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July 2, 2024

From scarcity to sharing: How farmers are managing groundwater in Rayalaseema

Community governance for groundwater management

Jasmine on the fields as part of the groundwater collectivisation agreement at Kummara Vandla Palli village, Sri Satya Sai District. (Images: WASSAN/Swaran)

June 30, 2024

How Burhanpur became India's first Har Ghar Jal District

SHGs empower women, ensure sustainability: A model for water tax collection in Burhanpur

Rural water security (Image: Shawn, Save the Children USA; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

January 7, 2024

Evolution of state's role in rural drinking water governance in India

Need to nudge state governments to evolve a detailed roadmap (planning, implementation and operations related strategies)—immediate, medium and long-term—for ensuring drinking water security.

Demand-responsive approach became the mainstay of the project with the initiation of sectoral reforms (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

December 28, 2023

Creating scalable, sustainable agriculture programs

The report presents six case studies on how sustainable agriculture programmes scaled up in the past in India

A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in the Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)

December 19, 2023

Employment potential of India's Jal Jeevan Mission

This IIM Bangalore study highlights the spillover effects of public investments in rural water supply systems in the form of employment generation.

The employment structure under Jal Jeevan Mission encompasses both direct and indirect employment during construction and O&M phases. (Image: Wallpaperflare)

December 12, 2023

Insights from Atal Bhujal Yojana in Rajasthan

Learnings from India's Participatory Groundwater Management Programme

Launched in 2019, Atal Bhujal Yojana aims to mainstream community participation and inter-ministerial convergence in groundwater management. (Image: Picryl)

Nominations invited for 'Sankalp Awards 2014', Sankalp Forum

A leading social enterprise recognition platform, Sankalp Forum, calls emerging enterprises to apply to 7 high-impact diverse categories for the awards.

Posted on 02 Oct, 2013 04:33 PM

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Applications invited for the post of Project Officer, Aurobindo Chaudhuri Memorial Great Indian Dream Foundation, Delhi

The GRC aims at all round growth of women – which leads to interventions like health and nutrition awareness camps, promoting functional literacy, legal and rights awareness workshops.

Posted on 02 Oct, 2013 04:09 PM

For more information on the vacancy at the Gender Resource Center, please click here.

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Vacancy for the post of Project Officer, Swayaam, UNDP, Ahmedabad

A women’s empowerment programme SWAAYAM is looking for a Project Officer to monitor and manage partners to ensure the achievement of the programme’s goals at the field level.

Posted on 02 Oct, 2013 03:45 PM

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To apply online, click here.

Invite to 'India Water Expo': Chennai, November 21-23, 2013; Ahmedabad, February 7 -9, 2014

An event that combines exhibition, networking, and education to capture the energy of rapidly expanding water market in India, creating a venue for business, and bold, forward-looking action.

Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 01:53 PM

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To book your stall at the expo, click here.

Invite to programme 'Training of Trainers in Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management', SaciWATERs-Cap-Net Network (SCaN), Hyderabad, November 22 - 26, 2013

The training course aims at increasing coordination and networking amongst the various relevant sectors and ministries at the national level.

Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 11:48 AM

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For details on the online learning and implementation support tool, SSWM Toolbox, that is apart of the training programme, please click here.

Invitation for 'Earthian 2013 - A water & sustainability programme for schools and colleges', WIPRO

An aim to help prepare the younger generation to understand the challenges of sustainability in the face of limited resources and build the knowledge, skills and attitude needed to deal with these.

Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 10:49 AM

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Applications invited for the post of ' State Coordinator-Water Quality Monitoring ', IPE Global, Patna

A leading international development sector consultancy firm that partners with development agencies to provide innovative solutions and support to address the global challenges of development.

Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 10:01 AM

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Invite to 'Conference on promoting water use efficiency in urban sector to address Climate Change', CII-Triveni Water Institute, New Delhi

A conference to understand & discuss the imperative need to improve the water usage efficiency in every aspect of human life in the midst of looming water scarcity.

Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 09:17 AM

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For information on the organisers, the CII - Triveni Water Institute, click here.

Government allows shale gas exploration

Policy Matters this week - Government allows shale gas exploration, companies to be ranked for corporate social responsibility and the government relaxes penalties for hydropower companies.

Ravleen Kaur

Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 06:00 AM

Government allows shale gas exploration