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Centre approves Atal Bhujal Yojana to improve groundwater management

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An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra. (Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

India's composite score improves in SDG index with major success in water and sanitation

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Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015 as a part of the 2030 agenda. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)

Hydroponics may provide better agriculture solutions

Hydroponics offers opportunities to young farmers for startup business for the production of nutrient-rich spices, herbal and high value crops which has huge demand in the urban market. Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago

Hydroponics is the technique of growing plants without soil. Image source: India Science Wire

Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project

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The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

India has most pollution-related deaths in the world

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Delhi-NCR shrouded under toxic haze (Source: India Water Portal)

Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange

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The Ganga at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)

Only one out of five river basins in the country resilient to climate change: Study

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Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project

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Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)

NGT orders 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers

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Polythene bags and solid waste left behind as water recedes in the Ganga river. (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management

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An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

40 percent of rural households in India lack access to drinking water

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Women in Bametara district of Chattisgarh line up to collect water. Photo credit: Makarand Purohit for India Water Portal

Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws

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manual_scavengers

Free septic tank cleaning in Delhi; CM attempts to reduce sewer deaths

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Image credit: Sharada Prasad

NGT pushes to ban RO purifiers for water with TDS below 500 mg/l

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A domestic RO water purifier

Cyclone Bulbul devastates West Bengal and Odisha

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A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

MoRD asks states to focus on water conservation and harvesting in MGNREGA to help achieve Jal Jeevan Mission targets

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 2 years 9 months ago

Image source: The Indian Express

How Delhi's air pollution emergency links back to water

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Delhi-NCR shrouded under toxic haze (Source: India Water Portal)

Arrival of northeast monsoon & retreat of southwest monsoon coincides this year; Salt lake and several metro cities shrinking at alarming pace

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Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)

Drinking water availability should be a top priority, concrete action should be taken against water wastage: NGT

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Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Pune groundwater extraction doubles in last decade; Uranium found in Telengana groundwater; Lower Subansiri project gets a boost

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Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh (Source: Kakul Baruah via Wikimedia Commons)

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