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IUKWC Virtual User Engagement Initiative 2020
posted 4 months 1 week agoIUKWC has put together a set of interviews with researchers from six Indo-UK projects that provide an overview of their research outputs and how these can support water operations, management and/or decision making.
Fully interactive - interviewees will be available to answer your questions during two hour windows
Drying veins of Ganga: Can we have ‘Nirmal Ganga’ with dying tributaries?
posted 4 months 2 weeks agoIndia’s Himalayan rivers have been a cradle of civilisational development and a centre for faith and culture for ages. Ganga being a fertile basin has been a significant contributor to our agricultural economy as well as our river-based agrarian development.

Arghyam is looking for a Mission Leader - Partner Engagements
posted 4 months 4 weeks agoAbout Arghyam
Groundwater extraction: NGT gets strict with commercial entities
posted 5 months agoNGT bans granting general permissions for groundwater extraction to commercial entities

Banking on rainwater harvesting
posted 5 months agoNational Water Mission’s (NWM) has launched a campaign ‘Catch the rain’ on a pan India basis to nudge the states and stakeholders to create appropriate rainwater harvesting structures (RWHS) suitable to the climatic conditions and sub-soil strata before the onset of monsoon.

Understanding Atal Bhujal Yojana through the program guidelines
posted 5 months 1 week agoGroundwater fulfills the drinking water requirements of nearly 85% and 50% of the rural and urban Indian population, respectively. 65% of the total irrigated area utilizes groundwater. It also caters to the water needs of the industrial sector in India.

Money, migration and missing capital: The case of Uttarakhand
posted 5 months 2 weeks agoUttarakhand’s rural areas are marked by massive outflux of people and it is believed that rural migration may alter the state’s political geography.

Green court slams centre over groundwater withdrawal in dry areas
posted 5 months 3 weeks agoNGT slams centre over groundwater extraction in dry areas

Bringing springs to life: Ensuring water security for Baigas in Madhya Pradesh
posted 6 months agoNested amongst the Satprura hills lies Kapoti, a village in the Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh. This region is known as Baiga Chak and is inhabited by Baigas, a vulnerable tribal group.

Tank desiltation scheme in Maharashtra: Policy concerns and way forward
posted 6 months 1 week agoTank systems of India
