National Rural Water Supply Programme (NRWSP)

ASHWAS - A people's survey of water and sanitation in Karnataka (2009)

This report includes the findings of the ASHWAS survey (A Survey of Household Water and Sanitation), a participatory survey carried out by Arghyam, that included 28 districts of Karnataka covering more than 17,200 households across 172 gram panchayats (GPs). This was a peoples' survey, and the surveyors were selected from the respective communities that included students, women from self help groups, local NGO partners and other volunteers.

Location

Belgaum, KA, India
Latitude: 15.850360, Longitude: 74.504669

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Content Type: Data, Research
Category: ASHWAS, Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP), Bacteriological Contamination, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Central Rural Sanitation Program (CRSP), Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Drinking Water, Fluoride, Groundwater, Health, Hygiene, Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), Jala Samvardhane Yojana Sangha (JSYS), National Family Health Survey (NFHS), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), National Rural Water Supply Programme (NRWSP), Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP), Nirmal Gram Yojana (NGY), Nitrate, Piped Water Supply, Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM), Rural Water Supply, Sajal Gram Puraskar (SGP), Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY), Sanitation, Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SJGSY), Wastewater, Water Quality
Associated People / Organizations: Arghyam
Author: Arghyam
Source: Arghyam
Location / Time: Bagalkot, Bangalore Rural, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamarajanagar, Chikballapur, Chikkamaglur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, India, Karnataka, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagram, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, 2009
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Special Tags: Downloads

Battle for work: NREGA is making a difference to the lives of the rural poor - Article from Frontline (2009)

"Battle for work", is a cover page article from the magazine Frontline (Vol. 26 :: No. 01, Jan 03 - 16, 2009 Issue), on how the NREGA is making a difference to the lives of the rural poor, in an unprecedented achievement in the history of social security in India.

Read the main article: " Battle for work" by Jean Dreze and Reetika Khera.Read More

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Content Type: Policies & Laws
Category: Agriculture, Arsenic, Conflicts, Droughts, Floods, Forests, Industry, Irrigation, National River Conservation Directorate (NRCD), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), National Rural Water Supply Programme (NRWSP), Soils, Water Scarcity
Author: Siddhartha, Reetika Khera, Nandini Nayak, Karuna Muthiah, Kartika Bhatia, Kamayani Swami, Jean Dreze, Ashish Ranjan, Anish Vanaik
Location / Time: India, June, 2008
Difficulty Level: Expert
Special Tags: General

Urban Water Scenario: Analysis on Urban Water

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Content Type: Media
Media Type: Presentations
Category: Conflicts, Drinking Water, National Rural Water Supply Programme (NRWSP), Urban, Urban Conflict, Urban Water, Water Quality
Location / Time: India
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Tackling the water problems of India's urban and rural poor - A compilation by the Asian Development Bank

This presents a compilation by the Asian Development Bank of the significant advances made by India in water supply and sanitation coverage. However, the clash between tradition and technology in the countryside, accompanied by poverty and gender issues, and the 2004 tsunami aftermath, are proving great challenges. Read More

Location

Bhopal, MP, India
Latitude: 23.257309, Longitude: 77.402218

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Content Type: Case Studies
Category: Climate, Disasters, Drinking Water, Floods, Groundwater Recharge, International Development Agencies, National Rural Water Supply Programme (NRWSP), Rainfall, Rainwater, Rainwater Harvesting, Rural, Sanitation, Society, Soils, Solid Waste, Urban, Urban Water, Water Scarcity, Watershed Development
Author: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Source: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Location / Time: India
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

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Battle for work: NREGA is making a difference to the lives of the rural poor - Article from Frontline (2009)

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Tackling the water problems of India's urban and rural poor - A compilation by the Asian Development Bank

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