Government Programmes

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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)
Invite to international conference on “Green & sustainable schools and academic institutions – A solution to climate change”, Cities Network Campaign, New Delhi
A platform to discuss and understand the very need of making schools sustainable and to suggest model solutions for academic institutions in India.
Posted on 07 Sep, 2013 11:36 AM

For more information on the conference, please click here.

To register for the same, please fill up the registration form attached below.

For more details please see attachments of the 'Brochure' and write up on 'Partnership package benefits'  below. 
Cities Network Campaign
Applications invited for the post of Civil Engineer, Livolink Foundation, Bhubaneswar
An organisation committed to enhance the socio-economic status of the vulnerable and marginal communities across the country wishes to appoint a Civil Engineer for its national DBI programme.
Posted on 05 Sep, 2013 10:35 AM

For more information on the organisation, Livolink Foundation, please click here.

To view details on the vacancy, please see attachment below.

 
Applications invited for Certificate course on 'Soil and water conservation and watershed management', Central Soil & Water Conservation Research & Training Institute, Dehradun
A training programme for government officials on soil & water conservation, with emphasis on watershed management.
Posted on 04 Sep, 2013 12:26 PM

For more information on the details on Central Soil & Water Conservation Research & Training Institute, please click here.

For details of the training programme please view the attachment below.
CSWCRT Institute, Dehradun
Food Security Bill sees light of the day
News this week - Lok Sabha passes the Food Security Bill, floods engulf Gujarat and India bans shark finning.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 01 Sep, 2013 10:28 PM

POLICY MATTERS

Food security bill passed
Affordable food for all (Source: Google Images)
Unbalanced - Bangalore's water supply and demand
Averaging out demand per person isn't good enough to determine supply. Other variables such as growth of a city, difference in groundwater conditions by area and sewerage are equally important.
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 01 Sep, 2013 09:02 PM

Water consumption varies based on many factors – how much water is available, where one lives, one’s personal habits, the weather, the seasons and so on and so forth. Each of these contributes to varying usage patterns.
Integrated water resource management
Invitation for Madurai Symposium 2013 themed 'Governance for Advancing Development', Dhan Foundation, Madurai
A unique development platform that brings together various stakeholders to share, learn from each others' experience and practices, and throws opportunities for collaborative endeavors.
Posted on 31 Aug, 2013 01:03 PM

For details on the symposium, please click here.

For further information on the various events, workshops & conferences , please click here.

For brochure on event, please see attachment below.
Madurai Symposium 2013
Applications invited for the post of Sanitation Campaign Manager, Haiyya, Mumbai
Haiyya's vision is to break through urban apathy and create a citizenry that is not only aware of its rights but willing and able to act to make a difference in their communities.
Posted on 29 Aug, 2013 12:46 PM

For more information on the organisation, please click here.

For further details on the vacancy, please see the attachment below.
Free online course on 'Designing and implementing successful water supply and sanitation utility reform', The World Bank, September 23 - November 19, 2013
A core learning program to provide government officials, senior managers of utilities and technical staff with the knowledge, skills and tools for initiating and sustaining reform.
Posted on 29 Aug, 2013 08:54 AM

For further details on the online course, please click here.
Request for proposal 'City Partnerships for Urban Sanitation Service Delivery', Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & UK Department for International Development (DfID)
A proposal to test how cities can use binding service-level agreements and performance-based contracts to ensure city-scale delivery of equitable & sustainable sanitation services.
Posted on 23 Aug, 2013 01:11 PM

For more information on the proposal sought, please click here.
Launch of global competition for innovators - 'Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development', Stockholm
A programme that will identify and accelerate innovative technologies and market-driven approaches that improve water sustainability for boosting food security.
Posted on 23 Aug, 2013 10:29 AM

For more information on the programme, please click here

For further details please download the concept paper from below.
Securing water for food
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