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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)
New norms proposed for hydel clearance
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Oct, 2014 05:41 PM

Government proposes new set of norms for hydel projects clearance
Omkareshwar Dam on Narmada, Madhya Pradesh
Scheme to develop 2,379 villages in the next 5 years launched
Policy matter this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 14 Oct, 2014 11:47 AM

Centre launches the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
A drought-free village in Maharashtra
Swachh Bharat Mission launched on Gandhi Jayanti
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 06 Oct, 2014 11:09 PM

PM launches the nationwide cleanliness campaign
Swachh Bharat Mission (Source: Economic Times)
First river interlinking project initiated
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 06 Oct, 2014 09:15 PM

Interlinking of Ken-Betwa rivers initiated
The Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon)
3000 MW Dibang mega project approved without public consultation
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 10:26 PM

Dibang hydel project gets Centre's nod
People protesting Dibang Project (Source: SANDRP)
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is now Swachh Bharat Mission
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 09:54 PM

Centre approves reconstituting the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan into Swachh Bharat Mission
A toilet constructed under Parishudh initiative
Uttarakhand submits Rs. 9478 crore Ganga clean-up plan proposal
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 22 Sep, 2014 05:52 PM

Uttarakhand Government submits to Centre the Rs 9,478 crore Ganga Action Plan
Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar
The Ganga has its own website!
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:36 PM

Water Ministry launches a portal on the Ganga river
Ganga river at Kaudiyala
Supreme Court gets strict with illegal river sand miners
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:25 PM

SC gets strict with illegal river sand miners
Sand mining in the Narmada valley
50% of MGNREGS reserved for water conservation work
Policy matter this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Sep, 2014 10:18 PM

50% of MGNREGS work should be for improving water conservation: Government
Labourers building check dams under MGNREGS
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