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Water Management
Election update: Its hills vs plains in Manipur
Posted on 04 Mar, 2017 05:33 PMThe key issue in the Manipur Assembly election is the ongoing economic blockade in the state, which, in turn, is attributed to the present government’s decision to
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Panel clears hydel projects in Arunachal and J&K
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 04:18 PMArunachal’s Etalin and J&K’s Sawalkote hydel projects get clearance
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Act to clean up the system
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 01:53 PMWith the Right to Information (RTI) Act coming into force in the year 2005, the country saw many RTI activists making the most of it to demand the rights and entitlements of the people from the government. Pushpa, warmly known as Pushpa RTI, is one of them.
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No change in Krishna water sharing ratio: Panel
Posted on 20 Feb, 2017 08:54 PMCommittee rules out any change in Krishna water sharing ratio
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Over 66 thousand habitations arsenic hit: Centre
Posted on 13 Feb, 2017 09:08 PMArsenic present in drinking water at many habitations: Centre
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What WatSan got from the budget
Posted on 09 Feb, 2017 12:26 PMThe much-anticipated budget this year treads largely on the path set last year with the rural sector receiving more allocation than its urban counterpart.
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Beyond drought: Tamil Nadu's chain of misfortunes
Posted on 07 Feb, 2017 10:40 AMThat Tamil Nadu qualifies to be dubbed as a land of climate paradoxes is beyond debate. The massive flood of 2015 was quickly followed by a punishing drought in 2016. Though the state benefited marginally from the south-west monsoon, as is usually the case, the biggest let down was the manner in which the more dominant north-east monsoon had panned out.
![Parched land (Image courtesy: Ink Freezer)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drought-hit-land.jpg?itok=6A0oxyZQ)
Budget for water ministry increased
Posted on 06 Feb, 2017 08:19 PMBudget up by 11 and 19 percent for water and environment ministries respectively
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Wetlands in Uttarakhand degraded: WWF
Posted on 06 Feb, 2017 08:02 PMNegligence behind the degradation of Uttarakhand wetlands: WWF
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The search for a shelter
Posted on 01 Feb, 2017 08:46 PMIn the last few decades, India has seen an increasing number of people migrating from rural areas to urban cities in search of work and better living. These migrants often get employed in the informal sector as construction workers, vendors, domestic servants, etc. They also live in informal settlements, generally known as slums.
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