Rivers

Global warming has given rise to unprecedented extreme events such as cyclones, floods, heatwaves and droughts in India. Why are these threats increasing?

The 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.

MoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention

NSS finds only 58.2 percent of rural households have drinking water facilities within premises

Manual scavenging still prevails in India thanks to weak laws, says study

Delhi CM announces free sewage cleaning schemes for unauthorised colonies

NGT pushes MoEF to issue notification to ban unnecessary use of RO purifiers

Cyclone Bulbul causes devastation in West Bengal and Odisha

Socially constructed notions of the different roles and responsibilities of men and women have a huge bearing on access to and control over resources, and subsequently on their vulnerabilities. More often than not, this leads to vulnerabilities that are skewed towards women, more than men.

Focus on water conservation in MGNREGA: Rural Development ministry to states