India

Groundwater situation in urban India: overview, opportunities and challenges – a paper by CAREWATER
In urban centres where groundwater is over-exploited, there arises competition with irrigators for water Posted on 12 May, 2009 03:51 PM

The paper by Carewater INREM Foundation on the groundwater situation in urban India provides an overview besides dealing with the opportunities and challenges. Groundwater plays a fundamental role in shaping the economic and social health of many urban centres of India.

Ministry of agriculture announces national agricultural policy (2000)
The policy seeks to promote technically sound, economically viable, environmentally non-degrading, and socially acceptable use of country’s natural resources for sustainable development of agriculture Posted on 12 May, 2009 03:37 PM

This is the first ever national agriculture policy (2000) of India and seeks to actualise the vast untapped growth potential of Indian agriculture, strengthen rural infrastructure to support faster agricultural development, promote value addition, accelerate the growth of agro business, create employment in rural areas, secure a fair standard of living for the farmers and agricultural workers a

Planning commission sets up working group on rainfed areas for the eleventh five year plan
A working group on rainfed areas for the eleventh five year plan was set up by the planning commission under the chairmanship of Dr. Y.K. Alagh, in March, 2006 Posted on 12 May, 2009 03:24 PM

The terms of reference of the working group are as follows -

Water saving avenues in a bathroom - a presentation by E I D Parry (India) Limited
The presentation by Parryware describes avenues taken for water saving and use of technology, focusing on closets, cisterns, basins, taps and urinals Posted on 12 May, 2009 02:50 PM

This presentation by Parryware Division of E I D Parry (India) Limited deals with water saving avenues which the company is focusing on. It begins with a presentation of some facts related to water and the products which the company is focusing on - coupled closets, European water closets, wash basins, taps and urinals.

The Parthasarathy committee report by technical committee on watershed programmes in India (2006)
The report reviews the experience and implementation of watershed programmes in India and suggests recommendations to make the programme more effective Posted on 12 May, 2009 02:47 PM

The Parthasarathy Committe was a Technical Committee on DPAP, DDP, IWDP Programmes constituted by the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) in 2006 and its report has attempted an exhaustive review of the experience of the watershed programme in India.

Short movies on urban water management, watershed development, groundwater, water body restoration and agriculture in India
View short films on urban water management, watershed development, groundwater, water body restoration and agriculture in India on Youtube Posted on 12 May, 2009 01:37 PM

Short films about the management of urban water in India click here

Short movies on "watershed development" click here

Water policy and action plan 2020: an alternative – A report for the Planning Commission
The policy and action plan presented take into account the larger and long-term goals for management of water resources before the nation Posted on 12 May, 2009 01:33 PM

A report for the Planning Commission presents the water policy and action plan for the year 2020 for the country. The goals  put forward in the policy are such as would do justice to all users of water and yet would be practical and achievable. At present it is the central and state governments that play the key role in the management of water resources. The policy proposed, on the other hand, seeks to involve all the people at the level of the local communities so that they can conserve, develop and manage the water resource at the local level itself.

Reorienting watershed development programme in India – an occasional paper
Watershed development is increasingly seen as the lynchpin of rural development in dryland areas – one that integates sectors and provides the foundation for subsequent development. Posted on 12 May, 2009 01:17 PM

This report by FoRWARD deals with the reorientation of the watershed development programme in India. The government is apparently committing larger resources for watershed development and plans to bring most of the dryland, degraded lands under the coverage of the programme over the next 25 years or so.

Watershed development review: issues and prospects - a technical report by Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development (CISED)
The present review hopes to contribute to the process of ensuring that the experiences from the first generation of watershed development are fully understood and internalized Posted on 12 May, 2009 01:02 PM

The normative framework underlying the review “Understanding watershed development” requires a “normative framework” embracing the notions of “watershed” and “watershed development’, and how they are translated into practice. Such translation may also be based upon additional assumption about what is possible and desirable, and how to bring these changes about.

Case studies on urban water management and rainwater harvesting from India and across the world
Resources for best practices on urban water management from across the world and domestic rainwater harvesting Posted on 11 May, 2009 04:31 PM

Best practices on urban water management from across the world

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