Water
With half a million new farm ponds, should farmers be worried about deficit monsoon?
In the last 12 years, the MGNREGA has created at least 46 new water harvesting structures in every village
By Richard Mahapatra
Published: Friday 29 June 2018
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India Environment Portal Resources :
- Drought Management Plan
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- Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Release of MGNREGA funds to drought hit states, 20/03/2017
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- The Uttar Pradesh Pond Development, Protection and Conservation Authority Bill, 2017
- Farm ponds: a climate resilient technology for rainfed agriculture
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