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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)
Brainstorming session on conservation and management of urban lakes in Bangalore
A meeting to resolve issues concerning Bangalores lakes
Praveena Sridhar
Posted on 29 Sep, 2009 09:04 PM

Conservation and Management of Urban Lakes
Brainstorming Session on Conservation & Management of Urban Lakes 26th Sept 09
10internship.in - India's biggest Internship portal
Posted on 29 Sep, 2009 12:10 PM

What is 10internship?
A platform for companies to post internships and hire student interns. It is a self funded venture and totally cost free for students and companies.

Why Internships?
Training on proposal development & report writing for development projects by Sambodhi Communications, Excella Orbit, New Delhi
Posted on 28 Sep, 2009 12:05 AM

Forwarded to the Portal by:Anish Kumar Sahay,Excella Orbit
Image and Content Courtesy:Excella Orbit

NASSCOM Foundation Social Innovation Honours
Posted on 26 Sep, 2009 02:40 PM

NASSCOM Foundation is awarding the "Social Innovation Honours 2009" to organisations or Government Departments using ICT for social impact. There are categories for Not for Profit, For Profit, Govt. , Multistakeholder Partnerships, and Environment.

 

Details in the attachment: 
Book Launch: Water And The Laws In India
A book that talks of laws relating to water in India, pertaining to issues on water and proceeds to a discussion of the legal questions that arise.
India Water Portal
Posted on 22 Sep, 2009 11:58 AM

Water And The Laws In India, edited by Edited by Ramaswamy R Iyer, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. Published by SAGE Publications.

Laws relating to water in India have diverse origins, including ancient local customs and the British Common Law. The in-depth chapters in this compendium, written by luminaries from various fields, pertain to issues on water and proceed to a discussion of the legal questions that arise. This volume thus straddles two domains, viz., (i) water-resource policy, management, conservation, conflict-resolution, etc., and (ii) water law. The book also briefly raises and explores the case for a constitutional declaration on water and an overarching national water law.

The book is an invaluable resource for policy-makers, planners and administrators concerned with water at the Central, State and local levels; students, academics and practitioners in the domains of water as well as law; and social scientists, NGOs and activists concerned with the various issues discussed in the book. It should be useful as a main or supplementary textbook in universities and research or management institutions where any aspect of water (engineering, ecological, legal, social, economic, management or other) is a subject of study.

A list of contributors to the book is as follows:

Public-private partnerships and lessons from Tiruppur Water Supply and Sewerage Project
A paper on the ongoing study of the Tiruppur Water Supply and Sewerage Project
Gaurav Dwivedi
Posted on 17 Sep, 2009 04:00 PM

This paper by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra presented at The Third International Conference on Public Policy and Management, Indian

How the Karnataka Watershed Development Project helped Goodamma become self reliant
A success story- KAWAD helps Goodamma become self reliant
Department for International Development (DFID)
Posted on 17 Sep, 2009 02:42 PM

The KAWAD project has helped Goodamma save money, secure a reliable supply of food, given her access to affordable loans through her SHG, and a site on which she can construct her own house.

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Water and Poverty - A case of watershed development in Andhra Pradesh - Asian Development Bank
A case study hat attempts to understand the potential of watershed development in addressing the issues of poverty alleviation
V Ratna Reddy
Y V Malla Reddy
Posted on 17 Sep, 2009 02:32 PM

This report published by the Asia Development Bank includes a case study that attempts to understand the potential of watershed development in addressing the issues of poverty alleviation. The important issues in this regard include:

  • Assessing the linkages between watershed development and rural livelihoods & poverty,
  • Type and nature of benefit flows accruing to various sections of the community
  • Challenges in making the watershed programme pro-poor and sustaining it in the long run.
Vacancies : Announcement from DevNetJobs India
Posted on 14 Sep, 2009 02:21 AM

Forwarded to the Portal by: DevNetJobs India

Listed below are relevant vacancies announced by DevNetJobs India. Kindly follow the link for more information regarding the listed position.
Rural schools in Rajasthan -The Barefoot College experience
Best Practices in Water Management-Case Studies from Rural India-2005 German Agro Action, 2005
Posted on 12 Sep, 2009 04:27 PM



In 2003, the Ministry of Water Resources sanctioned a pilot project to harvest rainwater in 100 rural schools across 13 states in the country through 20 village Community Based Organizations (CBOs). The project aimed to provide adequate water for drinking and sanitation by collecting rainwater from the roof tops of school buildings and storing this in underground water tanks. The Barefoot College, Tillonia outlines the simple and low cost traditional technique which can serve as a permanent sweet drinking water source for school children in rural areas.

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