Governance
Factors determining informal tanker water markets in Chennai - Blog post by Veena Srinivasan
Posted on 11 May, 2011 05:15 PMIn these, private tanker truck operators transport water extracted from peri-urban wells to urban consumers. This study adopted a systems modeling approach to analyzing the informal tanker market in India. The results indicate that the demand for tanker supply was caused by lack of groundwater availability in private wells as well as unreliable piped supply.
An analysis of West Bengal Ground Water Resources (Management, Control and Regulation) Act 2005
Posted on 11 May, 2011 02:17 PMIntroduction
Delight, India's first electronic public toilet in Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala
Posted on 11 May, 2011 12:34 PMWarm Greetings from Eram Scientific Solutions!!!
, is the part of USD $1 Billion, Eram Group. Eram Scientific is based out of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and working for addressing the pressing needs of the society through the effective use of Technology. We are giving much emphasis to R&D and now developing solutions to prevent Food Adulteration, Ensuring Women Safety, and Using Non Conventional Energy.
Delight is the blend of Information Communication and Engineering Technologies.
Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction is looking for Field Coordinator, Radhanpur, Gujarat - Apply by 25th May 2011
Posted on 11 May, 2011 10:40 AMVIKSAT (Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction), established in 1977, is an activity of the Nehru Foundation for Development (NFD), Ahmedabad. VIKSAT, engaged in promotion of participatory management of natural resources, believes that the goal of sustainability in natural resources development and management can be achieved only through decisive participation of the local communities aided by an enabling role of the government agencies.
VIKSAT is looking for Field Coordinator for its Radhanpur Field Office, in Patan District of Gujarat.
Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction is looking for Project Associate, Kheroj, Gujarat – Apply by 20th May 2011
Posted on 11 May, 2011 10:39 AMVIKSAT (Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction), established in 1977, is an activity of the Nehru Foundation for Development (NFD), Ahmedabad. VIKSAT, engaged in promotion of participatory management of natural resources, believes that the goal of sustainability in natural resources development and management can be achieved only through decisive participation of the local communities aided by an enabling role of the government agencies.
VIKSAT is looking for a Project Associate (Agriculture) to be based at the Kheroj Field Office, in Sabarkantha District.
Delight, India's first Electronic Public toilet
Posted on 11 May, 2011 10:14 AMDigital Green (DG) is an international, non-profit development organization that builds and deploys information and communication technology to amplify the effectiveness of development efforts to affect sustained, social change. The Digital Green system combines technology and social organization to improve the cost-effectiveness and broaden the community participation in existing best practices.
Villgro Fellowship 2011 – Building responsible social leaders – Apply by 20th May, 2011
Posted on 11 May, 2011 10:01 AMVillgro empowers rural development by identifying and incubating innovations that can be translated to market based models thus impacting thousands of rural households. In efforts to impact rural life, we actively promote social entrepreneurship and work with different stakeholders to create and support an eco-system that empowers social entrepreneurship by means of seed funding, mentoring, networking and recognition.
The Villgro Fellowship is a 1 year program that aims to cultivate a pipeline of future leaders, who have the social commitment, leadership and operational skills to bring about permanent change in rural India, using principles of social entrepreneurship, while filling a critical talent gap within Villgro’s incubatee companies. In the last 3 years, 14 Villgro Fellows have brought about sustainable change in the lives of the rural poor, inspiring many more to join them in this movement for change.
Towards a Kisan Swaraj Policy based on people's control over agricultural resources
Posted on 11 May, 2011 07:10 AMThis pan-Indian outreach effort involved dialogues with tens of thousands of citizens, demanding that the nation should devote urgent attention to the continuing agricultural crisis and allocate highest priority to the agriculture sector, ending decades of neglect.
Hydrology and quality of groundwater in and around Bangalore city - Review and excerpts from the report released in March 2011, by the Department of Mines and Geology (Govt of Karnataka)
Posted on 10 May, 2011 08:34 PMA welcome and important document, it brings up-to-date our understanding of the rapidly changing groundwater situation in Bangalore.
Month | New borewells added each month | Borewells registered with BWSSB | Monthly % growth |
Jan-09 | 91018 | ||
Feb-09 | 924 | 91942 | 1.02 |
Mar-09 | 705 | 92647 | 0.77 |
Apr-09 | 965 | 93612 | 1.04 |
May-09 | 1136 | 94748 | 1.21 |
Jun-09 | 748 | 95496 | 0.79 |
Jul-09 | 904 | 96400 | 0.95 |
Aug-09 | 868 | 97268 | 0.90 |
Sep-09 | 2062 | 99330 | 2.12 |
Oct-09 | 838 | 100168 | 0.84 |
Nov-09 | 875 | 101043 | 0.87 |
Dec-09 | 2699 | 103742 | 2.67 |
Jan-10 | 1759 | 105501 | 1.70 |
Total as on Jan-2010 | 14483 | 105501 | 15.91 |
Growth of bore wells during February 2009 to January 2010 in Bangalore city