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Government Programmes
The Kerala page of the Central Ground Water Board
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 04:17 PMThe Kerala page of the Central Ground Water Board, Kerala Region :
The following resources are accessible there:
Information about Jalanidhi: A World Bank-assisted Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 04:04 PMJalanidhi is the website of the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency which implements "Jalanidhi", a World Bank-assisted "Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project" for sustained delivery of adequate quantity of water and sanitation services in rural areas in four districts of Kerala.
Taluk level rainfall data and analysis for all the districts in Maharashtra from the state government's agricultural department
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 12:57 PMThis page from the Maharashtra government's agricultural department site gives rainfall information upto taluka level (with data gaps for some periods) for the last 10 years
Taluka-level GIS database for Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 09:47 AMThe taluka-level GIS database for Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, is a CD containing a GIS (Geographical Information System) database of the spread of and expenditure on watershed development programmes in 3 states of India, viz., Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Chapter on water resources from the Chhattisgarh State of the Environment Report
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 02:14 PMThe chapter on Water Resources from the Chhatisgarh State of the Environment Report, 2004 begins with a discussion of the problems in the State like (a) limited irrigation potential created (b) unbalanced irrigable land to cultivable land ratio in districts (c) low budget for maintenance of created irrigation facilities and (d) over-dependence on paddy cultivation.
Rural water supply: Ensuring access to safe water by the Assam Public Health Engineering Department
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 12:13 PMThe status of access to safe water in rural areas of Assam can be viewed at the Assam Public Health Engineering Department website.
Andhra Pradesh State of the Environment: A report from ENVIS
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 04:00 PMThe Andhra Pradesh State of the Environment Report is available at the Environmental Information System (ENVIS) cell of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) here.
About the Govt. of India's dugwell recharge programme
Posted on 17 Jun, 2009 09:27 PMCAREWATER's recent solicitation for comments on IWP blog (click here), on their research study on dugwell recharge draws attention to a little-known programme of the government of India on decentralized groundwater recharge through the use of farmer d
Reports on implementation of national rural employment guarantee act (NREGA)
Posted on 11 Jun, 2009 02:27 PM"Work in progress", is an article by Jean Dreze and Christian Oldiges, that appeared in the Feb. 14-27, 2009 issue of the Frontline Magazine, that compares the data from the NREGA website (www.nrega.nic.in) related to the first two years (2006-07 and 2007-08) of implementation of the NREGA.