Policies, Laws and Regulations

NGT pushes MoEF to issue notification to ban unnecessary use of RO purifiers

Focus on water conservation in MGNREGA: Rural Development ministry to states

Drinking water availability should be a top priority: NGT

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, state to bear half the cost and local bodies to decide water charges

Goa government, farmers against MoEF for proposing re-designation of the state’s low lying lands

National rural sanitation strategy launched to sustain open defecation-free (ODF) status 

Supreme Court question authorities on why manual scavenging still prevails

NGT orders DDA to ensure farming on the Yamuna floodplains is stopped by 2020

Telangana government, tribals stand against proposed uranium mining in Nallamala forests

Arecanut is generally grown in the Malnad area of Karnataka, which receives high rainfall. However, it is also grown in dry land areas of Tumkur district, also in Karnataka, using groundwater.