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Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)
Cauvery riverfront development plan gets an approval
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Organic food (Image: P L Tandon, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
India’s food systems in transition
A recent book looks at solutions to the various obstacles that impede India’s various food sub-systems.
Heat-exposed work has produced about half of India’s GDP, and employs about 75 percent of the labor force. There will be a need to shift working hours for outdoor workers and undertake heat management efforts (Image: Ian D Keating, Flickr Commons, CC BY 2.0)
A climate change wake-up call
Climate change can lead to large-scale economic knock-on effects, says a McKinsey Global Institute report.
Groundwater depletion, a growing challenge (Image Source: India Water Portal)
The Karnataka State Water Policy 2019
The Karnataka Jnana Aayoga (KJA) set up a Task Group to draft a new water policy for Karnataka in December 2017 and the report is now in public domain. What are the suggestions that the report makes?
Chir pine trees felled by forest fires in Uttarakhand, 2016 (Image: Ramwik, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Can ruin of quality forests be made up by plantations?
There is a gain in forest cover outside forest land as per the 'State of forest report 2019'. But, can reforestation replace natural forests and its essential ecosystem?
Water-related crime doubles in India (Image Source: Sourabh Phadke)
Water-related crime doubles in India: Report
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Deepor Beel, a wetland in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Government notifies new wetland conservation rules
Policy matters this week
Mangar Bani, a green patch between Faridabad and Gurgaon (Image: Pradip Krishen, Facebook)
Whose forests, whose rights?
While forest bureaucracy has been trying to undermine reforms in forest governance in India, the need for community level forest governance is more urgent than ever.
An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr; Image used for representational purposes only)
Karnataka farmers cope as wells fail
A study looks at how households adapt to slow-moving environmental changes such as groundwater depletion.
Groundwater decline in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Groundwater variability: The tale of two states
Gujarat shows good groundwater storage while Rajasthan shows severe groundwater depletion, inspite of both states in western India receiving good rainfall. Why is this so?
Alternative agriculture practice called zero-budget natural farming being popularised in Andhra Pradesh by Rythu Sadhikara Samstha, Government of Andhra Pradesh (Image: Council on Energy, Environment and Water)
Is zero budget natural farming the way forward?
Zero budget natural farming can lead to huge savings in fertiliser subsidy, says study
Public investments on water in rainfed areas have much higher social rate of returns (Image: Kannan, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Water policy for rainfed areas
The new national water policy should take up a comprehensive and integrated view of water resources development with a focus on rainfed areas.
Prakasam Barrage across Krishna river (Source: Subhash Chandra via Wikipedia)
Godavari, Krishna rivers will not be linked
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2019 was the seventh warmest year on record in 118 years (Photo: IWP Flickr photos)
2019 was the seventh warmest year on record since 1901: IMD
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Considering the poor performance on SDG implementation in many critical areas such as hunger, there is a need to focus on these (Image: The future of food)
Kerala tops SDG index by NITI Aayog
Bihar, Jharkhand and Arunachal Pradesh are at the bottom of NITI Aayog's SDG Index, released recently.
The documentary brings attention to how development interventions changed gender relations (Image courtesy: People's Film Collective)
If she built a country: A film review
The film looks at corporate grab of forest and private lands in the Scheduled Areas of Chhattisgarh.
An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra. (Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr)
Centre approves Atal Bhujal Yojana to improve groundwater management
Policy matters this week
Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015 as a part of the 2030 agenda. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
India's composite score improves in SDG index with major success in water and sanitation
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Studies by the Central Ground Water Board in November 1999 confirmed the presence of fluoride in Assam which paved the way for the UNICEF and the government to collaborate on fluoride mitigation. (Image: India Water Portal)
Nilogon for fluoride removal from groundwater
This unique low cost fluoride removal technology is not only affordable, but is also easy to operate as a water treatment filter with high efficiency suitable for rural application.
The role of aerosols in triggering droughts (Image Source: IWP flickr photos)
Aerosols and droughts: Is there a connection?
A study finds that high levels of aerosols in the atmosphere further worsen the impacts of El Nino on the rainfall leading to increased frequency of droughts in India.

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The state needs to be highly responsive to the needs of communities during the post-rights recognition phase (Image: Gramvaani)
Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:08
Enabling a transition to responsive forest governance
Har nal me jal, a pipe dream? (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Monday, 30 March 2020 16:34
Clean drinking water: Still a pipe dream for Maharashtra?
Food wastage also implies wastage of water (Image Source: WOTR)
Sunday, 22 March 2020 22:32
Virtual water and water footprint
Is our tap water really safe? (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Saturday, 21 March 2020 16:32
Clean water, a crucial weapon to combat COVID -19