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December 27, 2019
Watershed Management Compendium
This compendium by Dr Mihir Kumar Maitra answers all questions that will be of great use to practitioners engaged in both engineering and management aspects of watershed management in the field.
December 26, 2019
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Policy matters this week
December 19, 2019
Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange
Policy matters this week
December 11, 2019
NGT orders 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers
Policy matters this week
December 11, 2019
Replacing rice will improve India’s climate resilience
A study calls for solutions that can benefit farmers and the environment and positively impact India's nutrition indicators.
December 6, 2019
Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga
A report by the India Rivers Forum highlights the need to focus further than the main stem of the Ganga river.
Sixty river stretches found polluted in the northeast: CPCB
News this week
Swati Bansal posted 7 months 4 weeks ago
Climatic shocks wreak havoc on the Mahanadi delta
Much of the Mahanadi's deltaic coast is experiencing varying degree of erosion, a situation which is expected to worsen by 2050.
Amita Bhaduri posted 8 months 4 weeks ago
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?
aarti kelkar k… posted 9 months ago
Karnataka farmers cope as wells fail
A study looks at how households adapt to slow-moving environmental changes such as groundwater depletion.
Amita Bhaduri posted 9 months 1 week ago
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.
Amita Bhaduri posted 9 months 1 week ago
2019 was the seventh warmest year on record since 1901: IMD
News this week
Swati Bansal posted 9 months 1 week ago
Centre approves Atal Bhujal Yojana to improve groundwater management
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal posted 9 months 2 weeks ago
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.
aarti kelkar k… posted 9 months 3 weeks ago
Watershed Management Compendium
This compendium by Dr Mihir Kumar Maitra answers all questions that will be of great use to practitioners engaged in both engineering and management aspects of watershed management in the field.
aarti kelkar k… posted 9 months 3 weeks ago
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal posted 9 months 3 weeks ago
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