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NREGS proves to be nemesis of textile sector : MGNREGS news updates compiled by FES (May 1 - 15, 2011)
This article presents news updates related to MGNREGS Posted on 04 Jul, 2011 12:31 PM


MGNREGSMain highlights in this update:

  • NREGS proves to be nemesis of textile sector: One of the most successful employment generation schemes from the government has put the textile sector in disarray.

  • BJP leader rallies for NREGA whistleblower: Former BJP state president Suresh Pujari has opposed the arrest of a NREGA whistleblower in Jharsuguda district. Pujari said Gunanidhi Barik, former sarpanch of Lakhanpur block, has been falsely implicated by police and demanded a probe into it.
"Climate change" - Understanding the connections with energy use, and how India's galloping economic growth and insatiable appetite for energy can be balanced with environmental security?
This June 2006 issue of Agenda looks at some of the issues governing climate change and power production. Posted on 18 Jun, 2011 12:52 AM


Agenda magazine June 2006 special issue on the "Climate change"

 

Introduction: Energy versus emissions: The big challenge of the new millennium
By Rakesh Kalshian
To maintain its economic growth rate of 8-10%, India needs all the energy it can get. But the momentum of economic growth overrides crucial environmental concerns.

Hotting up: The science and politics of climate change
By Aditi Sen
The world is hotting up. Climate systems are changing. The 1990s were the hottest decade ever, sea levels rose by 10-20 cm during the 20th century, and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are 31% higher than in 1750.

Hamirsarno Saad -
Gujarati newsletter brought out by ACT Kutch, for admirers of the Hamirsar lake and its environs
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 11:43 PM

Gujarati newsletter brought out by ACT Kutch, for admirers of the Hamirsar lake and its environs

India will have water crises by 2030 - Droplets, e-Newsletter of Everything About Water for May 2011
India will have only half the water it needs by 2030, one of the top international water organizations has predicted. Posted on 31 May, 2011 12:35 PM


News droplets

  • India will have water crises by 2030
     According to International Water Management Institute (IWMI), India will face a water scarcity due to global warming and population explosion.
Analysis of TAC guidelines and decisions in recent meetings' - Dams, Rivers and People - Newsletter of SANDRP for April, May 2011
This newsletter focuses on analysis of the TAC guidelines and the impact of mining on rivers in Goa and Meghalaya. Posted on 27 May, 2011 01:26 PM

 

South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and PeopleNewsletter of South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) for April - May 2011 (Volume 9 Issue 3-4), focuses on the following topics.

  • Analysis of TAC guidelines and decisions in recent meetings
    The Advisory Committee in the Union Ministry of Water Resources for consideration of techno-economic viability of Irrigation, Flood Control and Multi Purpose Project Proposals (TAC in short) is supposed to discuss the techno-economic viability of the irrigation, flood control and multi-purpose project proposals as per the Resolution published in the Union of India Gazette Notification No. 12/5/86-P-II dated Nov 27, 1987.
"Shit Matters: The potential of CLTS", State-level sensitisation workshop on CLTS held in Patna - Updates from the CLTS May 2011 Newsletter
This book looks at the potential and challenges of CLTS by drawing on research in Bangladesh, India and Indonesia, as well as experiences in Africa. Posted on 27 May, 2011 12:24 PM

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Community-Led Total Sanitation

Main highlights in this update:

  • Shit Matters: The Potential of Community-led Total Sanitation: This book looks at the potential and challenges of CLTS by drawing on research in Bangladesh, India and Indonesia, as well as experiences in Africa. It includes chapters by leading scholars and practitioners in sanitation policy and practice as well as critical reflections from key players in CLTS. Shit Matters considers CLTS in terms of the social, ecological, technological, financial, and institutional dynamics and draws out wider lessons for sanitation policy and practice.
‘SACOSAN IV special issue’ - WASH news and policy update: Bi-monthly e-newsletter of India WASH Forum, Issue 17, March 2011
SACOSAN IV special issue Bi-monthly e-newsletter of India WASH Forum, Issue 17, March 2011. Newsletter focuses on the following activities: Posted on 22 Apr, 2011 05:31 PM


Water Sanitation Hygiene

  • SACOSAN IV Sri Lanka
    The South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN IV) is scheduled for Sri Lanka from 4th to the 7th April in Colombo. The Conference is a unique bi-annual inter-ministerial meeting that has an exclusive focus on sanitation and hygiene in south Asia.
‘Revival of Siddh Baba Kodiya talaab’ - Janhit Foundation's e-newsletter of March 2011
This issue of the Janhit newsletter presents the revival of a lake,and the proceedings from two workshops. Posted on 22 Apr, 2011 11:39 AM


Janhit FoundationThe Janhit Foundation's newsletter of March 2011 focuses on the following topics:

Maharashtra gifts farmers’ water to industries - Dams, Rivers and People - Newsletter from SANDRP of March 2011
South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) news letter of March 2011 (Volume 9 Issue 2), focuses on the following topics. Posted on 15 Apr, 2011 08:45 AM


South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People

  • Maharashtra gifts farmers’ water to industries
    Between 2005 & 2010, a High Powered Committee was constituted by the Maharashtra Minister for Water Resources which recommended the diversion of 1500 MCM water from 38 dams across Maharashtra to cities and industries.
Farming practices in different water regimes: Action - Newsletter of AFPRO for April 2011
Action for Food Production(AFPRO) news letter - Volume 2, Issue 1 of April 2011, focuses on the following topics. Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 07:22 PM


Action for Food Production