Amita Bhaduri

Strengthening the frontline for water security

Challenges and aspirations of community champions and how programs can address them Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 4 months ago

Kalyani Dash works with 150 households in the village directly and trains them on chemical-free farming techniques, water secure crop production, efficient water use in agriculture for a sustainable farming future as well as kitchen and nutrition gardening. (Image: FES)

Young professionals motivate people to participate in rural sanitation

Involving youth to identify appropriate WASH solutions Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 4 months ago

The Young Professionals worked closely with the District and aimed to fill the gap of the Swachchata Dooths (Image: SCOPE)

Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar

Need to remove arsenic from the food chain and not just drinking water in endemic areas Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 4 months ago

Median excess lifetime cancer risk of 2 per 10,000 from food arsenic exposure in Bihar. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Fluoride and nitrate - a health problem in Anantapur

High fluoride and nitrate cause dental, skeletal fluorosis and methemoglobinemia in infants and stomach cancer in adults Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 4 months ago

Non carcinogenic risks for adults are more prone to risk greater than those children and infants in the study area (Image: India Water Portal)

Digital tool to monitor groundwater

Women in Rajasthan use a groundwater monitoring tool to record water levels and promote water literacy Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 4 months ago

Women use an open source groundwater monitoring tool that enables collection of water level data of wells and its collation on a web platform for easy access by all. (Image: FES)

MARVI: Securing groundwater supplies through engaging village communities

Improving decision-making for sustainable groundwater use Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 4 months ago

Designing participatory processes to assist village level discovery and implementation of solutions for sustaining groundwater use and improved livelihoods (Image: MARVI)

Water: Governance challenges and suggested tools

Supply-side solutions are creating havoc for the already disadvantaged and marginalised. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

Dahanu, a green zone enjoyed special protection since 1991 (Image: nathview.blogspot.com)

Budget 2021: MGNREGA allocation insufficient

Budget inadequate to meet the work demand, says PAEG Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

Migrant workers are left ailing both in cities and in villages, with no recourse or security. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Budget 2021: Environmental conservation or business as usual

The budget has given environmental conservation issues a slip, say experts Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

There is a need to estimate the ecological footprint of all activities. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Need to revamp developmental planning in the Uttarakhand hills

The havoc points to the faultlines in the developmental planning of ecologically sensitive areas. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

The glacial burst in Chamoli is nature’s way of telling the state not to play havoc with the local ecology. (Image: Down to Earth)

Jalabandhus for sustainable service delivery

Water For People develops a cadre of entrepreneurs delivering critical services for water security. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

Bringing life to a dying stream

In Vidarbha, water harvesting restores a nala to a perennial stream Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

The communities are aware of the importance of harvesting and storing rainwater for meeting their needs, and have established several rules and norms for use of common resources. (Image: FES)

Pollution levels rising post-lockdown in cities in south India

How clean air gains of the lockdown and monsoon periods have been now lost with the reopening of the economy and with the onset of the winter. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

Air quality management requires regional approach to implement clean air action plans, says CSE (Image: Pixy)

Multi-purpose cyclone shelters in India

A study finds if multi-purpose cyclone shelters within the neighbourhood are considered safe for cyclone evacuation. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

The Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department looks into the repairing of cyclone and flood shelters across Odisha (Image: Odisha TV)

Economic survey 2020-21: Some highlights

The economic survey recommends integration of agriculture with nutritional outcomes Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

The Economic Survey 2021 pushes for urgent reforms in production and post production in agriculture (Image: PixaHive)

Budget 2021: Will agriculture sector get a boost?

Solutions are needed that will increase productivity while maintaining sustainability Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

The government could consider a shift from the price support system to an income support system. PM-KISAN is a step in that direction, but the assistance under that is lacking. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Budget 2021: Cash transfer and urban employment guarantee can help blunt the economic blow

Expand Rs 500 per month cash transfer to poor non-farmer and urban households: Prof Santosh Mehrotra Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

There should be an increased expenditure in infrastructure to create jobs in the construction sector. (Image: PxHere)

Budget 2021: Policy measures in the nutrition sector

Nutrition interventions need to be strengthened to protect people already at the margin of subsistence. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 5 months ago

Children eating their mid-day meal at a worksite school in Andhra Pradesh (Image: ILO Asia Pacific, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Natural resource management through a gender lens

Need to recognise women, the cogs in the feminisation of Indian agriculture Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 6 months ago

In incorporating female participation, some programmes only added (futile) burden on these women without challenging the current division of labour. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Ecosystem-based approach: The case of Meghalaya

Multilateral action needed for a green post-COVID-19 recovery. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 6 months ago

A living root bridge, a type of simple suspension bridge formed of living plant roots by tree shaping in village Nongriat, Meghalaya (Image: Wikimedia Commons)