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Water poverty in urban India - A study of major cities - A seminar paper - Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Posted on 05 Nov, 2011 12:02 PMThis seminar paper submitted for the UGC Summer Programme at the Jamia Millia Islamia University describes the findings of a study that explored the quantity of water used in domestic households vis-à-vis the recommended quantity of water consumption in seven major Indian cities, n
School of Agriculture IGNOU, invites applications for Diploma in Watershed Management (DWM)
Posted on 05 Nov, 2011 07:19 AMSchool of Agriculture (SoA) was established in 2005 with a mission to improve & sustain productivity & quality of human life in rural areas through Open & Distance Learning (ODL) system in agriculture & allied sectors. The school has already launched four Post Graduate, eleven Vocational & two Awareness Programmes successfully & is in the process of designing a number of new programmes of regional & national importance
Advancing development - Towards sustainable livelihoods - Madurai Symposium - DHAN Foundation - September 14-18 ( 2011)
Posted on 04 Nov, 2011 08:47 AMThe Madurai Symposium organised by the
Water data at your fingertips !
Posted on 02 Nov, 2011 11:21 AMThe Data Finder aims to bring together all water data from all over the web and put them in one convenient searchable tool so you can use it for any projects you are working on.
Problems of hill states and hill areas and ways to ensure that they do not suffer in any way because of their peculiarities - Report of the Task Force - Planning Commission
Posted on 01 Nov, 2011 09:37 PMThis report by the Task Force, constituted by the Planning Commission, Government of India in April, 2008, is an outcome of the need expressed by the Prime Minister of India for a fresh analysis of the problems of the hill states and hill areas of the country in a manner that suggests that these areas do not suffer in any way on account of their peculiarities.
Opinions have been expressed that the pace of development of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) has been slow when compared to the rest of the country. At the same time, its fragile nature and difficulty of taking up conventional development initiatives has not been appreciated. In this report, arguments have been presented recommending reshaping of policies to bring in the “mountain perspective” for the IHR, in the national planning. Emphasis has also been laid on developing norms for good governance and for harnessing social capital at the grassroots.
Chemical fertilizers in our water - An analysis of nitrates in the groundwater in Punjab by Greenpeace
Posted on 31 Oct, 2011 09:00 AMThe level of nitrate in drinking water was tested from groundwater artesian wells located within farms and surrounded by crops (mostly rice and wheat rotations).
Nitrate pollution in groundwater is associated with nitrogen loads in the environment. In urban areas, it is associated with sewage and in agriculture areas, with livestock sources and nitrogen fertiliser inputs. Nitrate pollution in drinking water can have serious health impact on humans, especially for babies and children. The most significant potential health effects of drinking water contaminated with nitrate are the blue-baby syndrome (methemoglobinemia) and cancer.
Alternative national water policy - A critique - Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 30 Oct, 2011 04:04 PMThis article published in the discussion section of the Economic and Political Weekly is a critique of the National Water Policy: An alternative draft for consideration, proposed by Ramaswamy Iyer, published in the Economic and Political Weekly, June 25th 2011.
Sustainable resources management for food security and sustainable livelihoods - Action - A Newsletter of AFPRO
Posted on 30 Oct, 2011 07:46 AMThese technologies include soil and water conservation measures, integrated farming, diversion based irrigation systems, sustainable agriculture, tree-based farming to name a few.
Where and how is the state - Accessing water and the state in Mumbai and Johannesburg - Journal of Asian and African Studies
Posted on 29 Oct, 2011 05:28 PMThis paper published in the Journal of Asian and African Studies examines the argument that the political and institutional contexts of service delivery shape people's access to the state and its resources and also the mediation between citizens and g
Towards drinking water security in India: Lessons from the field – A report by Water and Sanitation Program
Posted on 29 Oct, 2011 11:33 AMThis report by the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank provides an account of the field level initiatives on drinking water security in India. The country faces many challenges in ensuring reliable, sustainable safe drinking water supply to rural households.
Though, in terms of provision of safe drinking water, more than 90 percent of the rural households have been covered, according to the NSSO 65th round survey 2008-09, much remains to be done to improve levels of service delivery, water quality and sustainability.