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Thursday, 22 August 2019 12:00 Heavy rain and floods hit North India News this week	Wednesday, 21 August 2019 23:14 Government to spend Rs 3.5 trillion to provide potable water Policy matters this week
Monday, 19 August 2019 12:53 Beyond the death toll: The everyday violence of Assam’s floods Mitul Baruah from Ashoka University narrates personal experiences of people affected by floods in Majuli, Assam.	Monday, 19 August 2019 12:09 Growing crops, one byte at a time Mobile agri-advisory services provide timely and relevant advice to farmers. But do they translate to practice in the field?
Wednesday, 14 August 2019 13:37 Floods claim 227 lives; Centre proposes river basin management bill to check floods News this week	Wednesday, 14 August 2019 8:32 Government set to conserve India's springs Policy matters this week

IWP is looking for a Project Manager
Project Manager, India Water Portal, Arghyam Location: Bangalore The India Water Portal, an initiative of Arghyam, Bangalore is looking for someone to join our hi-energy team. The Water Portal is an open collaborative platform to share information and knowledge in water. Water is a scarce resource ...
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Solution Exchange discussion: Best Practices on Water Demand Management in Cities – Experiences
Compiled by Pankaj Kumar S., Resource Person and Ramya Gopalan, Research Associate From Aniruddhe Mukerjee, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Bhopal Dear Members, I work for the UN-Habitat on the Water for Asian Cities Programme, which aims to support developing countries in Asi...
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ICT applications for socio-economic development of farmers
Nandini and I attended the C-DAC ICT for Socio-Economic Development conference on 11th,12th and 13th of this month in Bangalore. Primarily we were interested in spreading awareness about the Portal among the attendees. Following are some notes from there: Overall I thought the conference was very go...
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Need experiences related to the status of conservancy staff in municipal sanitation
From Aparna Das, UNDP, New DelhiPosted 11 January 2007Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, large investments are to be made for modernizing and upgrading sewage and solid waste management facilities in cities (See http://www.urbanindia.nic.in/moud/programme/ud/jnnurm.htm for de...
Rama Maniposted 12 years 7 months agoread more
Draft report of the sub group IV on NRM during XI plan - Need inputs to formulate the strategy
From N. K. Sanghi, Sub-Group IV on NRM for XI Plan, Planning Commission, Government of IndiaPosted 1 December 2006As part of the formulation exercise for the Eleventh Five Year Plan, the Planning Commission, Government of India has set up a Working Group on Natural Resources Management under Prof. R...
Rama Maniposted 12 years 8 months agoread more
Community - based water quality monitoring & surveillance in West Bengal - Need experiences from states where projects are implemented
Original Query: Ross Nickson, UNICEF, KolkataPosted: 15 September 2006I am working with UNICEF in West Bengal, where the National Rural Drinking Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Programme (recently launched by the Government of India), is being implemented.The programme is designed to insti...
Rama Maniposted 12 years 11 months agoread more
Need experiences in improving water and sanitation governance by PRIs, from SEUF, Kerala
Original Query: V. Kurian Baby, Socio-Economic Unit Foundation (SEUF), KeralaPosted: 3 August 2006Reforms in water and sanitation (watsan) sector have by now become institutionalized through: (a) pilot testing of alternate service delivery models by donors and GoI in selected locations and subsequen...
Rama Maniposted 13 years 3 weeks agoread more
Response and recommendations needed for the Rajasthan Draft Water Policy
Original Request: Prema Gera, UNDP, New DelhiPosted: 30 June 2006Given the critical situation of the water sector in Rajasthan and the need for its integrated and coordinated planning, the State Government of Rajasthan set up an expert committee on ‘Integrated Development and Management of Water R...
Rama Maniposted 13 years 1 month agoread more
Need experiences on reward mechanisms used for promoting successful urban WES projects
Original Query: Sharadbala Joshi, Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University, UKPosted: 16 June 2006I have primarily been involved with urban projects which aimed at enhancing sustainable access to water supply and sanitation at local government levels. I am currently ...
Rama Maniposted 13 years 2 months agoread more
Query from Water and Sanitation Consultant, New Delhi : Need experiences and inputs on the issue of convergence in WES programmes
Original Query: Bhawna Vajpai, Water and Sanitation Consultant, New DelhiPosted: 5 June 2006Most of you will agree that although most social development programmes are designed sectorally, long-term sustainability and a wider outreach necessitates effective convergence with other Government and non-...
Rama Maniposted 13 years 2 months agoread more
Need experiences and examples of partnership between state and non-state actors in WSS service delivery
Original Query: Padmaja Nair, Independent Consultant, LucknowPosted: 07 April 2006As an independent consultant involved in water supply and sanitation (WSS) service delivery, I frequently am asked to design projects that involve collaboration between State and Non–State actors ( NGOs, PRIs, CBOs, ...
Rama Maniposted 13 years 4 months agoread more
Corruption in WSS service delivery in Kerala - Need inputs on increasing accountability and minimise corruption
Original Query: V. Kurian Baby, Socio-Economic Unit Foundation (SEUF) Thrissur, KeralaPosted: 31 March 2006I work as Senior Advisor in the Socio Economic Unit Foundation (SEUF) and it has been my observation that investment projections and individual projects/programmes in general are prepared and b...
Rama Maniposted 13 years 4 months agoread more
Query from Hartika, Jhansi, UP :Need a directory of international funding agencies supporting NGOs in water conservation
Original Query: Avani Mohan Singh, Haritika, Jhansi, UPPosted on: 6th July 2005I am Avani Mohan Singh, chief functionary of HARITIKA. The Haritika supports community participation efforts for the sound management of water resources, poverty eradication in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region of Madh...
Rama Maniposted 14 years 1 month agoread more

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