About time inland waterways feasibility is reassessed

Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga

Nal se Jal: hit or miss?

SYL crisis: Punjab demands payment for water

Cauvery crisis: Karnataka to move SC for more time

Ecology and Environment

Governance

Government Programmes

Rivers

Inland Navigation and Shipping

Technology

Hydropower

Development and Displacement

Land Acquisition

Large Dams, barrages, reservoirs and canals

Agriculture, an important sector of our economy accounts for 14 per cent of the nation’s GDP and about 11 per cent of its exports. India has the second largest arable land base (159.7 million hectares) after US and largest gross irrigated area (88 milion hectares) in the world. Rice, wheat, cotton, oilseeds, jute, tea, sugarcane, milk and potatoes are the major agricultural commodities produced. More importantly, over 60 per cent of the country’s population, comprising several million small farming households, depends on agriculture as a principal income source and land continues to be the main asset for livelihood security. 

Agriculture

Irrigation

Climate and Weather

Climate Change

Conservation - Reducing Water Usage

Contamination, Pollution and Quality

Chemical Pollution

Biological Pollution

Droughts and Floods

Voluntary Citizen or Civil Society Sector

Citizens' Rights and Duties

Public Infrastructure and Services

Privatisation

Industry

Surface Water

Glaciers and Polar Ice Caps

Sustainability

Urban Water

Water Management

Borewells and Tubewells

Wells and Step-wells

Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands

Corruption and Integrity

Rural Water

Society, Culture, Religion and History

Equity

Demand and Consumption

Conflicts

Rainfall and other forms of Precipitation

International Issues

Storage and Supply

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