India

The Ganga has its own website!
News this week Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:36 PM

Water Ministry launches a portal on the Ganga river

Ganga river at Kaudiyala
Supreme Court gets strict with illegal river sand miners
Policy matters this week Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:25 PM

SC gets strict with illegal river sand miners

Sand mining in the Narmada valley
National River Linking Project: Dream or disaster?
The project is back in the news now but how much do you know about it? We cover the basics including its history, aim, costs and impact on the environment and people in this comprehensive piece. Posted on 14 Sep, 2014 08:19 PM

The National River Linking Project (NRLP) formally known as the National Perspective Plan, envisages the transfer of water from water ‘surplus’ basins where there is flooding to water ‘deficit’ basins where there is drought/scarcity, through inter-basin water transfer projects.

Interlinking of rivers (Source: NIH)
Applications invited for the post of 'Finance-cum-Accounts Officer', Livolink Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Livolink is looking for a suitable candidate, who will be responsible for overseeing all financial matters and accounts related activities of the organization
Posted on 14 Sep, 2014 08:10 AM

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50% of MGNREGS reserved for water conservation work
Policy matter this week Posted on 08 Sep, 2014 10:18 PM

50% of MGNREGS work should be for improving water conservation: Government

Labourers building check dams under MGNREGS
Furious Jhelum claims 160 lives
News this week Posted on 08 Sep, 2014 06:19 PM

J&K reels under the worst flood in 60 years

Floods wreak havoc in Jammu & Kashmir
Applications invited for the Certificate Program on 'Free-and-Open Source Village GIS Software', IIT-Madras, E. Palaguttapalli Panchayat, Andhra Pradesh
The five-day certificate course will provide an intensive training on mobile-based Android module and desktop-based Qunatum GIS module.
Posted on 08 Sep, 2014 05:46 PM

About the training:

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Ken-Betwa river link to divert 6,000 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve
News this week Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 10:06 PM

Ken-Betwa river link to take away 10% of MP's Panna Tiger Reserve

Map showing Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon)
Increased subsidy for toilet construction
Policy matters this week Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 03:33 PM

Higher monetary incentives for toilet construction and delinking sanitation mission from MGNREGS

Toilet under construction in Karnataka
Monsoon delivers a hard blow to farmers
Flood and drought - farmers across the country have seen both as this year’s monsoon has featured late and erratic rains. This report details the situation as it is on the ground. Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 09:30 AM

High food Inflation has been pinching Indians for the last few months and with the current monsoon not being very generous to farmers, the situation is only expected to worsen. As of August 29th, rainfall deficiency in the country was 18 per cent, a much improved figure from the 41 per cent deviation recorded at the start of monsoon.

Amount of rainfall (Source: IMD)
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