Citizens' Rights and Duties
Appointment of young professionals as Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellows - Some questions
Posted on 23 Apr, 2012 11:19 AMThe critics of the PMRDFS have already started asking questions as follows:
Interlinking of rivers project: A disquieting judgement - Ramaswamy Iyer's perspective in the EPW on the recent Supreme Court decision
Posted on 20 Apr, 2012 10:52 PM
1. Introduction
Two writ petitions were filed in 2002 on the subject of interlinking. The judgement finally passed in 2012 directs the implementation of this project. This judgement is disturbing for the following reasons:
Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson of Arghyam announces transition in leadership: Jayamala Subramaniam to take over from 1st June, 2012
Posted on 13 Apr, 2012 05:44 PMShe comes to Arghyam with a background in the corporate and not for profit sectors, both in India and abroad. She has a record of achievement in taking initiatives to scale in the financial and education sectors and substantial experience as a coach and mentor.
Water law in a globalised world - Philippe Cullet discusses the need for creating a new framework
Posted on 09 Apr, 2012 11:09 PM1. Introduction
People of Nuapada district in Odisha build a stop dam themselves - Roundup of audio updates from CGNet Swara (Sep 2011 to Feb 2012)
Posted on 03 Apr, 2012 02:57 PMPeople get together to build a stop dam themselves
The people of Khariar road town in Odisha have long requested a check dam across the river Jonk. Khuturam Sunani describes how they have now begun constructing it through shramadaan.
Supreme Court order in February 27, 2012 on the interlinking of rivers project A statement and an appeal by concerned citizens to think of all the implications
Posted on 29 Mar, 2012 06:37 PMThe full statement is as follows -
We, the signatories to this statement, wish to record our utmost concern at the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s judgment of 27 February 2012 on the Inter-Linking of Rivers Project (ILR), on the following grounds:
Thousands of students across India test groundwater for fluoride on March 22, 2012
Posted on 21 Mar, 2012 09:17 AMMaps, lakes and citizens: The use of surveys in lake conservation - An article in the Seminar magazine
Posted on 19 Mar, 2012 11:44 AMThis lake system is now decaying with lakes either taken over for urban uses, or choking due to neglect. ATREE and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have been engaged in attempting to understand how to restore these lakes for urban use, while maintaining their ecological importance. This article in Seminar describes this attempt.
Trends in private sector participation in the Indian water sector: A critical review - A Water and Sanitation Programme publication
Posted on 23 Feb, 2012 05:54 PMThe study also analyses the direction in which the sector is heading with respect to private sector participation. Since most PPPs are at early stages of operation, this study focuses only on learnings from PPP design and transaction. This study does not seek to assess the operating or financial performance of PPPs.