Growing gap in irrigation potential and usage major challenge
To reduce the consumption of water and maximise agricultural productivity in the country, the government is trying to introduce different innovations
Irrigation projects continue to suffer in Maharashtra: CAG
Land acquisition conflicts, shortage of funds, rehabilitation woes and cost escalations are some of the problems identified by the auditor
70-80% Indian farmers depend on groundwater; solar irrigation inadequate to change crop choices: Report
Policies favouring growth of staple water-intensive cereal crops in different states have played major role in irrigation expansion
Tanakpur treaty to come up for ratification
The sharing of waters between India and Nepal has always been a contentious issue. If the latest agreement is any different, it is only because …
Water use is excessive in rice cultivation
Farmers in India are using 25 times the amount of water that agricultural scientists say is needed to produce paddy. Improper irrigation methods …
The utopian trap
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA Edited by Kartik C Roy, Clement A Tisdell and Raj Kumar Sen Publisher: Oxford …
907 km from parliament
In the past two months, India has revisited its most contested dam, the Sardar Sarovar Project. While people affected by it in Madhya Pradesh …
Myth of power
Nourisher of an ancient civilization, the Ganga could be gasping for its survival. Every few kilometres the water of its tributaries will be …
CAG flags series of overruns in UP’s major irrigation projects
Outcomes unachieved despite UP government spending over 4,101 crore on major irrigation projects
Subsidies on irrigation efficiency may negatively affect water use: study
The decrease in water availability at watershed levels due to subsidies is a critical concern for India considering the monsoon response to …
Close to 90% projects under PM's flagship irrigation scheme remain incomplete
These 8,214 projects, launched between 2009-10 and 2014-15, should have been completed in 4-7 years
The unsilenced valley
The Bhils of Madhya Pradesh are armed with a simple, effective and practical system of irrigation to mend the ruin inflicted by the state's …
A dream come true
The people of several villages in Pune were a helpless lot, until Vilasrao B Salunke stepped in
Depleting groundwater costs farmers heavily
The groundwater level in India has declined by 61 per cent between 2007 and 2017, according to Fifth Minor Irrigation Census
Barrages spur protests
Odisha wants to dam surplus water downstream of Hirakud dam. But where’s the surplus?
Budget 2018: Time for promoting sustainable agriculture with focus on improving productivity of major crops
Continuing huge spending on major irrigation projects will not contribute to doubling of farmers’ income
Golf under attack
In response to ecologists up in arms against the golf courses mushrooming all over the world, designers are now coming up with eco-friendly courses.
Traditional irrigation fails themoney test
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The debate on interlinking rivers in India
India plans to develop its water resources by interlinking its Himalayan rivers with those in the peninsular region through 30 interlinking canal …
Faulted for raising a banner
At the recent World Water Forum in Istanbul, Payal Parekh and her colleague Ann-Kathrin Schneider were deported. She spoke with Bharat Lal Seth
People's initiatives
Orissa and UP villages once again prove that people are better managers of natural resources than today's obdurate governments
Andhra government should immediately compensate tribals displaced by Polavaram project
Scientific assessment of ecosystem services should be carried out for quantifying the compensation
Did ecological impropriety lead to the end?
Historians generally agree that the death of the Indus Valley civilisation did not occur because of a single dramatic event, but came about due …
Home remedies
Indigenous is the byword in the water harvesting techniques followed in India's northeast. In Meghalaya, an intricate network of bamboo pipes is …
The State's non-bureaucratic role of encouraging the people
Indian rulers rarely built water harvesting structures themselves. They, however, encouraged their subjects to build them through fiscal …