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December 12, 2022
Why farmers are not adopting crop insurance in India?
Study looks at behavioral biases in crop insurance adoption
Adoption rate of crop insurance low in India despite government efforts (Image: PxHere, CC0 Public Domain)
September 13, 2022
Chaos in a concrete jungle
Heavy rains and floods have battered Bengaluru yet again. Uncontrolled and unregulated development and concretisation of the city that pays no heed to the ecology and hydrology of the region needs to stop!
Urban flooding in Bangalore (Image Source: Thejas via Wikimedia Commons)
August 11, 2022
India’s rivers in trouble due to high fertilizer load and heavy monsoons
This could lead to water quality crisis reinforcing the need for basin-specific management strategies
Around the world, more than a fifth of nitrogen released by human activity ends up in aquatic ecosystems (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
May 24, 2022
Droughts reduce India's GDP by 5 percent in twenty years
News this fortnight
India, vulnerable to droughts (Image: Pixabay; hbieser)
May 14, 2022
Assessment of climate change over the Indian region
Climate change is real. What are its implications for India? This book presents a first of its kind national forecast on the impact of global warming on climate in India.
Climate change is real. What does it mean for India? (Image Source: Robert Hensley/Wikimedia Commons)
March 29, 2022
India, in the hot seat!
The intensity and duration of heat waves is predicted to increase in India and human induced anthropogenic changes are to blame.
A man sits under the scorching heat of the sun in front of Amer fort in Jaipur (Picture courtesy: Prabhu B Doss, Flickr Commons: CC-By-NC-ND-2.0)
Baseline report: Sachetana Drinking Water project of the Government of Karnataka (2006-2011)
The project envisions a set of interventions including household rainwater harvesting for clusters of villages in Karnataka that are particularly severely affected by fluoride
Rama Mani
Posted on 14 Aug, 2009 11:28 AM

The Sachetana Drinking Water project of the Government of Karnataka covers 15 villages in each of the taluks of Bagepalli (Chikkaballapur), Mundargi (Gadag), Sira (Tumkur) and Pavagada (Tumkur).

The baseline survey covers a representative portion of the villages and families of the above and contains the following information:
Taluka wise daily rainfall figures for the latest monsoon from Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority
The Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority gives taluka wise daily rainfall figures for the 2007 monsoons and comparison with the average of last ten years till the same date in the monsoon.
Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 05:03 PM

The Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority gives taluka wise daily rainfall figures for the previous monsoon (2007 currently) and comparison with the average of last ten years till the same date in the monsoon (June-Sept).

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Preparation of guidelines for drinking water protection in Abadasa taluka in Kutch district of Gujarat
This deals with the preparation of guidelines for drinking water protection in Abadasa taluka in Kutch district of Gujarat as a part of a research study (in progress)
Sahajeevan Trust
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 01:07 PM

The report prepared by Arid Communities and Technologies (ACT) Kutch, Gujarat on behalf of Sahajeevan Trust aims to prepare a guideline for groundwater legislation to protect drinking water sources in the taluka.
Taluk level rainfall data and analysis for all the districts in Maharashtra from the state government's agricultural department
Rainfall information for all districts upto the taluka level for the whole of Maharashtra
chekeronutristejos
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 12:57 PM

This page from the Maharashtra government's agricultural department site gives rainfall information upto taluka level (with data gaps for some periods) for the last 10 years

Click here to know more
Status of groundwater in Wardha: A report from the Central Ground Water Board
The report lists out recommendations to utilize groundwater in Wardha, Maharashtra in an effective manner and is complete with data relating to geomorphology and the status of groundwater
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 10:30 AM

This report from the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) deals with the status of groundwater in the Wardha district of Maharashtra.

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Taluka-level GIS database for Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh
A database of the spread of and expenditure on watershed development programmes in 3 states of India, enables easy visualisation of the regional variation in the data.
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development(CISED)
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 09:47 AM

The taluka-level GIS database for Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, is a CD containing a GIS (Geographical Information System) database of the spread of and expenditure on watershed development programmes in 3 states of India, viz., Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Micro-watershed database for Maharashtra: Compilation by FoRWARD
This spreadsheet compiled by FoRWaRD contains taluk/tehsil level data of the status of recent and current watershed projects in Maharashtra
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development (CISED)
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 06:02 PM

To download the spreadsheet Click here
Chapter on water resources from the Chhattisgarh State of the Environment Report
Details of the status of water resources in 2004 in the state of Chhattisgarh
Chhatisgarh State of the Environment Report
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 02:14 PM

The chapter on Water Resources from the Chhatisgarh State of the Environment Report, 2004 begins with a discussion of the problems in the State like (a) limited irrigation potential created (b) unbalanced irrigable land to cultivable land ratio in districts (c) low budget for maintenance of created irrigation facilities and (d) over-dependence on paddy cultivation.
Status of groundwater in Charama block of Kanker district, Chattisgarh: Report from Central Ground Water Board
Summary report from Central Groundwater Board on the status of groundwater in Charama block of Kanker district of Chattisgarh
Central Ground Water Board
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 01:14 PM

The brochure provides complete information about the block and gives an overview of its geology as well as hydrogeology.

Pre-monsoon and post monsoon levels of water in the block have been mapped along with the hydrogeology of the region.

Download the brochure from link provided below
Half full, Half empty: A WaterAid publication on the drought and drinking water crisis in Bundelkhand
The paper presents a situational analysis of the crisis and challenges of drinking water in Bundelkhand in the overall context of the drought spell in 2007
Indira Khurana
Richard Mahapatra
WaterAid
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 01:44 PM

This paper on Bundelkhand from their Water and Sanitation Perspective series of WaterAid presents how ecological degradation and faulty policies make drinking water scarce and less accessible.
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