Report of 5th Census of Minor Irrigation Schemes
Minor Irrigation sector plays a critical role in agricultural growth and increasing farmer's income. The importance of minor irrigation schemes with short gestation period, lower investments and major
Ministry of Water Resources
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Report of the ground water resource estimation committee (GEC-2015)
The Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India, therefore, constituted a committee consisting of experts in the field of ground water to recommend a revised methodology. This report is the final outcome
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Draft Policy on Sediment Management
While keeping the rivers in pristine condition is the ultimate goal, development of civilization has always been on the banks of the rivers, to utilise the blessings of the rivers and their waters. Dams
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River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order, 2016
The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approval the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order, 2016. The Order lays down a new
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A 21st century institutional architecture for India’s water reforms: restructuring the CWC and CGWB
The Central Water Commission will formally protest against a proposal to subsume it into a new organisation. The proposal that resulted from a report — A 21st Century Institutional Architecture for India’s
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Draft National Water Framework Bill, 2016
An Act to provide an overarching national legal framework with principles for protection, conservation, regulation and management of water as a vital and stressed natural resource, under which legislation
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Guidelines for Integrated Water Resources Development and Management
The guidelines on ‘Integrated Water Resources Development and Management’ were prepared in BPMO, CWC under strategy V.4 of National Water Mission in March 2010 and were circulated within CWC for comments.
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Draft Model Bill for the Conservation, Protection, Regulation and Management of Ground Water, 2016
The Draft Ground Water Model Bill is based on the principles of subsidarity, equitable distribution in an integrated approach. The State should act as a public trustee of ground water, which should be
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Draft National Water Framework Bill, 2016
<p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/20140731-24.jpg" style="width: 340px; height: 189px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />This draft bill released by the Union government
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Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR and German International Cooperation (GIZ) has Signed an Implementation Agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation Under The Namami Gange Programme on 13th April, 2016
India and Germany have signed an Implementation Agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Programme in New Delhi. It was signed between the Union Ministry of Water Resources and German International