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India's composite score improves in SDG index with major success in water and sanitation
Posted on 02 Jan, 2020 10:46 AMSustainable development goals index 2019-20: India's composite score improves
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Watershed Management Compendium
Posted on 27 Dec, 2019 06:32 PMThis compendium by Mihir Kumar Maitra is a valuable resource for all practitioners engaged in watershed management activities in the field.
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Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Posted on 26 Dec, 2019 02:08 PMGreen signal to Kalasa-Banduri project held
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Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange
Posted on 19 Dec, 2019 10:31 AMPanel expresses displeasure over slow pace of Namami Gange
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NGT orders 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers
Posted on 11 Dec, 2019 12:05 PMEnsure 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers: NGT to authorities
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India’s tryst with climate change
Posted on 06 Dec, 2019 04:23 PMGlobal warming has given rise to unprecedented extreme events such as cyclones, floods, heatwaves and droughts in India. Why are these threats increasing?
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Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga
Posted on 06 Dec, 2019 10:39 AMThe National Mission for Cleaning Ganga was set up in 2014 and the Namami Gange programme was launched the year after, with a budget outlay of Rs. 20,000 crore. The implementation of the flagship programme was followed by the framing of a draft National River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Bill, 2019 to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament.
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CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
Posted on 27 Nov, 2019 12:06 PMMoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention
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40 percent of rural households in India lack access to drinking water
Posted on 27 Nov, 2019 04:37 AMNSS finds only 58.2 percent of rural households have drinking water facilities within premises
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Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws
Posted on 18 Nov, 2019 08:01 PMManual scavenging still prevails in India thanks to weak laws, says study
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