Water prices up down under

The new CMP five-year plan

Government wants readjustments in the 10th five-year plan; Planning Commission divided

Groundwater control

Centre urges states to enact laws, take other steps

Unity in adversity

A tradition that got washed away

For more than a century, the people of Motepur used to build an earthen dam on the Punpun river every two years. Today, wage labour has replaced …

Surging success

With agriculture playing a dominant role in nations' economy, efforts -should be directed at making it more productive One way of doing it would …

...And ancient wisdom prevails

The Valencia water tribunal has stood strong for a thousand years; will modern-day pressures crush its influence?

Over half of the 21st century irrigation expansion has been in water-stressed regions; India accounts for 36%

Over 90% of humanity’s consumptive water use is used for irrigated agricultural production

Underwater "windmill"

Rubber soles for crops

Scrap tyres buried underground could reduce irrigation costs

Scheme watch

NO TO DAM

Shedding the load

The government proposes reductions in subsidies on power, irrigation and higher education

MINOR RELIEF

New web-based platform to help with micro irrigation

Researchers have come up with a web-based application that helps design customised micro-irrigation systems for individual agricultural fields

The politics of water

GROUNDWATER MARKETS AND IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT: POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PRACTICAL POLICY by Tushaar Shah Publisher: Oxford University Press Price: …

New-look farming fumbles to an erratic start

The Planning Commission is embarking on a new approach to agriculture planning. But state governments and the finance ministry are reluctant to …

New Bill aims to restrict groundwater use

The government is preparing legislation to regulate the use of tubewells because water-tables in the country are falling rapidly. But the …

Irrigation aid for India stopped

American aid for Indian irrigation projects has been withdrawn as focus shifts to other sectors.

Experts favour hiking charges to halt irrigation water waste

Disciplined use of irrigation water can be encouraged by efficient supply at higher rates.

On deaf ears, naturally

The natural way of farming: the theory and practice of green philosophy, Masanobu Fukuoka

Water management outpourings

Managing Irrigation Together: Practice and Policy in India Clarence Maloney and K V Raju Sage Publications Rs 325

Ground realities

The importance of groundwater as a source of irrigation and the role of traditional methods in conserving it should be given due credit

Website review: www.changemakers.net

Is information invariably bound to perception? Let us try and answer it in the context of the worldwide conference on water currently online at …

Groundwater level plunges in Bangladesh

Dhaka is being milked dry. Of late, there has been a rapid decline in the city's groundwater table. In fact, it has depleted by over 20 m during …