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February 16, 2022
Enabling a just transition in India’s coal district of Korba
Economic restructuring and development intervention will be essential, shows the latest study by iFOREST
Under the 'current policy scenario,' which aligns with India's netzero target of 2070, all the coal mines in Korba can be closed by 2050 and power plants by 2040 in a phased manner (A view of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in Korba; Image: India Water Portal)
March 17, 2021
Clean fuel choices of urban India’s poor
Insights from urban slum households across six states
PMUY should expand its reach to urban slum households, given that there are still households without LPG connections. (Image: Adam Cohn, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))
December 19, 2019
Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange
Policy matters this week
The Ganga at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
December 11, 2019
Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project
News this week
Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)
October 1, 2019
Greening new pastures for green investments
Green capital at scale urgently needed for the energy transition and climate action in emerging economies - CEEW Centre for Energy Finance
Image credit: CEEW Centre for Energy Finance
January 22, 2018
Alternative Futures: India Unshackled
A remarkable, first-ever collection of 35 essays on India’s future, by a diverse set of authors – activists, researchers, media practitioners.
Alternative Futures: India Unshackled
Environmentalists protest proposed projects near Konkan coastline
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:48 PM

Activists stand against three proposed projects near Konkan coastline
A thermal power plant in Ennore, Chennai (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Nagpur Union launches world-wide campaign against much hyped water privatisation
New this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:32 AM

World-wide campaign against impacts of water privatisation
No 24x7 water supply for Nagpur
Training on Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Interventions
A three day training session being held on Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Interventions by Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt. Ltd. at New Delhi
Posted on 01 Oct, 2015 12:46 PM

Course Objectives:

At the completion of the training programme, the participants would be able to
New scheme for the development of mining-affected areas
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 29 Sep, 2015 04:58 PM

Government announces launch of Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
Coal mines in Jharsuguda district (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
No more dam approvals until e-flow report is out: Water Ministry
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 09:35 PM

No approval of dams until e-flow report is out: Water Ministry to CWC
Kelo dam near Raigarh (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Roundtable Conference will includes a book launch of 'Is it really clean? Creating a WASH Index'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PM

About the conference
Roundtable Conference and Book Launch
Harness the sun to drought proof agriculture in Bihar
Are solar pumps a drought mitigation strategy for farmers in Bihar? This research paper looks into the interplay between droughts, subsequent distress and government interventions.
Avinash Kishore
Pramod Kumar Joshi
Divya Pandey
Posted on 19 Jul, 2015 09:22 PM

Since 1999, Bihar has borne the brunt of four droughts. Rainfall scarcity has affected farmers, depleted groundwater levels significantly, and led to an increase in the number of poor people in the state. What measures has the government taken to mitigate the impact?
Solar panels in a farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Govt approves Rs 4,845 crore for Krishna-Marathwada irrigation project
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Jun, 2015 09:10 AM

Krishna-Marathwada irrigation project worth Rs 4,845 crore gets Govt nod
Krishna river near Vijayawada (Source: Bhanutpt)
Protests in Arunachal as Centre clears Dibang project
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 26 May, 2015 09:22 AM

Green nod to Arunachal's Dibang project
People protesting Dibang Project (Source: SANDRP)
Climate change: Slow it down or deal with it?
Climate change is for real and there are two responses – mitigation or adaptation. What does the Union Budget need to do about climate change adaptation?
Centre for Budgetary and Governance Accountability
Posted on 15 Feb, 2015 02:38 PM

Should the next Union Budget go all-in on climate change? Should clean energy, state incentives, mitigation and adaptation all emerge as priorities? How will the administration deal with extreme weather events that become more common with climate change?
Climate change adaptation (Source: VSK, Palamau)
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