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July 2, 2024 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 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 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 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 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 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)
India’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods: Commitments under CBD are not being met, says a statement issued by Indian civil society organizations
India’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods on an unprecedented scale Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 05:45 PM

The blind pursuit of economic growth is coming at massive costs, both to natural ecosystems and to hundreds of millions of ecosystem-dependent people, who are being affected by mining, dams, power plants, ports, industries, and other such projects.

The Rajasthan minor mineral concession rules (amended up to 19 June 2012)- Document by Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Rajasthan
This document spells out the rules for regulating the grant of quarry licences, mining leases and other mineral concessions in respect of minor mineral in the state Posted on 17 Oct, 2012 03:57 PM

The document by Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Rajasthan has eight chapters, which are as follows:

Unlocking the potential of the Indian minerals sector- Report by the Ministry of Mines
This report identifies the steps that can be undertaken to transform the mining sector in India Posted on 16 Oct, 2012 09:21 AM

This report by Ministry of Mines spells out the key priorities that will enable transformation of the mining sector in India.

"Bandipur Tiger Reserve becomes India’s first to demarcate eco-sensitive zone”-Roundup of the week's news (8-14 October, 2012)
The news round up this week informs that Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been recognised as an ecosensitive zone along with that on mining, earthworms and the greening plan for Amritsar Posted on 15 Oct, 2012 02:42 PM

Bandipur Tiger Reserve becomes India’s first to demarcate eco-sensitive zone

Towards Sustainable Sanitation, CDD, Bangalore, October 8 - 12, 2012
Posted on 07 Oct, 2012 10:24 PM

Organizer: CDD

Venue: Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions
                Kengeri, Bangalore

CDD

CDD Society is working to provide one million marginalised people with access to water, sanitation and energy by 2015.
From our headquarters in Bangalore, we work through a network of likeminded organisations across South Asia to provide cost effective, environmentally sound, and community specific basic needs services.

Champa Devi and Kartal Singh- SRI farmers develop innovative solutions in Kangra valley, Himachal Pradesh
This article by Chicu Lokgariwar describes he efforts made by two farmers in Himachal Pradesh to adopt the SRI method of rice cultivation Posted on 05 Oct, 2012 04:42 PM

The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is now gaining a foothold in the mountain regions of India, with more than

Provisional population totals of National Capital Territory of Delhi- Districts and sub-districts- Data by Ministry of Home Affairs
This document provides statistical data on population of Delhi Posted on 02 Oct, 2012 01:08 PM

This document by Ministry of Home Affairs provides provisional statistical data on population totals of National Capital Territory of Delhi- districts and sub-districts.

Aquifer systems of India - Atlas compiled by the Central Ground Water Board (2012)
This atlas provides a country wide overview and summary of the most important information available for all principal and major aquifer systems and depicts aquifer wise ground water scenario Posted on 29 Sep, 2012 07:26 PM

The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under the Ministry of Water Resources has released a publication entitled “Aquifer systems of India” apart from aquifer atlas for six states viz. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.

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