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. …
Contrary to the common perception, the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has no role to play in construction of small hydro power projects but comes into the picture only in case of construction of big dams, Minister of State for Water Resources, Vincent H Pala, clarified. Talking to this newspaper, …
This document on the management of drought during 2009 published by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture presents the deficiency & erratic behaviour of rainfall, impact of drought, mitigation efforts initiated and their results. Agriculture in India is predominantly dependent on rains and the rainfall …
Gargi ParsaiAt its first meeting here on Monday, the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Integrated Approach to Water Management, decided to come up with recommendations for a new policy that took into account the management of water from the demand as well as supply-side.Already the Water Resources Ministry is looking …
Every time the State is hit by floods, the political temperature rises and the clamour for revamping Brahmaputra Board reverberates, but the original proposal mooted in 2004, is yet to take first step in its legislative journey. The proposal envisaged to redefine and widen the objective of the Board, so …
The Union Water Resources Minister, Mr P.K .Bansal, has been directed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to convene a meeting of irrigation ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to resolve inter-State disputes with regard to Babli and 13 other river projects between the two States.This follows a meeting …
The Planning Commission of Government of India gave investment clearance to the Sardar Sarovar Project in October 1988 for a cost of Rs 6406 crore at 1986-87 prices. The project is still far from complete. The Project applied for over six fold increase in cost of the project earlier this …
Water Resources Minister Shri Jayant Malaiya chaired a meeting today with MLAs from Rewa division. Veterinary and Fisheries Minister and in-charge Minister Shri Ajay Vishnoi, principal secretary water resources Shri R. S. Julania and all MLAs of the area attended the meeting. The meeting discussed in detail about all irrigation …
NEW DELHI, July 22: The Union Ministry of External Affairs set up a monitoring committee that is watching Chinese activities through various agencies on trans-border rivers flowing from China to India, says Union Minister of Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal. Replying to a letter from Dibrugarh MP Paban Singh Ghatowar, …
Fighting for water is not as rare as we think it is. Brawls and loss of life are reported every summer from different parts of the country. Yet, there is very little urgency about using water more efficiently. VIBHA SHARMA reports on the worsening situation * DIAMONDS AND OIL ETC …
A working group was constituted by the Ministry of Water Resources under the Chairmanship of Sh S Kumar, Member, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) to prepare and approach paper on groundwater quality issues and its mitigation plan in Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands. The report submitted by the working …
Abhijit Prashar | Chandigarh Water conservation techniques like zero tillage technology, raised bed plantation and sprinkler irrigation are being popularised in Punjab on a large scale and with the Punjab Preservation of Sub Soil Water Act 2009 firmly in place, the State Government has also undertaken the rehabilitation of canal …
Swaraj Thapa After its earlier run-ins with the Surface Transport and Science and Technology ministries, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), headed by Jairam Ramesh, has come under fresh criticism from the Ministry of Water Resources, headed by Pawan Kumar Bansal. Last week, the ministry wrote to the Prime …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has detected large-scale financial irregularities in the implementation of centrally- funded irrigation projects in Karnataka. The country
S Lalitha, May 5, Bangalore, DHNS: Bangaloreans making use of freshly pumped borewell water for drinking purposes need to put an abrupt end to the practice. For, the carcinogenic, radioactive gas, Radon has been found to be present 100 times above the permissible limit in water samples analysed across the …
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ashok Chavan, on Monday signed an MoU to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for two river interlinking projects to facilitate inter-basin transfer of water to benefit both the states. Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Bansal on Monday signed the …
Assam Congress has called for declaring erosion as a national problem. In a letter to Union Minister for Water Resources Paban Kumar Bansal, Congress Lok Sabha Chief whip Paban Singh Ghatowar said erosion is one of the major problems of Assam. The State has lost 4 lakh hectares of cultivable …
PUDUCHERRY: A State Water Resources Data Centre and a level II+ laboratory building will come up under the Hydrology Project-II at an estimated cost of Rs. 3.25 crore. Chief Minister V. Vaithilingam inaugurated the construction work for the facilities on Sunday. The State Water Resources Data Centre and laboratory building …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations / observations contained in their Eleventh Report on
