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November 6, 2022
Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)
October 22, 2022
Employment guarantee during Covid-19
Role of MGNREGA in the year after the 2020 lockdown: Survey findings from Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh
MGNREGA provided income support or security to vulnerable households during the pandemic (Image: UN Women)
October 14, 2022
Lack of data professionals in the impact sector
Arthan organizes a fireside chat to highlight the need for more data talent for social impact
There is a need to integrate data science into the existing education system (Image: Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan, Public Domain Pictures)
September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
July 14, 2022
Ichamati: River of poetry is dying a slow death
The river is faced with the dual problem of flood plain encroachment and growing levels of water pollution
Illegal transverse check dams (Badhals) built on Ichamati near a village in Basirhat (Image: Prithviraj Nath @ TheWaterChronicles)
July 10, 2022
Slow onset climate-induced disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking
People in India fleeing disasters like drought more likely to have experienced trafficking or modern slavery than those fleeing floods or cyclones
The country's climate change assessment suggests things are only going to get worse (Image: Saurav Karmakar, India Water Portal Flickr)
Does 24x7 water supply help reduce water storage or hoarding in urban areas?
A study at Hubli Dharwad found that there could be limits to how formal a city's water supply systems is. These depended on consumer habits, the history of a city’s water supply and infrastructure.
Zachary Burt
Isha Ray
Posted on 27 May, 2015 01:23 PM

Urban water supply can be classified into two categories -- formal and informal.  A formal system usually means piped delivery, at least partly treated, and regulated by a utility.
Water, a valuable resource (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Protests in Arunachal as Centre clears Dibang project
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 26 May, 2015 09:22 AM

Green nod to Arunachal's Dibang project
People protesting Dibang Project (Source: SANDRP)
Heat wave claims over 500 lives in the country
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 May, 2015 08:24 PM

Over 500 people succumb to killer heat wave
Heat wave engulfs the country (Source: PTI)
Abandoned dams; abandoned people
The National Green Tribunal allowed the ongoing construction on the Kanhar dam to continue despite its many illegalities. Four people who know the situation best explain why we should be disappointed.
Amita Bhaduri
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 19 May, 2015 04:07 PM

Kanhar, 1976; Polavaram 1941. These are just two of the several dam projects that were proposed decades ago but are yet to see the light of day.
We don't want dams, dams destroy mountains' reads a slogan painted on a wall in Uttarakhand (Image Source: GJ Lingaraj)
Rs. 20,000 crore sanctioned for Ganga clean-up
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 May, 2015 09:17 AM

Centre okays Rs 20,000 crore for the 'Namami Gange' programme
Ganga river at Varanasi
India readies for a poor monsoon due to strong possibility of El Nino
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 May, 2015 08:59 PM

India prepares to fight the impacts of El Nino
IMD predicts strong El Nino (Source: MSN Weather)
Kanhar: To be or not to be?
The May 7th Kanhar judgement by the National Green Tribunal validated the protesters' claims, but then also allowed the Government to 'complete earlier work'. Isn't the NGT contradicting itself?
Roma Malik
Posted on 17 May, 2015 07:20 AM

The last month has been one of great activity around the illegal construction of the Kanhar dam in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.
A destroyed tent after the lathi charge
DFID calls for applications for a A2/A2L Research Specialist, New Delhi
The post will support the delivery of the South Asia Research Hub and wider DFID Research objectives in South Asia.
Posted on 16 May, 2015 12:40 PM

The Department for International Development (DFID) is the United Kingdom Government Department responsible for delivering the official aid programme. The primary aim of DFID is reducing poverty.The current vacancy is for a Research Specialist appointed at either the A2 or A2L sub-band. 
Standing Committee Report: Safe drinking water and sanitation
The report is scathing and points at many gaps in the planning and implementing process of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) & the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) SBM (G) programmes.
Loksabha Secretariat
Posted on 15 May, 2015 08:49 PM

The National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) SBM (G) are the two flagship programmes of the government implemented by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, a nodal Minis
Safe drinking water, a scarce resource
Women assert their space under the sun
The face of female labour is changing under MGNREGA, a programme where water conservation is given the highest priority in the choice of work. What are its implications?
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 05 May, 2015 02:12 PM

When Satya was asked by the Sarpanch to opt for the position of a worksite supervisor as a Mate, she was thrilled at the prospect of a better life. Brought up in Murayur village in Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu, she knew how tough agricultural wage labour work was. While her mother left her with grandparents, her father also took on menial jobs and errands from big farmers.
Satya’s position as a supervisor is valued by all
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