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Sustainable groundwater management – Report of the Working Group of the Planning Commission for the 12th Five Year Plan
Posted on 06 Jan, 2012 04:27 PMThe existing methodology of groundwater resources assessment is appropriate and suitable for country-wide groundwater resources estimation, considering the present status of database available with the Central and State agencies.
SWSM invites applications for State Consultant, Hydrogeology, Ranchi, Jharkhand – Apply by January 5, 2012
Posted on 05 Jan, 2012 09:17 AMContent courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
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The flagship programmes of Government of India, Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) and National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) are being implemented by the State Water and Sanitation Mission (SWSM) Jharkhand, Government of Jharkhand. The NRDWP guideline makes provision for a state level Water and Sanitation Support Organisation for taking up various support activities under the drinking water and sanitation sector. In Jharkhand the state level Programme Management Unit, which is registered as a society has been working on planning, monitoring and support in programme implementation. The State Water and Sanitation Mission, Jharkhand wishes to recruit a State Consultant, Hydrogeology.
Performance audit of water pollution in India – A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Posted on 03 Jan, 2012 11:44 AM
The issue was examined by CAG because various stakeholders working in the field of environment flagged water pollution as the most important environmental issue that concerns us.
The audit was conducted through document analysis, collection of responses to questionnaires, physical collection and testing of samples. The results of audit, both at the Central level and the State level, were taken into account for arriving at audit conclusions.
International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO), Geological Society of India, January 22, 2012
Posted on 02 Jan, 2012 02:46 PM
Organizer: Geological Society of India
Meghalaya Water Resources Development Agency invites applications for EOI – Apply by January 4, 2012
Posted on 02 Jan, 2012 12:46 PM
The Meghalaya Water Resources Development Agency was created to promote convergence and participatory development in the water sector. The idea was to enable the Irrigation Directorate to function as an effective supporting agency for newly created water resources. The Agency is also to be involved in preparation of basin plans required for promoting optimum use of water resources
Adaptive modelling of water-logged groundwater regime
Posted on 31 Dec, 2011 10:21 PMAuthor : Patmajum
First international advocacy planning meeting for water and sanitation activists'- 'WASH News and policy update
Posted on 30 Dec, 2011 12:31 PMContent courtesy: India WASH Forum
Interdisciplinary approach to water management: From the uplands to the coast - The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin
Posted on 30 Dec, 2011 11:04 AMIn this paper, Jayanta Bandopadhyay explains the need for an interdiscipliinary framework for water resource management. He states that this framework needs to include ecological, social, economic and institutional perspectives. These perspectives are essential to facilitate cooperation over the management of transboundary rivers.
Managing natural resources through simple and appropriate technological interventions for sustainable mountain development - Current Science (2011)
Posted on 30 Dec, 2011 10:07 AMThe initiative on management of natural resources through appropriate interventions aimed at:
Alternative National Water Policy by Ramaswamy R Iyer - Comments by Rahul Banerjee
Posted on 28 Dec, 2011 02:24 PMGuest Post: Rahul Banerjee
Ramaswamy Iyer has made a commendable effort to draft a National Water Policy that tries to reform the current unsustainable approach to water resource management in this country (EPW Vol XLVI Nos 26&27 Supplement pp 201). Assuming that this draft is an invitation to a larger public debate on the issues involved I would like to make a few comments on it.