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Fishery statistics – A manual by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

FishThis manual provides the users of marine and inland fishery statistics, data with a ready to use reference guide on methodological aspects of data (metadata) based on harmonized concepts and methodologies that facilitate international comparison and help in aggregation of statistics to derive meaningful conclusions. The adoption of the methodology suggested in this manual will go a long way in facilitating data aggregation and data comparison both at intra-regional levels, including international levels.

The section on both marine and inland fisheries consists of four chapters and appendices. Chapter I highlights the significance of the sector, need for statistical standards and development of statistical system of the sector. Concepts and definitions are placed in Chapter II. Chapter III presents sources of data and details of methodology being adopted for generating these data. Chapter IV conveys the suggestion for ensuring quality standards. Lastly, appendices include estimation methods, forms and schedules and major resources available in the Indian waters.Read More

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Harvest of rain - A CSE film

This video by the Centre for Science and Environment is dedicated to India's traditional water harvesting systems and practices. The camera wanders through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra and records the profound traditional science of the people. “Harvest of Rain” analyses a wide variety of water harvesting systems as a function of differing ecological terrains.Read More

Mining India: Sustainably for growth – A report by Ernst & Young and ASSOCHAM

MineralsThis report by Ernst & Young and ASSOCHAM on “Mining India: Sustainably for growth” gives insights into the mining sector in India and issues around capital raising, policy framework, efficiency and sustainability and provides a way forward for strategic acceleration of the benefits.

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Water quality hot-spots in rivers of India – A report by Central Water Commission

River Water QualityThis report by the Central Water Commission (CWC) attempts to provide the water quality scenario of our rivers and evolve a methodology for identifying hot spots in Indian rivers. The water quality data is based on the average values observed during the last ten years (2001-2011) at 371 monitoring stations of CWC on almost all major, medium and minor rivers in India. In respect of Dissolved Oxygen and Biochemical Oxygen Demand, the Central Pollution Control Board's classification has been considered for evaluating the hot spot in the rivers.

The physical and chemical quality of river water is important in deciding its suitability for drinking purposes. As such the suitability of river water for potable uses with regard to its chemical quality has to be deciphered and defined on the basis of the some vital characteristics of the water. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) vide its document IS: 10500:1991, edition 2.2 (2003‐09) has recommended the quality standards for drinking water and these have been used for finding the suitability of river water. On this basis of classification, the natural river water of India has been categorized as desirable, permissible and unfit for human consumption.

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Location

Erode, TN, India
Latitude: 11.342235, Longitude: 77.727477

Sanitation in India: Progress, differentials, correlates and challenges – A report by ADB

This report by Asian Development Bank (ADB) deals with sanitation in India, in particular the progress, differentials, correlates, and challenges. Improved sanitation is essential to reduce ill health, child mortality, lost income associated with morbidity, and to improve environment, human dignity, and quality of life. Goal 7, target 3 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) stipulates decreasing the proportion of population without sustainable access to basic sanitation by 50 per cent in the year 2015.

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India’s sanitation for all: How to make it happen – A discussion paper by Asian Development Bank

SanitationThis discussion paper by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) examines the current state of sanitation services in India and offers recommendations that can help key stakeholders work toward universal sanitation coverage in India.

Providing environmentally-safe sanitation to millions of people is a significant challenge, especially in the world’s second most populated country. The task is doubly difficult in a country where the introduction of new technologies can challenge people’s traditions and beliefs.

This discussion paper examines the current state of sanitation services in India in relation to two goals—Goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which calls on countries to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without improved sanitation facilities (from 1990 levels); and India’s more ambitious goal of providing “Sanitation for All” by 2012, established under its Total Sanitation Campaign.

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Location

New Delhi, DL, India
Latitude: 28.635308, Longitude: 77.224960

Women and water - A collection of papers - Economic and Political Weekly - Volume XLVI - Number 18 - April 30 (2011)

These five papers on Women and Water published in the Economic and Political Weekly, examine the relationship of women to water in the context of the new decentralised  governance structures that are based on the assumption that domestic water supply is the legitimate domain of women and thus power and authority needs to be granted to women to manage water resources.

However, there is a very little understanding of how this has benefited women and what are the challenges experienced during the process of implementation or the outcomes gained from these processes, in the context of the Indian society that continues to propogate patriarchal values and is based on structures that are inherently hierarchical and inequitable.

Some of the papers dwell on and explore the inherent biases in the literature and make an attempt to understand their implications for women in managing water resources, while some of the papers share case studies on the outcomes of the implementation of the decentralised water management policies at the village level.Read More

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Women and water - Issues of gender, caste, class and institutions - Maithreyi Krishnaraj - EPW (2011)58.56 KB
Women and decentralised water governance - Issues, challenges and the way forward - Seema Kulkarni - EPW (2011)186.77 KB
Questioning masculinities in water - Margreet Zwarteveen - EPW (2011)278.37 KB
They are not of this house - The gendered costs of drinking water’s commodification - Kathleen O'Reilly - EPW (2011)134.39 KB
Caste, gender and the rhetoric of reform in India’s drinking water sector - Deepa Joshi - EPW (2011)181.05 KB

Polluted river stretches in India: Criteria and status - A report by Central Pollution Control Board

This brief report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) presents an analysis of the monitoring of the water quality in India under the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme. The water quality data for the years 2002-2008 has been analysed and monitoring locations exceeding the water quality criteria have been identified as polluted locations with respect to risk.

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Location

Ahmedabad, GJ, India
Latitude: 23.039568, Longitude: 72.566005

State geology and mineral maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has been preparing state geology and mineral maps as a part of its Miscellaneous Publications series from time to time. During the span of three and a half decades since the first edition was published, enormous knowledge has been added in the sphere of geology of the areas necessitating revisions. The entire modified and updated series published at various points of time is available here.

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Map - Andhra Pradesh: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series426.82 KB
Map - Chandigarh: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series489.53 KB
Map - Chhattisgarh: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series376.65 KB
Map - Delhi: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series675.66 KB
Map - Gujarat: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series149.49 KB
Map - Jammu & Kashmir: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series1.14 MB
Map - Karnataka: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series658.78 KB
Map - Kerala: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series327.59 KB
Map - Madhya Pradesh: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series526.3 KB
Map - Maharashtra: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series355.78 KB
Map - Punjab: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series886.2 KB
Map - Rajasthan: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series1.02 MB
Map - Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series546.46 KB
Map - UP & Uttarakhand: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series1.42 MB
Map - West Bengal: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series1.81 MB
Report - Arunachal Pradesh: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series537.75 KB
Report - Assam: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series624.22 KB
Report - Karnataka: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series352.56 KB
Report - Kerala: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series502.23 KB
Report - Manipur-Mizoram-Nagaland-Tripura: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series968.5 KB
Report - Tamil Nadu: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series429.04 KB
Map -Tripura: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series487.72 KB
Map - Manipur: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series592.7 KB
Map - Nagaland: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series500.24 KB
Map - Mizoram: State Geology and Mineral Maps – Geological Survey of India Miscellaneous Publication Series423.81 KB

Relevance of traditional knowledge in disaster prediction, management and climate change - Special issue - Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

This special issue of the Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge has a focus on the importance of traditional knowledge in disaster prediction, forecasting, management and climate change and includes fourteen papers on studies from India. The papers include:Read More

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