Amita Bhaduri

A large-scale training program that actually delivered results

Summary of INREM’s Water Quality Management Course assessment
Amita Bhaduri posted 1 day 6 hours ago

Ms. Chandana Biswal using the Safe Water Learning Cards to train other Chemists and Lab Assistants in her District. (Image: Chandana Biswal)

Tamil Nadu unveils organic farming policy

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 4 days 10 hours ago

Organic farming creates harmonious balance between crop production and animal husbandry and facilitates alignment of life with natural ecosystems and cycles. (Image: Katharina Low/SuSanA Secretariat)

Jharkhand's agroforestry potential

Study identifies 513 out of 32,620 villages in Jharkhand as potentially suitable for agroforestry work Amita Bhaduri posted 6 days 14 hours ago

Agroforestry crops need land with sufficient soil moisture and low erosion for their continuous growth (Image: World Agroforestry)

Providing access to safe drinking water to transform 10,000 lives in several Indian states

Halma and WaterAid's focus was on sustainability of existing water sources Amita Bhaduri posted 1 week ago

Rubi, Buxar district’s field coordinator for WaterAid India, performs water testing to examine the quality of drinking water in the village of Bicchu Ka Dera, Buxar, India. 25 May 2022. (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)

Reaping the benefits of skilling from water testing

Women gain expertise from water testing Amita Bhaduri posted 1 week 3 days ago

JJM has allocated 2% for Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance (Image: Anita Martinz, Wikimedia Commons)

Sustainability lessons from an all-women’s team in Chennai

India’s first all-women waste management team from Chennai, through their unwavering commitment and dedication, are consistently achieving 90%-96% source segregation in their Zone. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 week ago

Women shaping the zero-waste cities of India (Image: ReSL)

How to restore India's degraded pond ecosystem

In order to promote a regenerative system for biodiversity protection, the relationship between the pond ecosystem and the circular economy was also evaluated. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 week ago

Temple pond in Kerala (Image: Sreekanth V, Wikimedia Commons)

Climate change is actively impeding the progress made across all SDGs: Reveals Dasra

Dasra announces the plan for Climate Action Alliance which will aim to bring together stakeholders across sectors with the vision to build resilient communities and systems Amita Bhaduri posted 1 week ago

Development goals on zero hunger, health, gender equality, sustainable cities, biodiversity and global partnership for sustainable development most affected by the climate change (Image: rawpixel.com/NASA)

Green jobs for women and a way to address climate change

A panel discussion was held by Climate Asia to address these issues Amita Bhaduri posted 1 week ago

Barefoot solar engineer Minakshi Diwan 20, tends to maintenance works in the solar village in Odisha (Image: Engineering for Change)

How to create engaging online training sessions

Paving way for virtual engagement of participants
Amita Bhaduri posted 2 weeks ago

Centre in final stages of notifying emissions trading scheme

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 3 weeks ago

Government plans to give energy efficiency targets to sectors (Image: RawPixel)

Women are pioneering inclusive water and sanitation services in urban poor settlements

Case of Dhenkanal, Odisha Amita Bhaduri posted 3 weeks 1 day ago

Women-led community-based groups connect with the urban local body for issues related to solid waste collection and accessing desludging services for on-site sanitation systems. (Image: CPR)

Getting to know the MGPNY status in project wards

A rapid dipstick survey of the Mukhya Mantri Gramin Peyjal Nishchay Yojana through frontline workers Amita Bhaduri posted 3 weeks 6 days ago

Getting a quick sense of the status of O&M of the water supply schemes (Image: AKRSP(I))

Instruments to facilitate long-term lending critical for green transition

Long- term financing, restructuring of institutions needed to allow green finance to flow Amita Bhaduri posted 3 weeks 6 days ago

There is a need to reform the global financial system to achieve sustainable development (Image: MaxPixel)

Haryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month ago

States and union territories have been advised to undertake testing of water quality on a periodic basis (Image: Maxpixel)

Getting a grip on landslides

Reducing the risk of landslides in India Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month ago

Landslides are a threat to life and property (Image: Ashish Gupta, Wikimedia Commons)

Sustaining ward level water supply schemes in Bihar

Design principles for operation and maintenance at scale Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month ago

The programme intends to improve safe drinking water coverage in rural Bihar (Image: AKRSP(I))

Union Budget 2023-24: Poor need more focused attention

Reduced allocation to MGNREGA will reduce employment days available, let alone solve the question of payment of pending wages. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month ago

Women farmers at work in their vegetable plots near Kullu (Image: Neil Palmer (CIAT)/Wikimedia Commons)

Locally comprehensible and actionable forecasts

Uncovering knowledge and communication gaps in climate resilience realities - lessons from Indian Sundarbans Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month ago

Broken houses of village in Gosaba Islands as water flooded their houses after Cyclone Aila struck this island in Sunderbans in West Bengal (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal)

Study reveals Indian dams to lose 26% water storage capacity by 2050

Annually, the globally averaged losses amount to approximately 0.36% of initial global storage capacity. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month ago

Hirakud Dam is the longest dam in India (Image: India Water Portal)