Governance
Implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in West Bengal: A field report by the Right to Food Campaign
Posted on 13 Apr, 2010 12:48 PMThis report from the Right to Food Campaign traces the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in West Bengal and points to the failure of the State in guaranteeing basic entitlements. It asserts that West Bengal is way behind other States, in implementation of this scheme, as per the data on NREGS website.
Joint Convergence Guidelines of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Integrated Watershed Management Programme, issued by the Ministry of Rural Development (April 2009)
Posted on 09 Apr, 2010 09:36 PMThe Joint Convergence Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) in April 2009, attempts to bring about inter-sectoral convergence in the various watershed management programmes being implemented by the different departments under the MoRD. In particular, it deals with the convergence between the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) being implemented by the Department of Rural Development (DoRD) and the Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) being implemented by the Department of Land Resources (DoLR).
Jal Chetna Yatra Report by Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD)
Posted on 09 Apr, 2010 03:26 PMInstitute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) organised "Jal Chetna Yatra" where three groups started the yatra from three different blocks of Mewat on 19th March, sensitizing the community towards water issues and collect at the district headquarters on 22nd March, World Water Day.
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The Community Engineer - Knowledge Transfer/ Training
Posted on 09 Apr, 2010 12:08 PMWe are a group of engineers driven by a common aim of empowering engineers and technicians at grass root levels through training and knowledge transfer. We have for this purpose decided to manage a webpage to reach out to the professionals at municipality and panchayath level. The path is as follows.
Donations invited for projects supported by Water Pressures
Posted on 05 Apr, 2010 09:43 AMGuest post by Ann Feldman
Greetings everyone!
I have so much wonderful news to share with you that I don't know where to begin! In some way, over the past 20 years, you have been involved with nonprofit artistic circles and our social media projects. Our current project is the Water Pressures video documentary and educational exchange between India and the U.S.
Model for self-financing ecological sustainable local development projects for the world's poor - Full year e-learning course
Posted on 03 Apr, 2010 09:01 PMThis website describes the principles and techniques of self-financing, ecological, sustainable local integrated development projects for the world's poor in detail. In each project area with about 50.000 people social, financial, productive and services are set up in a critical order of sequence to ensure a good quality of life everyone, without exclusion, in each project area. The Model gives full coverage to drinking water structures, rain-water harvesting and recycling of grey water for household level cultivation.
Fellowship Opportunity for Non-profit Leaders
Posted on 29 Mar, 2010 12:02 PMTake your leadership to the next level
Dug well recharge scheme (2007-08 to 2009-10) - Revised guidelines with amendments to the scheme by the Central Ground Water Board
Posted on 24 Mar, 2010 03:46 AMThe State sector scheme on artificial recharge to groundwater through dug-wells is under implementation over the first three years of the (current) XI Plan Period (2007-12), in 1180 over-exploited, critical and semi-critical blocks/ talukas/ mandals in seven states of the hard-rock peninsular region of India, namely Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The target beneficiary of the scheme are farmers who have privately owned wells, in their agricultural land.
The state of water, sanitation and solid waste management in Doddballapur town - A research report by SVARAJ (2009)
Posted on 23 Mar, 2010 02:26 AMThis research report by SVARAJ, is an attempt to assess the availability of basic civic amenities for the citizens of Doddaballapur (a peri-urban town, about 45 km from Bangalore) and the overall environmental condition of the town, as well as identify the aspirations of its citizens for a better, well-planned and inclusive town.