India

“Every inch of our planning is directed towards human beings. At least leave environmental flows alone!”, said the professor, revealing a side to himself that I had not dreamt existed.

Kalpavriksh is organising a week long residential course on 'Perspectives on Environment, Society and Well-being'. The course, being organized for the second year, attempts to reflect on the Indian environmental history and contemporary perspectives including ideas and practices in conservation, development and governance.

Nearly 88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra

Centre appoints task force, with an aim to speed up implementation of river interlinking

Pollution index no more includes human health and environmental degradation

596 brick kilns along Ganga's banks are pushing it away from Patna

A wetland is defined as land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, and maintains an ecosystem of its own.The factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the vegetation of aquatic plants which grow in its highly water saturated soil [1].

Climate change has been predicted to create increasing risks for the agricultural sector thus inversely affecting agricultural production and farm incomes in India. These risks have already manifested in the form of increasing intensity and extent of droughts, floods, temperature rise and fall, and other calamities in the country.

Swachh Bharat Mission: Gujarat leads the implementation

Maharashtra Government to probe into cost overruns of Vidarbha dams