A document for conserving rainwater and facilitating rainwater harvesting in urban areas of Karnataka with a view to conserve depleting groundwater resources.
A document that details the Model municipal law and includes details of municipal revenue, urban environmental infrastructure & services, management, health & safety, regulations, powers, procedures and penalties to be imposed.
This document published by the Ministry of Environment and Forests is a draft notification published in 2006 under sub-rule (3) of Rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 that imposes certain restrictions and prohibitions on new projects or activities, or on the expansion or modernisation of existing projects or activities based on their potential environmental impacts as indicated in the Schedule to the notification, being undertaken in any part of India.
A two-day workshop was held on “Success Stories Under Watershed Programmes ” from 2nd -3rd Feb 2011 by the Department of Land Resources (DoLR) at New Delhi.
A document that gives a detailed description of the terminology used, establishment, power and functions of the corporation & municipal authorities, the election procedures, taxation finance, property, rules, bye laws, and licenses, fees & penalties to be issued
All over India, the battle lines are drawn between land as commodity and land for livelihoods. How much agricultural land is actually transitioning to non-agricultural use?
This report identifies three principles and two sets of policy-level interventions necessary to enhance water and food security for marginalised communities
This compendium by PRAYAS includes the outcome of an analysis and advocacy based study on water regulation in the context of Water Sector Reforms (WSRs),
The Government of India and the World Bank signed three agreements to for cleaning Ganga River and to Strengthen Rural Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation in India.
As habitats caught between the embankments in north Bihar are getting buried under the sediments brought in by flood-water, the entire flood control planning needs a thorough review.
This working paper describes a study that examines the link between stream flow, agricultural water use and economic returns to agriculture in the Western Ghats of peninsular India.