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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)
July 7, 2022
Slum land rights: A necessity for success of PMAY
PMAY needs policy commitment to rehabilitate slums in small and medium cities of Gujarat
Need for legal framework for land rights in small and medium cities of Gujarat under PMAY (Image: Homes in the City)
May 25, 2022
One water, one data
Enabling a culture of data sharing between programs and reuse of data
Participatory programs such as JJM require a large amount of village-level information on water (Image: Arpit Deomurar, FES)
March 15, 2022
Mumbai sets a mitigation goal to achieve net-zero by 2050
World Resources Institute (WRI) India and the C40 Cities network develop Mumbai’s first-ever Climate Action Plan
The MCAP adopts a scientific evidence-based planning approach to mobilize resources and move from planning to implementation of strategic projects (Image: Deepak Gupta, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0)
February 28, 2022
Budgetary trends for drinking water in Gujarat: Special focus on tribal communities
Gujarat aims to achieve 100 per cent saturation in tap water connection for every household by October 2022 under the Jal Jeevan Mission
The SCALE project implemented in villages in semi arid regions enabled ultra-poor groups in project villages improve their access to drinking water (Image: European Union, Flickr Commons)
February 10, 2022
Budgetary provisions for drinking water supply continue to get priority
Budget for sanitation sees a decline
Jal Jeevan Mission has picked up pace after two years (Image: Anita Martinz, Wikimedia Commons, CC-A-2.0 Generic)
India has a groundwater problem
Despite being the lifeline of India’s water supplies, groundwater is overlooked by policy makers and users alike.
Rachita Vora
Smarinita Shetty
Posted on 04 Nov, 2019 12:23 PM

A majority of India’s water problems are those relating to groundwater—water that is found beneath the earth’s surface. This is because we are the largest user of groundwater in the world, and therefore highly dependent on it.
An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra. Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr. Image used for representational purposes only.
How farm ponds in Madhya Pradesh are building agricultural resilience
An intern with Watershed Organisation Trust narrates his field experience from the villages of Madhya Pradesh, where farmers are using farm ponds to conserve water.
Apoorv Nandwana
Posted on 24 Oct, 2019 12:33 PM

Madhya Pradesh, promoted as 'The Heart of India' by the state's tourism board is aptly named so because of its central location. The campaign made me keen to visit the state, for the last many years.
A farm pond constructed by Sheshrao Dhurve in Karaghat Kamti village of Madhya Pradesh
Arrival of northeast monsoon & retreat of southwest monsoon coincides this year; Salt lake and several metro cities shrinking at alarming pace
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Oct, 2019 01:36 PM

Soon a national framework for e-flows in all major rivers
Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)
Drinking water availability should be a top priority, concrete action should be taken against water wastage: NGT
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Oct, 2019 10:35 AM

Drinking water availability should be a top priority: NGT
Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
In conversation with K. J. Joy of SOPPECOM
In this interview, Joy talks about his work as an activist working in rural Maharashtra, and how he came to work on water conflicts in India.
Priya Desai
Posted on 21 Oct, 2019 10:41 AM

To many in the water sector, K. J. Joy needs no introduction. An activist at heart, Joy is known for his untiring rights based work in mobilising communities in rural Maharashtra, and for his research work on water and water related conflicts including inter-state riparian water conflicts.
KJ Joy speaks at a felicitation for the late Professor Ramaswamy Iyer.
Pune groundwater extraction doubles in last decade; Uranium found in Telengana groundwater; Lower Subansiri project gets a boost
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Oct, 2019 02:13 PM

Study finds Pune's groundwater extraction doubles in 9 years
Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh (Source: Kakul Baruah via Wikimedia Commons)
Jal Jeevan Mission: States to bear half the cost, local bodies to decide water charges
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Oct, 2019 02:12 PM

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, state to bear half the cost and local bodies to decide water charges
Women filling water from a tap (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
SC stops further cutting of trees at Aarey; Idol immersion in Ganges to attract fine of Rs. 50,000; Household appliances to be rated on water consumption efficiency
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 10 Oct, 2019 12:05 PM

SC comes to the rescue of Aarey trees in Mumbai
Ganesh Visarjan (Source: Wikimedia Commons via Chetan Gole)
Centre all set to sustain country's ODF status
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 02 Oct, 2019 11:12 AM

National rural sanitation strategy launched to sustain open defecation-free (ODF) status 
A toilet constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Monsoon withdrawal delayed; more extreme weather events the new trend
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 02 Oct, 2019 11:01 AM

Monsoon’s withdrawal likely to begin around October 10: IMD
Image used for representational purposes only. Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr
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