Rural Water
Mini piped water scheme helps overcome social exclusion
posted 4 days 15 hours agoIn 2016, India ranked 131 among 188 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI). With a population of 1.3 billion, the need for services is high, a
Over 97 million Indians were currently being exposed to extreme floods: Report
posted 3 weeks 2 days ago75 percent districts in India are hotspots of extreme climate events: Report

Patterns of social exclusion in watershed development in India
posted 1 month 2 weeks agoHow have watershed development projects fared in India? Have they helped in better distribution of benefits among the poor and marginalised? Why is it important to talk about watershed development at this juncture?
This book by Dr Eshwer Kale dwells on these questions and explores issues around social exclusion among resource-poor people in watershed development projects.

Women hold the key to dietary diversity
posted 2 months 4 weeks agoEvidence world over shows that small scale agricultural production does very little to deal with malnutrition and food insecurity among rural poor.

Data, data everywhere, but where?
posted 2 months 4 weeks agoA few of us did an exercise where we closed our eyes and thought of the first four words that came to our minds when we thought of water data in India. Here is what we came up with:

Data-driven ‘water and agriculture’ planning: The big picture
posted 3 months agoIndia is fortunate to have a rich tradition of public data collection and compilation.

Groundwater recharge needs grassroots solutions: A study of two techniques in Kerala
posted 3 months agoIn Kerala, around half the urban population and 80% of the rural population depend on open wells on their domestic water needs. But in the last decade, the majority of observatory wells recorded an average annual decline of half a meter.

New groundwater guidelines prohibit industries and mining in over-exploited zones
posted 3 months 1 week agoRevised guidelines for groundwater use notified

Dhenkanal gears up for better waste management
posted 3 months 2 weeks agoThe UNICEF and the Scaling City Institutions for India (SCI-FI) initiative at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) in collaboration with the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department (PR&DW), Government of Odisha (GoO), and the District Administration, Dhenkanal are making strides towards instituting district wide approach for Solid Liquid Waste Management (SLWM).
