Irrigation
Guidelines for the green development of Kerala - Draft report on the outcomes of the Kerala State Environmental Convention organised in Trivandrum (2nd and 3rd September 2012)
Posted on 15 Sep, 2012 05:31 PMThis draft report by the Kerala Paristhithi Aikya Vedi is an outcome of the Kerala State Environmental Convention, a two day convention that was organised in Trivandrum, Kerala by calling upon various environmental and social organisations, concerned citizens, experts, political leaders in the state to discuss the environmental crisis that the state has been facing in recent years.
India’s groundwater crisis- A discussion paper by Global Water Forum
Posted on 08 Sep, 2012 07:54 PMThis discussion paper by Global Water Forum reviews the drivers of groundwater crisis and its consequent impact, in India .
Report on the "National level workshop on appropriate toilet technologies", organised by Gramalaya, Arghyam and UNICEF at Trichy, Tamil Nadu, between 9-11 May 2012
Posted on 02 Sep, 2012 07:00 PMCurrent evidence has shown that a large population of people in India practice open defecation and do not use toilets even when available.
Evaluation of NREGA wells in Jharkhand - A study of the construction of wells and the resultant creation of income-generating assets published in the Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 02 Sep, 2012 08:04 AMNREGA is widely criticized to be a program that creates 'empty' work for the sole purpose of employment, and does not extend itself to developing assets. This criticism is often made without supporting data, as there has been little research on asset creation through NREGA.
Listening to farmers qualitative impact assessments in unfavorable rice environments - A report
Posted on 01 Sep, 2012 10:21 AM
Ozone - The protector of life on earth
Posted on 31 Aug, 2012 07:57 PMआधुनिक विज्ञा के अनुसार सृष्टि के आरम्भ ,में पृथ्वी पर ओज़ोन आवरण नही था. धीरे धीरे जबय्ह आवरण बना तब इस के पश्चात हीपृथ्वी पर जीवन सम्भव हो सका. इस आवरण कोबनाए रखने के लिए वन सम्पदा पेड़ों इत्यादि का सब से महत्व पूर्ण दायित्व है. आश्चर्य होगा कि इस बात को ऋग्वेद में राजा के प्रजा के कर्तव्यों में प्राथमिकता दे कर कैसे बताया है. कृपया स्वयं देखिये.(यह लेख मैंने अंग्रेज़ी मे लिखा था)
"Crop failure resulting from failed monsoon drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra" - Roundup of the week's news (20-26 August 2012)
Posted on 28 Aug, 2012 11:57 AMNear complete crop-failure drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra, Gujarat