Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Form strategy to reduce water use, Montek Singh Ahluwalia tells Chief Minister The Annual Plan for 2013-14 for Punjab has been finalised at Rs 16,125 crore, a jump of 15 per cent over last year. The Plan size was finalised at a meeting between the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Montek …
The Framework is meant to provide the larger structure for organizing the support mechanisms to States and communities in their governing institutions at the levels that matter, the Local Government, CBOs (Community Based Institutions), the Management of ponds, water bodies, watersheds, aquifers, and river basins. These support mechanisms can be …
This draft bill by the Ministry of Water Resources is to establish a framework with governing principles for protection, conservation and regulation of waters and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
The Patna high court on Wednesday directed the state government and Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) to make clear the policy for supplying pure drinking water in the state capital. A division bench comprising Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Shivaji Pandey took a serious view of the PMC and the state …
SHILLONG: The unhindered drilling of groundwater in Shillong city is posing a great risk to the water levels. With the growth in city’s population and unregulated construction of buildings it has been observed that residents go for drilling of deep tube within their residential compound. As of now, the building …
Gandhinagar: The Narendra Modi government had formed the Gujarat Water Regulatory Authority (GWRA) on February 14, 2012 — Valentine’s Day — hoping to streamline water usage in the state. But more than a year later, GWRA is a headless, defunct body and almost half of Gujarat is staring at a …
State Authority, Affected People Not Consulted Mumbai: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar might have apologized for his callous “urinating-in-the-dam” statement that belittled the tragedy of Maharashtra’s farmers facing the worst drought in decades. But his apathy for them predates the blunder by years. Between 2003 and 2011, as the water …
The Centre today formally released the contentious National Water Policy Document-2012 by presenting its first copy to President Pranab Mukherjee who inaugurated India Water Week with a call to make judicious use of the precious natural resource. “Efficient water management: Challenges and opportunities” is the theme of the five-day event. …
The Twelfth Plan proposals for a new approach to the water resources management as put forward in the article by Mihir Shah (EPW, 19 January 2013) are a bold recognition of the serious problems in the area. But some of the author’s ideas are less than convincing and the entire …
Allaying apprehensions over construction of three dams by China on the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo in China), Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat on Friday said the “run-of-the-river’’ projects would not impact water flows on the Indian side. He said the issue had been taken up by India at the highest …
The Government today allayed apprehensions about the three dams being built by China on the Brahmaputra, saying the projects will not affect India as most of the water in the river comes from Arunachal Pradesh. “The issue has been taken up by India at the highest level. Our Prime Minister …
Irrigation is central to Pakistan’s agriculture; and managing the country’s canal, ground, and surface water resources in a more efficient, equitable, and sustainable way will be crucial to meeting agricultural production challenges, including increasing agricultural productivity and adapting to climate change. The water component of the International Food Policy Research …
In Chitral, Pakistan, existing local institutions for water management play a major role in enhancing the adaptive capacity of local communities. However, government rules and regulations concerning water governance are posing challenges for community-based institutions and affecting the local capacity for adaptation. Hence, there is a need to examine the …
Transboundary water resources cross national and administrative borders across the globe, supporting in a myriad of ways a majority of the world’s population and ecosystems. The Global Water Partnership is committed to ‘facilitating transboundary cooperation’ in its current strategy and this paper contributes to that mission and focuses on the …
Waterwealth? highlights how people work together to secure water for all through innovative approaches in basins. Drawing from a cross section of 43 case studies, Waterwealth? highlights challenges in improving governance and water performance and illustrates examples of new approaches and practices that basin managers are now applying to secure …
Water governance throughout South Asia has long been dominated by technical perspectives from civil engineering, economics, and international law. Across the region, state actors, scientists, and technocrats have monopolized policy formulation and implementation providing limited space for the expression of legitimate civil society voices and stakeholder interests. In this largely …
The Twelfth Plan proposes a fundamental change in the principles, approach and strategies of water management in India. This paradigm shift was the outcome of a new and inclusive process of plan formulation, which saw the coming together of practitioners and professionals from government, academia, industry and civil society to …
Only two riparian states-Bihar and Himachal Pradesh-have responded to the Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC) recommendations made around two years ago. Whereas all states were asked to send action-taken report on recommendations in May 2011, Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat told a meeting of the board today that only Bihar …
Top planners of the country have asserted that pricing and rationing are the most important tools to make optimal use of the most precious natural resource - water - and achieve sustainable development even though states, bound by political compulsions and fiercely protective of control over water management, may never …
Ensure equitable distribution of water for urban and rural areas, and for wildlife: organic farmer The State government has been urged to formulate a water policy for the Cauvery basin to harness the resource in a judicious and effective manner. The suggestion comes in the wake of unprecedented drought and …
