Governance

Featured Articles
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)
Now a human, Ganga receives its first legal notice
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 02 May, 2017 08:42 AM

After becoming a human entity, Ganga river receives first legal notice
Ganga near Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
2017 will have normal rains: IMD
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 Apr, 2017 01:29 AM

Normal monsoon expected this year: IMD
Rainfall in India (Source: India Water Portal via Varun Duta Gupta)
NGT strict over Bellandur lake rejuvenation
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 Apr, 2017 12:02 AM

Shut down industries around Bellandur lake: NGT to Karnataka govt
Bellandur lake on fire. (Source: NDTV)
CII National Awards for Excellence in Water Management 2017
CII – National Awards for Excellence in Water Management returns for the eleventh edition
Posted on 24 Apr, 2017 11:11 AM

CII – National Awards for Excellence in Water Management returns for the eleventh edition – to celebrate and reward outstanding innovation, promising water conservation and management practices undertaken by Indian industries from varied sectors.
Groundwater extraction rampant in four states
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 Apr, 2017 12:04 PM

Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana vulnerable to severe water scarcity
A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Centre gears up to tackle water shortage
Policy matter this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 Apr, 2017 11:50 AM

Government releases fund for water conservation under MGNREGS
Drought in India (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Muck tale: How Cooum lost its holy status
A group of heritage enthusiasts trail the Cooum to come up with astounding details of a holy river that has become a sewage carrier.
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 17 Apr, 2017 08:17 PM

One of the shortest rivers to drain into the Bay of Bengal, the Cooum is now a local synonym for an open sewer and is generally considered to be beyond the realms of redemption.
The Cooum as it flows through Chennai today.
When streets get smart
While the states prepare to build their smart cities, we look at the feasibility of the government’s smart city mission.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 17 Apr, 2017 05:13 AM

India's urbanisation continues unabated but most of its 53-million plus cities offer an appallingly low quality of life.
Smart city model at Trade Fair, New Delhi (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Bengaluru water crisis: Gain from rain
Karnataka, especially Bengaluru, is facing severe water crisis this summer. Rainwater harvesting is the way forward, believe experts.
Madhumitha B.
Posted on 16 Apr, 2017 08:29 PM

The next big war is said to be for water and it might happen sooner than we think. If the current water scenario across Karnataka and most parts of India is anything to go by, we might just be the generation to start this war. 
A hand pump in Bangalore
Ryots wronged, take protest to Delhi
As the TN farmers’ protest in Delhi enters its fourth week, all eyes are on the Centre which is not budging.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 13 Apr, 2017 05:51 AM

A woman stands with a begging bowl and a placard strung around her neck. An old man shuffles along barefoot in the street at Jantar Mantar, the official site of a farmers’ protest in the heart of New Delhi. He finds his way through a group of farmers gathered at the protest site on a hot summer afternoon.
Tamil Nadu farmers protest for drought relief in Delhi.
Subscribe to Governance
×