nd, designated as World Wetlands Day, has quietly slipped by with isolated events that speak of the lackadaisical attitude towards this rich ecosystem.

With 67,429 wetlands covering an area of about 5.5 million hectares, [Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), 1990], the wetland systems in India are diverse, found in high altitude cold zones, the hot and humid coastal areas or occurring as scattered inland wetland systems.

Pollution of River Ganga, its control and preservation
This article highlights the concern over the wide-spread pollution of the Holy River Ganga and all the effort done by the Government and private sector towards its control and preservation. Posted on 01 Mar, 2010 03:54 PM

Ground Report India

I recall the day two months before, when I had the opportunity to attend a seminar at the outskirt of Delhi. The hot topics, to be bothered and discussed in the gathering was: “Pollution of River Ganga & its Control and Preservation” (i.e. Ganga ka Pradushan … Ganga Bachao”).

And so, so early reached at the venue ignoring the shivering cold weather. However, it happened so, probably due to the chilly cold situations, that VIPs- honourable guests and invited respected audience reached one by one…. at last to conclude it to be ‘a late affair’!

Supreme Court's order on children falling in abandoned tube wells dated 11.02.2010
An order by the Supreme Court that gives certain safety measures/ guidelines to all States & UTs in the country regarding measures to prevent fatal accidents involving children in abandoned borewells Posted on 22 Feb, 2010 12:13 PM

Message from Mr.Rama Mohan Centre for World Solidarity



In response to my letter petition filed as PIL in Hon'ble Supreme Court of India as WP(C) 36/2009 on 13.02.2009 requesting measures to prevent fatal accidents involving children falling in abandoned bore wells, the court has given certain safety measures / guidelines to all the States and UTs in India on 11.02.2010.

Food Distribution in Aila Affected K-plot
An article on the devastating effect of cyclone Aila on the tiny island of K-plot, in the Bay of Bengal and the relief work undertaken. Posted on 22 Feb, 2010 10:39 AM

Food Distribution in K-Plot on Feb 17th


In face of the dire situation in Aila Affected areas, AID EB approved Rs. 1,50,000 for distribution of food in the remote island of K-plot and Nagenabad area of Moipith island. AID has been working with Baikanthapur Tarun Sangh (BTS) since Aila, on relief/rehabilitation and the revival of agriculture in the area.

Policy brief for the water sector regarding the privatisation & reform processes in India- Manthan Adhyayan Kendra (2009)
A policy brief for the water sector describing the privatisation & reform processes; prepared by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra Posted on 12 Feb, 2010 05:04 PM

This policy brief, prepared by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, provides a bird’s eye view of the privatisation and reforms processes in the country.

Government data on the losses in the floods and other related information in north Karnataka
A series of reports issued by Government of Karnataka detailing data on the status & relief activities in the aftermath of floods in north Kanataka Posted on 09 Feb, 2010 07:36 PM

 Attached here are a series of reports from the Government of Karnataka, providing details of the status and relief activities in the immediate aftermath of the floods in N.Karnataka. The reports contain the following information and more:

 Detailed rainfall information for the time period of interest

Loss of human life and livestock,

Damage to houses,