Government Programmes

In a decade, only a quarter of centrally funded major to medium irrigation schemes completed: Report

NGT slaps a fine of Rs 100 crore on TN government for failing to restore Chennai's waterways

World Bank to provide Rs 11,000 crore for dam safety

Navigation lock at Farakka Barrage redesigned for Hilsa migration

Wildlife clearance granted to Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed train corridor

The decline in public, as well as private investment, has led to a slowdown in the growth of agriculture and allied sectors in the last five years. The crisis in the agrarian sector had intensified over the last few years. It is now the political talking point with many farmers' rallies, marches and protests being held all over the country.

Identify farmers for income support scheme: NITI Aayog to states

Indian Sunderbans gets recognition under Ramsar Convention on Wetlands 

People of Ramra, a village in the Kairana block of Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh have warm recollections of river Katha that joins the Yamuna below Ramra. Mustaquim Mallah, a 30-year old river conservationist recalls how his grandfather held many pleasant childhood memories of the river. "My great grandfather fished in this river.

Country's groundwater crisis showcases need to enact model groundwater bill