Nagpur District

Water for Profit: Experiences from America and India
Privatisation of water services has resulted in raised costs, poor quality and unreliable service--not just in India but around the world. The film tells India's and America's story.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 12:15 PM

In January 2016, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Employees Union and residents of Nagpur yet again protested the privatisation of water services in the city.
NMC Employees Union and residents of Nagpur protest water privatisation
Nagpur Union launches world-wide campaign against much hyped water privatisation
New this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:32 AM

World-wide campaign against impacts of water privatisation
No 24x7 water supply for Nagpur
Nagpur Municipal Corporation in troubled waters
Nagpur's woes due to water privatisation aren't unique. More than 54 private sector participation projects across the globe are in the same boat.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 09:41 AM

The Maharashtra State Accountant General (AG) recently exposed the hidden agenda of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its so-called best Public-Private Partnership model with regards to Nagpur's water supply.
No 24x7 water supply for Nagpur
Government fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:35 PM

Government bends its own guideline, fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
Pristine Arunachal Pradesh
Swachh Bharat Mission launched on Gandhi Jayanti
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 06 Oct, 2014 11:09 PM

PM launches the nationwide cleanliness campaign
Swachh Bharat Mission (Source: Economic Times)
Use clean coal, NGT tells Mahagenco
Policy matters this week
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 27 May, 2014 01:02 PM

NGT tells Mahagenco to use clean coal
Fly ash pollution (Source: The Hindu)
Rurals move away from agriculture: Assocham
News this week: Rural employment in agriculture reduces significantly; Activists demand 'Sarus Safari' in UP; 285 people in Karnataka died drinking contaminated water between 2010-13.
Swati Bansal
Posted on 02 Feb, 2014 10:08 PM

'Rural job profile observes a significant change'
Decline in agriculture (Source: Neil Palmer, CIAT)
Batting for the environment
Jaideep Hardikar, recipient of 2013 Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in environmental reporting, talks about his journey and how failure pushed him to take the road less traveled.
Makarand Purohit
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 04:46 PM

By his own account, Jaideep Hardikar, is simply a chronicler of the times around him. His foray into writing and reporting was neither easy nor his first choice. Like many children of his time, he dreamt of being a cricketer but stumbled into journalism and in it, found his true calling. 
Jaideep Hardikar, 2013 Prem Bhatia Award recipient
Where are the toilets?
Policy matters this week: Ministry sets up committee to investigate discrepancy in toilet data and India and Asian Development Bank fund embankments in Nepal and Assam.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:23 PM

Committee to investigate discrepancy in data on toilets
Open defecation due to lack of toilets
Invite to National Conference 'Curriculum Development forMainstreaming Disaster Management in Higher Education',Tirpude College of Social Work, Nagpur
Seminar aims to create an overall awareness about Disaster Management and to develop an understanding regarding curriculum requirements among the educators.
Posted on 15 Nov, 2013 09:35 AM

For more information on the organisers, please click here.

For further details on the conference, click here.

The brochure for the same may be downloaded from below.
Tirpude College of Social Work
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