Orissa
Hidden treasure: Adivasi’s traditional food diversity
Posted on 19 Jun, 2022 01:15 PMOften overlooked in food security policies, indigenous uncultivated wild food and traditional crops is a major source of dietary diversity for tribal communities since millennia.
Menstrual hygiene management: Looking beyond WASH
Posted on 19 Apr, 2022 11:47 AMManaging menstruation, with dignity
More than 300 million girls and women between the ages of 15 and 49 are menstruating everyday. Managing menstruation hygienically and with dignity is crucial for health and well being of women.

Eastern India highly vulnerable to climate change, says study
Posted on 23 Mar, 2022 10:46 AMClimate data gathering at the district level is essential for risk planning, developing coping strategies, and adaptation, especially considering that the impacts of climate variability, climate change, and extreme events are visible globally and in India.

Women at the frontline of climate change adaptation
Posted on 19 Mar, 2022 04:23 PMKalyani Dash, Soudamini Rout, and Gita Rani Satpathy are three women from Odisha w

Process of obtaining green nod simplified to allow ease of doing business: Govt
Posted on 05 Jan, 2022 01:04 PMEnvironment Ministry reports reduction in environmental clearance time from 150 to 90 days

Community videos: By the community, for the community
Posted on 01 Oct, 2021 07:55 AMThe Paudi Bhuyan tribe in Odisha are one of the most primitive and vulnerable communities in the count

The lessons learnt from Cyclone Yaas
Posted on 31 May, 2021 11:03 PMOn May 26, Cyclone Yaas from the Bay of Bengal hit the coast in Bhadrak district near the Bahanaga block north of Dhamra port

Decentralized water resources management
Posted on 18 Mar, 2021 10:30 AMDecentralization is the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the central government to the elected authorities at the subnational level.

Strengthening the frontline for water security
Posted on 12 Mar, 2021 05:00 PMIndia has over 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats, which manage the governance of over 6,64,000 villages spread across the country.

Land and environmental approvals needed for faecal sludge treatment facilities
Posted on 23 Dec, 2020 04:02 PMDespite an enabling framework for implementation of Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) initiatives, there exists a vacuum concerning specific guidelines/rules for the selection of sites for setting up of Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants (FSTPs).
