India
Towards data-driven district rural drinking water planning framework
Posted on 26 Sep, 2020 08:28 PMOnly about 29% of the 189 million rural households, in India, have potable water supply through household tap connections (Jal Jeevan Mission, September 2020).
Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab: Government
Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 01:23 PMPunjab no.1 in overexploitation of groundwater
Who is the thirstiest of them all?
Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 12:34 PMAgriculture uses as high as 85 percent of the available water in India of which the irrigated area accounts for nearly 48.8 percent of the 140 million hectare (mha) of agricultural land, while the remaining 51.2 percent is rainfed.
Gendered impacts of COVID-19
Posted on 20 Sep, 2020 09:15 PMCOVID-19 has unleashed one of the greatest human tragedies of the contemporary era demonstrating our fragility and has laid bare severe and systemic inequalities at all levels. It provides several lessons in the conduct of all aspects of human personality, professional, societal, and institutional lives globally.
Decision Support Space: A concept
Posted on 19 Sep, 2020 05:47 PMFriedrich Nietzsche famously wrote that he who has a ‘why’ to live can bear almost any ‘how'. A strong reason, motivation (why) and curiosity lead to actions that pave the path (how) to achieve any desired goal.
Improving city-wide sanitation service delivery in small towns of Odisha
Posted on 16 Sep, 2020 06:32 PMTucked away in the slums of Dhenkanal, a small community offers a glimpse of how sanitation solutions have changed hundreds of lives for the better. Till recently, post rains in the absence of proper drainage, the clogged lanes were causing a lot of inconvenience to the residents of Parhatiya Sahi slum.
Webinar on 'Ecological disruptions in Kosi Basin: Political economy and community perspective'
Posted on 15 Sep, 2020 10:55 AM18th September 2020 11am – 1pm
Australia Aid, The Asia Foundation, GEAG
Expression of Interest (Eol) for Sector Partner, Jal Jeevan Mission
Posted on 11 Sep, 2020 01:18 PMMany organizations, individuals already working in the field of water have shown genuine interests to be partner in this pan-India programme, Jal Jeevan Mission.
Agriculture and food security challenges amid Covid-19
Posted on 09 Sep, 2020 03:32 PMIndia has seen large scale rural-urban migration of people trying to escape rural distress in the last few decades.
Government to get strict against wastage of groundwater
Posted on 08 Sep, 2020 04:05 PMGovernment prepares strict directives to prevent groundwater wastage