Swati Bansal

India's rank continue to fall in the global SDGs Report

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 5 months ago

Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015 as a part of the 2030 agenda. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)

Char Dham road widening: Activists up in arms against cutting of deodar trees

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 6 months ago

Rich, diverse forest of Uttarakhand (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

Coal mining in Hasdeo forests gets a go ahead; protestors continue to resist

Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 6 months ago

Work in progress in a coal mine in India (Image source: IWP Flickr Album). Image for representation only

Cabinet approves revamping of the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

Policy matter this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago

Govt to help rural India achieve key targets of UN SDGs (Image source: IWP Flickr photo). Image for representation only

34 percent of India's coastline suffers from erosion, West Bengal worst affected

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago

Coast along the southern tip of the country (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

JJM coverage low in rural households of several large states: Parliamentary panel

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago

Drinking water provision in rural school and hygiene (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

Centre launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain campaign, 2022

Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago

Catch the rain where it falls, when it fall (Image source: IWP Flickr album). Photo for representation only

Jal Shakti Ministry releases DPRs for the revival of 13 rivers

Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago

River Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

18,691 water bodies out of 9.45 lakh encroached upon: Jal Shakti Ministry

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 8 months ago

A Johad in Nanduwali Nadi region (Image source: Farhad Contractor via IWP Flickr Albums)

IPCC releases second part of sixth assessment report, calls for Climate Resilient Development

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 8 months ago

Multiple climate hazards projected for India in IPCC's recent report (Image source: IWP Flickr photos) Image for representation only.

New Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022 announced

Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 8 months ago

Plastic waste is causing havoc on drains and water bodies (Image source: IWP Flickr Album)

India now has 49 Ramsar sites, highest in South Asia

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 9 months ago

A wetland supports life in myriad forms (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

Jal Shakti Ministry receives an allocation of Rs 86,189 crore in budget 2022-23

Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 9 months ago

Women fill water from a public tap in Karnataka (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

Meghalaya's participatory water projects exhibit scale and community empowerment

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 9 months ago

A water body in Meghalaya (Image source: IWP Photo via Flickr Album)

NGT stricter with Delhi, Haryana on restoring Najafgarh Jheel

Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 9 months ago

Aerial view of the Najafgarh drain. (Image: Sumita Roy Dutta, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mekedatu project: Many activists opposing it under Medha Patkar

Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 10 months ago

Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)

Goa’s mangrove cover increases while Sunderbans’ shrank: ISFR 2021

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 10 months ago

Mangroves in Sunderbans (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

From 58 percent in 2004, groundwater extraction rises to 63 percent in 2017: CAG

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 10 months ago

Country's groundwater scenario is in a grim state (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Process of obtaining green nod simplified to allow ease of doing business: Govt

Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 10 months ago

Ease of doing business at the cost of environment (Source: IWP Flickr Photos) Photo for representation only.

Activists urge Chhattisgarh CM to rethink expansion of mining in Hasdeo Arand forest

News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 11 months ago

A devastated forest at a coal mining site. Photo for representation only (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

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