Panchayats to spend Rs 1.42 lakh crore on water and sanitation

Spend 60% grant on water and sanitation: 15th Finance Commission recommends to rural local bodies  

COVID-19 and SDG 6 goals: All that we need to learn and do

We need political will and commitment during COVID-19 times. Our world is packed with knowledge and we can achieve SDG6 goals if we remain engaged&…

Coronavirus spotlights the link between clean water and health

A key way to cut risk of falling sick is by washing your hands thoroughly and frequently. But what if you don’t have access to clean water?

Unreal in pampered India

With NDMC winning the smart city challenge, the contrast between where the government lives and where the rest of the citizens live could not …

Channels of change

Two villages in Uttar Pradesh have reversed the trend of migration by digging six kilometres of channels to bring water to drought-hit farms

‘Separate power feeders can greatly improve rural electrification’

Over 65 years after Independence, nearly half of the 800 million people living in rural India are yet to get access to electricity. A major …

Southeast Asians worried about food security, extreme weather events, shows climate survey 

ASEAN countries must stop building new coal plants, say over half the respondents 

Water ATM

Sarvajal makes clean drinking water accessible to people

Declining food imports by most vulnerable countries a cause for concern: FAO

World food import bill to touch record high, but cost-of-living pressures may persist in 2023

Budget 2023-24: Food security in just name as Centre slashes funds by 32%

Allocation of about Rs 2 lakh crore for National Food Security Act compared to Rs 2.8 lakh crore last year

Crop of debt

Surplus sugar production in the country has brought down sugar rates. As mills stop purchasing sugarcane, farmers are driven to suicide

Chance of revival for Bengaluru’s dying lakes

Karnataka pollution control board initiates project to divert sewage that fall into city lakes

Salmon hatcheries deplete wild stocks

Introducing farmed salmon in the rivers doesn't help

COVID-19: Why power sector revival will likely be long haul

COVID-19 shocks may prompt major energy transitions to gas, wind and solar sector

Bengaluru water utility to launch door-to-door drive to check illegal borewells

Residents continue to drill for borewells, unaware that registration is now mandatory

How rural kitchen pays

Local procurement for anganwadis can revive rural economy in a big way

Singapore taps its water

The Southeast Asian city-state strives to end its dependence on Malaysia for water

The true cost of water

Use technology to make PDS transparent, efficient: Wadhwa committee

Supreme Court-appointed panel recommends phasing out private dealers from supply chain and doing away with above poverty line list

Gurgaon expansion halted

High court bars authorities from sanctioning new real estate projects to curb rampant groundwater exploitation    

Grains of doubt

Rural affairs ministry rejects wage payment in kind under rural job scheme

Dam at fault

Maharashtra builds dam in quake zone without permission. High Court refuses stay

Air India admonished for sale, promotion of e-cigarettes aboard flights

Airline has flouted COTPA law, which prohibits all direct and indirect advertisement of cigarettes and tobacco products

Grow food anywhere

With innovative use of space, people in cities are reclaiming their right to safe food

Delhi's poll planks