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Only one out of five river basins in the country resilient to climate change: Study
Posted on 19 Dec, 2019 10:31 AMStudy finds, only one out of five river basins in the country can cope with climate change
![Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14361734417_8d80b2667f_z_1_0_0_0.jpg?itok=KZTJa1yg)
Micro-irrigation and groundwater use
Posted on 18 Dec, 2019 02:12 PMAgriculture the largest consumer of groundwater in India
![Micro-irrigation and its impact on groundwater (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/microirrigation.jpg?itok=My1fzUDe)
Trading in virtual water
Posted on 13 Dec, 2019 09:12 AMThe recent trade war between the United States and China was, among other things, about virtual water - the hidden water in products. Producing anything, whether it is soyabean or clothes, uses water, and has a water footprint.
![A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: Hamish John Appleby for IWMI, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer-crop-irrigation.jpg?itok=DDYpBxSG)
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
![Polythene bags and solid waste left behind as water recedes in the Ganga river. (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934020083_c28c745673_z_0_0.jpg?itok=Chxwbwjv)
Replacing rice will improve India’s climate resilience
Posted on 11 Dec, 2019 11:50 AMA new study finds that introducing coarse cereals such as millet and sorghum could improve India’s national food supply in many ways.
![Rice field in Karnataka (Image: Guldem Ustun, Flickr Commons, CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rice-karnataka.jpg?itok=wdupTeYL)
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?
![Flooding in Mumbai during the monsoons (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods2.jpg?itok=LOocyNoO)
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.
![Distant snow clad mountains, the smaller hills and the Ganga river (Image: Srimoyee Banerjee, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1440px-indias_natural_beauty.jpg?itok=6q-yAISD)
Looking back into history to understand droughts
Posted on 04 Dec, 2019 02:53 PMDroughts in India: types, causes and effects
Droughts are greatly feared in India, impacting food production, the economy and the livelihoods of millions of farmers. 60% of India’s population is engaged in agriculture.
![India will see more droughts in the future. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/droughts_a_3.jpg?itok=ufOsav_o)
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
![Women in Bametara district of Chattisgarh line up to collect water. Photo credit: Makarand Purohit for India Water Portal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/28119050528_f158f99ed1_c.jpg?itok=I8XHq-TX)