Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Jayalalithaa to knock at the doors of Supreme Court Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday directed Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu at Biligundlu (the border) daily from September 21 till October 15. Both the States said the ruling was “unacceptable’’. Chairing the seventh meeting …
But people are not receptive to the idea of discussing it, he laments Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday said there was need for general consensus and cooperative federalism on sharing of river waters. Inaugurating a seminar on ‘Inter-linking of Rivers: Issues and Challenges,’ he said transfer …
The International Court of Arbitration has completed hearing closing arguments of India and Pakistan on the contentious Kishanganga Hydro-Electric Project (KHEP). The final award on the 300-MW hydro-power project on the Kishanganga river -- a tributary of Jhelum -- is expected in six months. It will then become clear whether …
The Supreme Court on Friday directed its Registry to digitise the final report of the Empowered Committee relating to the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam as well as the study and investigation reports relied on by this committee for reaching a conclusion. A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Justices D.K. Jain, …
The Supreme Court today directed digitisation of a voluminous Expert Committee’s Report on safety aspects of Mullaperiyar dam which would be the basis for determining validity of an Act passed by Kerala Government to allegedly circumvent the apex court’s earlier direction on the issue. The direction was given by a …
The experience of the last two decades is a testimony to the growing clout of the corporate sector to gain control over natural resources of the country. Privatisation of water will be very quick and easy if water is transferred from the State List to the Concurrent List In view …
Ignoring protests by Pakistan, India has decided to commission the Nimoo Bazgo hydel project on the Indus in Leh, Jammu & Kashmir. The project is seen as critical to tackling chronic shortage of electricity in the tourism-rich and strategically-important district, which runs mostly on diesel and kerosene generators. Sources in …
The Government of India is in the process of setting up a National Bureau of Water Use Efficiency. The bureau would, among other things, take necessary steps to conserve water in agricultural, industrial and domestic use. Disclosing this in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of …
The State’s expert committee formed in 2009 to study the impacts of the proposed Chinese diversion of the Brahmaputra on the Assam part of the river has become redundant. It failed to lay its hand on the data concerning the Chinese part of the river. According to chairman of the …
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed to adopt e-measurement system like Water Resources Department for effective prevention of corrupt practices in construction works. He said that e-payment should be made only after getting works done through e-measurement. Shri Chouhan was undertaking quarterly review of Water Resources Department’s …
Weeks after hiking the annual plan outlay for Samajwadi Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh by over 20 per cent, the UPA government on Friday opened its coffers once again pledging Rs 2,915 crore to fund an ongoing irrigation project in the state. The ‘Sarayu Nahar Pariyojana’ — which began three-and-a-half decades ago …
It will have guiding principles on laws States may adopt In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a new National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water …
In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water projects. That such a law would be made is buried in …
New Delhi Terming water pollution as a ‘‘national crisis’’, a Parliamentary committee has decided to summon officials of at least six central ministries to seek their views to find ways to check the problem. ‘‘Since the subject of water is not restricted to only one ministry, we have decided to …
Some plans are easier imagined than implemented. Perhaps, the ambitious proposal of interlinking of rivers falls in this category. In February, the Supreme Court had asked the government to implement the long-pending project - envisaged to resolve India’s water woes - by setting up a committee to oversee related issues. …
GUWAHATI, July 17 – The Water Resources Department has drawn up seven proposals worth Rs 104 crore for tackling the Guwahati flash flood issue. Disclosing this at the State Assembly here today, Minister of State (Independent) for Water Resources Rajiv Lochan Pegu said that none of the proposals has been …
In a tactical policy shift, the state government has decided not to give sanctions to new mega irrigation projects as they become economically non-viable. The new land acquisition policy, which is under consideration, is going to make it more difficult to undertake mega projects as the government has to shell …
A below-par monsoon is likely to set alarm bells ringing in the UPA 2 Government, already reeling under the impact of an economic downturn. Besides affecting the kharif sowing, which is certain to have a bearing on the production of rice, oilseeds and pulses, the delay in rain has the …
Giving in to public protest against privatisation of water services and indiscriminate pricing of water, the modified national water policy provides for subsidy to the poor but at the same time emphasises the need for subjecting water to allocation and pricing on ‘economic principles’. It says the private sector can …
The Assam government today renewed its plea to the Centre for funding a project to strengthen 3,340 kms of “vulnerable” embankments along the Brahmaputra and several of its tributaries. Stating that the rise in the level of river beds increases the risk of floods, state water resource minister Rajib Lochan …
