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Panchayati Raj Institutions
Which way will the water flow?
Posted on 15 Jan, 2014 11:07 PMIn the 60-odd years since we began managing our own resources, we have managed to throttle and poison all our rivers, suck our groundwater resources nearly dry and shave our forests bald. This is despite a great deal of effort, time, thought and resources that have gone into this 'management'.
![Ramaswamy Iyer, former Secretary Water Resources](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ramaswamy_iyer.jpg?itok=ma1-lOMP)
Separated by a spring
Posted on 06 Jan, 2014 10:02 AMNumerous small villages dot the Himalayas. These villages obtain water from springs that are in their turn supplied by small aquifers. Due to the complex folded nature of the rocks that make up the mountains, the area from which these aquifers receive their water may be at some distance away from the actual spring.
![Bedu Naula, in Uttarakhand](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/294.jpg?itok=nQz6szN6)
How do rural India's toilets measure up?
Posted on 28 Dec, 2013 12:21 AMIndia's rural sanitation programme- Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was started in 1999, with a goal of eradicating open defecation. Renamed to Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) in April 2012, the focus and approach of this programme was supposed to undergo a paradigm shift.
![Toilets constructed under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet_4.jpg?itok=P0uF3Xes)
All is 'well'
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:15 PMDilip from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, has finally rid himself of the itchy, black spots on his skin that bothered him for many years. How did he do it? He cleaned a dug well in his village! Seems a little disconnected, doesn't it? Dilip also failed to see this connection and did not realize that the water he drank was silently causing his own body to turn against him.
![Reviving wells in Ballia,UP (Credit:Saurabh Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ashok_ji_007.jpg?itok=8EwSiunf)
Drilling the hills to devastation
Posted on 08 Dec, 2013 10:50 PMClear blue skies, natural springs and glacial peaks-tranquility. Falling stones, landslides and debris-chaos! Kinnaur, located on the northeastern side of Himachal Pradesh, lets you experience both. It falls in seismic zones IV and V, which means it runs the the risk of damaging and destructive earthquakes.
![100 MW Tidong-I project, Kinnaur HP](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc02191.jpg?itok=nFhtGskR)
Don't have toilet, can't contest polls
Posted on 24 Nov, 2013 10:43 PMDon't have toilet, can't contest polls
![Toilet mandatory to contest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet_2.jpg?itok=LzJ7U9Rs)
Money alone won't do for the mountain states
Posted on 24 Nov, 2013 11:14 AMCan we really address the special needs of mountain states by allocating them more money? Isn't it essential that we leave the 'one size fits all' approach and recognise the exclusive challenges and opportunities which mountain farmers face as compared to farmers in the plains?
![Traditional crops need institutional support.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc02352.jpg?itok=i_BXoc8N)
Applications invited for 'Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellows Scheme', Ministry of Rural Development, GoI
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 03:00 PMFor more information on the PMRDF scheme, please click here.
For application details and eligibility criteria, click here.
To view the training schedule, click here.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pmrdf.png?itok=O1KsID99)
Vacancy for the post of 'Field Coordinator', SELCO Foundation, Bangalore
Posted on 18 Oct, 2013 12:24 PMFor more information on the organisation, please click here.
For further details on the vacancy, click here.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/selco_labs.png?itok=YXIY_NRb)
Invitation to a seminar on '‘Making public services work for the poor - A Karnataka experience ’, Centre for Budget Policy Studies, Bangalore
Posted on 18 Oct, 2013 11:37 AMFor more information on the organisers, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS), please click here.
Please download the Draft Agenda for the seminar and the Background Note for the same from below.
![Centre for Budget Policy Studies, Bangalore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cbps_bangalore.png?itok=PIOebZyj)