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Water Management
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PMAbout the conference
![Roundtable Conference and Book Launch](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_twitter_0.jpg?itok=c2Be6obs)
Water and the Missile Man
Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 01:32 PMDr. Kalam is no more but he lives on in the hearts of many through his quotes, beliefs, speeches and his acclaimed book India 2020: A Vision for the New Millenium among many others.
![The late APJ Abdul Kalam at the International Book Fair, Trivandrum, 2014](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/apj_abdul_kalam.jpg?itok=PWL1zKFL)
Do not rush through with TSR committee's proposals on green laws: Parliamentary Panel
Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 08:55 AMPanel suggests that the Govt not rush through with changes in green laws
![Ufrenkhal forest that gives water to Gad Ganga](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8687248323_8b1fa08bd3_z_0_0.jpg?itok=s0DJx3dT)
Maharashtra's plan to seed clouds may sprout nothing
Posted on 15 Jul, 2015 10:19 PMHistory tells of various methods by which people called upon the rains -- music, dance and religious rituals. The government of Maharashtra, however, plans to try out cloud seeding.
![A Cessna 210 with cloud seeding equipment (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cloud_seeding_plane.jpg?itok=EGfHbMBQ)
Call for entries for the All India Environmental Journalism Competition 2015, Indo-German Environment Partnership
Posted on 15 Jul, 2015 04:15 PMEnvironmental degradation is an issue of grave concern for India, and demands urgent action with a multi-pronged approach. Public involvement and ownership are among key factors to enable positive change and undo the damage inflicted upon the environment.
CIIE at IIM Ahmedabad call for proposals for the Water Accelerator program
Posted on 09 Jul, 2015 03:38 PMThe Water Accelerator program is India's first accelerator for water start-ups.
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Groundwater as commons demonstrated in Mahbubnagar, Telangana
Posted on 08 Jul, 2015 05:37 PMBy the year 2000, farmers in Mahbubnagar, Telangana could see how risky their investments on groundwater had become. The area barely received 600 mm of annual rainfall, and just 15 percent of its area was under irrigation.
![Collectivising groundwater for protecting rainfed crop; Source: WASSAN](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12a_1.jpg?itok=-Gly_c97)
Do not allow dam projects affecting environmental flows of rivers: Water Ministry to CWC
Posted on 07 Jul, 2015 10:33 PMWater Ministry restricts permission to dam projects hindering e-flow of rivers
![Ganga river at Kaudiyala](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172023818_988b81c090_b_3.jpg?itok=RLYpuHkY)
Can MGNREGA come to the rescue of rainfed agriculture?
Posted on 30 Jun, 2015 10:29 PMThe National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which continues to be the largest public employment program involving Rs.34,600 crore in a period of just five years since its implementation, was enacted on August 25, 2005 and renamed as the
![The future of rainfed agriculture in India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rainfed_agriculture.jpg?itok=9mH-Z2SQ)