National Ground Water Congress held in New Delhi on Sep 11,2007

Prof. Saifuddin Soz, the Union Minister for Water Resources has announced that "

National Ground Water Congress

The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Congress and the President Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil will address the valedictory session of the Congress. The technical papers will be presented during the technical sessions.

The first meeting of

Ground Water Advisory Council on Afritifical Recharge

Prof Soz also announced that the Government instituted, first time, the

National Water Award

Bhumijal Samvardhan Award

The Minister also announced the launching of Farmer's Participatory Research Programme in 5000 villages in different agro-climatic reasons of the country with the help of 50 Agriculture Universities and Research Institutes to produce more crop and income per drop of water.

Source: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=30840