Governance
Industries call for water conservation - Proactive disclosure on water use by industries will go a long way
Posted on 25 May, 2012 03:48 PMIndia’s rapidly growing economy is driving increased water usage across different sectors. Various estimates and projections indicate an increasing trend in water demand for agriculture, industrial and domestic uses in the coming decades.
Water quality of the Bhagirathi, Ganga in the Himalayan region: A study by NEERI
Posted on 19 May, 2012 05:00 PM
The Bhagirathi in its upper reaches, here seen near Dharali (Photo: Chicu Lokgariwar)
Water commercialization, a threat to human rights - A Gandhian prospect
Posted on 17 May, 2012 11:00 AMProviding usable water is one of the toughest challenges that most of the countries of the world are facing today. And in an era of liberalization and domination of capital centric policies commercialization of water is not a shocking step.
Gauhati University invites applications for Assistant Professor, Guwahati Apply by May 26, 2012
Posted on 16 May, 2012 12:24 PMIndia Water Portal invites applications for interns for the Data Project
Posted on 10 May, 2012 11:12 AM
How soil and water conservation transformed the lives of people in a remote village - The case of Gulliyada village in Talavadi block of Erode district, Tamil Nadu
Posted on 09 May, 2012 04:12 PMAuthor: Seetha Gopalakrishnan
MYRADA and the Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Erode district, Tamil Nadu
Privatisation of urban water supply in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh - An update from Manthan Adyayan Kendra
Posted on 09 May, 2012 09:53 AMStartling conditionalities
Water science in India - Hydrological obscurantism - A paper in Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 07 May, 2012 12:15 PMThis article by Jayanta Bandyopadhyay in the Economic and Political Weekly deals with the Government of India’s proposal for addressing the twin problems of floods and water scarcity by interlinking rivers.
Teesta, Tipaimukh and riverlinking: Danger to Bangladesh-India relations – A paper in Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 06 May, 2012 11:25 AMBangladesh shares 54 rivers with India. Any unilateral action by India on any of its international rivers will degrade its relations with its neighbours while also adversely affecting its ecology, economy and society. Bangladesh being a riverine and a lower riparian country remains sensitive to matters of water, whether inland or maritime.
NABARD invites applications for "Award for Rural Innovations", Mumbai, Apply by May 15, 2012
Posted on 04 May, 2012 12:01 PMNABARD is set up as an apex Development Bank with a mandate for facilitating credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture, small-scale industries, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other rural crafts.