Political

Committee rules out any change in Krishna water sharing ratio

Yet again, Bengaluru’s lake on fire

Irrigation system in India is often about big dams and hundreds of kilometres of canals that incur huge capital expenditure. Hence, policies at the central and the state level are mostly tilted in favour of big projects and often neglect micro-level solutions.

Farming can’t be sustainable without the seeds which are best suited to the location, water availability, soil type and weather. According to records, there were 1.10 lakh varieties of rice in India till 1965. After that, the Green Revolution happened, which pushed for hybrid varieties.

In November 2011, the government of Madhya Pradesh sanctioned Rs 493 crore to 37 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) for drinking water supply projects under the Chief Minister’s Urban Drinking Water Supply Scheme (CMUWSS) along the lines of the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT).

According to the data released by the Food and Agricultural Organisation’s AQUASTAT in 2010, at 250 billion m³ per year, India is one of the countries that uses groundwater the most. As high as 80 percent of its water is used for irrigation of which 65 percent is groundwater.

NGT blames Centre for wasting public money in the name of Ganga clean-up

Arsenic present in drinking water at many habitations: Centre

The people of Uttarakhand, like other Himalayan states, follow many unique and traditional practices to live in sync with nature.

The much-anticipated budget this year treads largely on the path set last year with the rural sector receiving more allocation than its urban counterpart.