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Groundwater extraction: NGT gets strict with commercial entities
Posted on 12 Aug, 2020 08:41 AMNGT bans granting general permissions for groundwater extraction to commercial entities
![NGT gets strict with commercial entities (Source: IWP Flickr album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32493765187_81650bd26f_c_1_0.jpg?itok=VbwhA7fP)
Banking on rainwater harvesting
Posted on 11 Aug, 2020 10:27 AMNational Water Mission’s (NWM) has launched a campaign ‘Catch the rain’ on a pan India basis to nudge the states and stakeholders to create appropriate rainwater harvesting structures (RWHS) suitable to the climatic conditions and sub-soil strata before the onset of monsoon.
![As a part of the campaign, work is being done on various interventions such as water for productive use, improving irrigation practices, creating water recharge structures (Image: Pikist)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rain-river-lake-landscape-reflection-trees-weather.jpg?itok=AtNNMf1F)
Understanding Atal Bhujal Yojana through the program guidelines
Posted on 10 Aug, 2020 03:59 PMGroundwater fulfills the drinking water requirements of nearly 85% and 50% of the rural and urban Indian population, respectively. 65% of the total irrigated area utilizes groundwater. It also caters to the water needs of the industrial sector in India.
![Community participation is expected to facilitate bottom-up groundwater planning process to improve the effectiveness of public financing and align implementation of various government programs on groundwater in the participating states (Image: Water Alternatives, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/groundwater_4.jpg?itok=HkdNjORG)
When solving one problem triggers another
Posted on 06 Aug, 2020 06:56 PMCome monsoons and vector borne diseases start making headlines every year in many parts of India, especially mosquito borne diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis.
What are vector borne diseases
![Guppies for mosquito control (Image Source: Rchampagne via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/guppies_final1.jpg?itok=n9ZxrtSB)
Migration and the state amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Posted on 06 Aug, 2020 06:05 PMThrough no fault of their own, migrants were forced to leave the cities after the government imposed a Covid-19 induced national lockdown in late March. After losing their work, fearing they would run out of cash and food they trudged back along with their families to the villages in search of humanity, food, and a place to live.
![Migrants contribute enormously to urban society and economy (Image: Pexels)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lockdown.jpg?itok=Afg6nHIN)
Creating an Atma Nirbhar Bharat amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Posted on 18 Jul, 2020 05:16 PMAccording to the International Labour Organization (ILO), about 63 countries across the globe have prepared National Development Framework or National Employment Policy (NEP) to decide the roadmap for employment generation mainly after the global financial crisis, 2008.
![Brick kiln workers (Image: ILO Asia-Pacific)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/labour-ilo.jpg?itok=StbD-LfN)
Bringing springs to life: Ensuring water security for Baigas in Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 12 Jul, 2020 07:41 PMNested amongst the Satprura hills lies Kapoti, a village in the Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh. This region is known as Baiga Chak and is inhabited by Baigas, a vulnerable tribal group.
![Children wash hands at a stand post installed in a Primary school at Kapoti Village in Karanjiya, Dhindori, Madhya Pradesh, India (Source: WaterAid India)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_pv_wateraid_2019_day_3-85-min.jpg?itok=34He4lcO)
Reinventing waste management during Covid-19
Posted on 11 Jul, 2020 10:19 PMIndia stares at a Covid-19 induced waste management crisis and there is a need to strengthen waste management services. An important sanitary barrier to prevent the dissemination of illnesses and diseases, waste management’s impact on the world’s healthcare systems, and the economy are significant.
![A lab technician discarding disposable gloves (Image: CDC/Kimberly Smith, Christine Ford acquired from Public Health Image Library)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a-lab-technician-discarding-disposable-gloves-pv.jpg?itok=Qlw0ixZI)
Surviving in uncertainty
Posted on 08 Jul, 2020 07:33 PMUncertainty - the pervasive feeling that all of us have been living with from the middle of March 2020. It's the same in our partner villages in Odisha and Jharkhand. Communities we work with have been facing and overcoming uncertainties all through their lives. But this time, the crisis has put unusual stress on their abilities to cope.
![Image: Ajaya Behera](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/akb_6198_credit_ajaya_behera.jpg?itok=3nFnAido)
Catering to the aspirations of frontline workers to ensure water security for rural India
Posted on 01 Jul, 2020 06:26 PMThe Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to create jobs locally. This intersects with the water sector's need for local management. How do we create meaningful opportunities to address the aspirations of the local talent pool and make them discoverable?
![There is a significant demand for skilled human resources in the water sector (Image: Neil Palmer, IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water-quality-testing-ganges.jpg?itok=Aiqvu1Ep)