Water Governance and Policy Frameworks in India - India Water Portal

Governance and Policy

Flash floods in Uttarakhand

Cloudbursts, landslides, and floods: Why Uttarakhand’s fragile Himalayas are breaking under pressure

30 Aug 2025

5 min read

Groundwater in the Dhanbad area has been badly affected and most of the ground water aquifers were destroyed due to intensive mining in the area

Governance and Policy

India’s water policy: Between scarcity, reform, and a sustainable future

28 Aug 2025

6 min read

NGT saves Anjuna flood wall from demolition (Image: Vyacheslav Argenberg)

NGT halts Anjuna platform demolition, citing flood risk

15 Aug 2025

4 min read

Mohanpura Kundaliya irrigation project (Image: GoMP)

Centre denies imposing water charges on farmers under new scheme

04 Aug 2025

4 min read

AIIMS Delhi tasked with major health survey amidst UP water pollution crisis (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

NGT flags toxic water in Uttar Pradesh: AIIMS to investigate

15 Jul 2025

4 min read

Water being fetched in India with a pulley from a well with circular wall

How India’s water crisis is also a data problem

Debaranjan Pujahari

09 Jul 2025

4 min read

NGT investigates groundwater violations in Pune (Image: Anil, Pixahive)

NGT probes widespread groundwater guideline violations in Pune

01 Jul 2025

4 min read

Unearthing India's DMFs (Image: Abhishek, Tripod stories)

Governance and Policy

Mining's promise, communities' plight: Unearthing the truth about India's District Mineral Foundations

25 Jun 2025

5 min read

Illegal sand mining is extensive in India (Image: Sumaira Abdulali; Wikimedia Commons)

Governance and Policy

NGT seeks national policy on temporary river bridges for sandmining

25 Jun 2025

6 min read

Adyar river (Ravichandar; Wikimedia Commons)

Authorities under fire as Adyar riverbed becomes dumpyard

02 Jun 2025

4 min read

NGT intervenes for Yelahanka Lake (Image: P L Tandon; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Governance and Policy

NGT moves to protect Yelahanka Lake from sewage threat

18 May 2025

4 min read

Water credits: A market solution to India's water scarcity (Image: Subodh Kulkarni, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)

Governance and Policy

Water credits: A market-driven approach to water conservation

16 May 2025

5 min read

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