Biodiversity

No approval of dams until e-flow report is out: Water Ministry to CWC

This year, the categories have been modified to align them with the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, and the new categories are as follows:

Centre approves bringing down protected zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary from 10 km to 1

Ganga clean-up takes its inspiration from the Rhine river

This I-Day new name given to the Agriculture Ministry and the Swachh Vidyalaya mission accomplished 

Ecosystems are complex functioning units that include living as well as non living entities and build on interdependent relationships among these living resources, surrounding habitats and reside

South India performs better in the Swachh Bharat rankings

What do these two iconic figures -- Shivaji, the great Maratha leader and Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the ‘Iron Man of India’ -- have most in common? While one might think that it was their fight for the freedom of their motherland, albeit at different times, that is not all.

In the last 26 years, polluted river stretches rise from 22 to over 300

Declining groundwater levels and increasing stress on water resources in rural areas in India is a major concern for development since the livelihoods of a majority of the rural population depends on agriculture and the availability of sustainable water resources. More productive use of rainwater is necessary to help mitigate the impact of water scarcity.