Political
Eight ministries now responsible for Ganga clean up
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:39 PMSeven ministries other than the Water Ministry to help revive the Ganga
Agriculture and informal sector labour need a budgetary push
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 08:46 AMRecent data from the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) as well as the Agriculture Census highlighted the plight of Indian farmers. Around 85 percent are small and marginal farmers with an average monthly income of only Rs. 4653, which is lesser than their monthly expenses. Debt rates are very high among farmers with an average loan of more than Rs.
Training programme on Sustainable Urban Water Management: Rainwater Harvesting and Decentralised Wastewater Treatment
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:57 AMAbout the programme:
International Conference on Innovations in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems (ISWATS)
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:40 AMAbout the event:
The three day conference is being organised by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, and Ecosan Services Foundation (ESF), Pune.
National Conference on Peri-Urban Agriculture and Ecosystems
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:21 AMAbout the conference:
Gender and water use: Looking beyond pure data
Posted on 05 Feb, 2016 12:36 PMGrowth and development indicators at the policy level many a times demand the need for factual data that is often standardised and expressed as numbers in order to make each local context comparable to other and allow data to be aggregated to higher geographical scales.
Development or drastic ecological changes: Where is Dehradun headed?
Posted on 05 Feb, 2016 11:49 AMThe Babur Nama mentions that the “
39th WEDC International Conference, Ghana
Posted on 02 Feb, 2016 05:41 PMA unique platform for knowledge sharing and networking with practioners, policy makers, government, academic and researchers. The WEDC Conference attracts up to 600 delegates from an international audience coming together with a shared interest in WASH, Equality and Inclusion, Rural and Urban.
Echoes of Bhakra
Posted on 01 Feb, 2016 04:28 PMBhakra dam was the first hydropower project of independent India. Though it brought electricity and water to vast areas, the people displaced in the Bilaspur area of Himachal Pradesh remain dissatisfied. Many of them were not adequately compensated, and began living and farming in the adjoining forests. They were allowed to stay put--unofficially--by the administration.
Unnatural world: National parks and climate change
Posted on 01 Feb, 2016 03:39 PMForest guards in India have fought many things over time in the course of their daily work--poachers, irate citizens, even animals at times! But they are now facing a threat that may well be beyond their capacity to overcome. A threat that is not just responsible for the death of individual animals, but for the destruction of entire groups of species--climate change.
