UP's Banda exemplifies water conservation efforts
Teaser: News this weekLimca Book of Records recognises UP's Banda for water conservation effortsUttar Pradesh’s Banda district has entered the Limca Book of Records for the construction of 2,605...
View ArticleMahadayi river water dispute receives final award
Teaser: Policy matters this weekKarnataka allowed to implement Kalasa-Banduri projectIn a major relief to the Karnataka government, Centre has issued a gazette notification for the implementation of...
View ArticleBringing back the trust: Getting our belief back in public water supply systems
Teaser: While the government has passed a draft notification to bar use of Reverse Osmosis (RO) purifiers in cities, what does evidence on the ground tell us?The Government of India has passed a draft...
View ArticleWomen lead the way in water quality surveillance
Teaser: Why women need to be trained and engaged in monitoring and surveillance of water quality at the community level in rural India?Historically, water is a gendered burden, with women being the...
View ArticleWomen’s involvement in participatory water institutions in Eastern India
Teaser: A study finds that women’s participation in water management institutions continues to be low in India in spite of the important role that they play in agriculture and irrigation.Women, major...
View ArticleEnabling a transition to responsive forest governance
Teaser: NGOs involvement in implementation of the FRA provides an extremely valuable support system, study says. The Forest Rights Act or FRA was enacted in 2006, following collective pressure from a...
View ArticleFrequently asked questions (FAQs) on Jal Jeevan Mission
Teaser: All you need to know on Jal Jeevan Mission, a time-bound mission-mode programme that was launched in 2019 to provide water to all by 2024.On 15 August, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
View ArticleWe are all fools
Teaser: Nature has now sent a stern message calling out our foolishness.Which industry has seen phenomenal growth since World War II? It is food. People have been encouraged to eat more and more as...
View ArticleJoining the battle against Covid-19
Teaser: As corona virus 'travels' to rural areas, PRADAN ramps up its response by training tribals and marginalised women.The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared coronavirus disease a...
View ArticleAdvisory on how to prevent Covid-19
Teaser: Those who need to work to survive cannot stay home. What can they do during such times? COVID-19 (novel coronavirus disease), an acute respiratory disease emerged in late 2019 and has been...
View ArticleOnline session on COVID-19 by NIMHANS Bangalore and ECHO India
This interaction is targeted at NGOs and should broadly help their staff to deal better with the stress levels during the lockdown.What is the session about?In these difficult and uncertain times,...
View ArticleGuidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste are out
Teaser: Policy matters this weekCPCB releases guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical wasteThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has released guidelines for handling, treatment and safe disposal...
View ArticleCombating Covid-19 collectively: DHAN’s way
Teaser: DHAN Foundation has been responding to the crisis, reaching out to the most vulnerable communities.As the Covid-19 pandemic reaches new corners of the country, the NGO community in India has...
View ArticleOut of the frying pan into the fire
Teaser: The Covid pandemic has worsened the condition of migrant women farmers, who have been left with no food, water, shelter and means of subsistence while cities have come to a standstill. While...
View ArticleFrom policy to practice: Can National Water Policy 2020 bridge the gap?
Teaser: The new policy needs to build context specificity and have enabling mechanisms for equitable resource allocation. The way water as a resource has been viewed in the policies of India has...
View ArticleSpringing back to life
Teaser: Jal Jeevan Mission can go a long way to promote springshed management and ensure source sustainability of spring based piped water supply.Springs are the key source of water for rural...
View ArticleVulnerable, in the time of Covid-19!
Teaser: Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune has designed a Covid-19 response programme for vulnerable communities.The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc worldwide...
View ArticleGearing to overcome water quality woes
Teaser: A workshop highlights the need to give a boost to affordable household water treatment and storage technologies.India has the most people in the world without access to safe drinking water...
View ArticleFacing up to the water crisis
Teaser: Conservation measures such as rainwater harvesting and recharging of groundwater need to be generally well established in both rural and urban areas. The conventional freshwater sources...
View ArticleProviding safe drinking water, in difficult times!
Teaser: How does Piramal Sarvajal plan to deal with the water crisis in the country?Piramal Sarvajal, seeded by the Piramal Foundation in 2008, is a mission driven social enterprise which designs and...
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