The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Moves towards a global water commodities market must be stopped. It will push the price of food far beyond the peaks of the past five years, warns Frederick Kaufman.
Citizens, be prepared to pay more for water after Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board starts supply from the Cauvery Stage IV Phase II. BWSSB has written to the government to either allow a hike in the water tariff or sanction an annual grant of Rs. 200 crore to the …
Opposition to overarching legal framework of principles on water A conference of Water Resources and Irrigation Ministers here on Wednesday saw opposition to the Centre’s proposal to evolve an overarching national legal framework of principles on water, to link financial assistance to “aggressive” water sector reforms and to set up …
A proposal to privatise water supply and distribution in a few areas in the city has kicked up a row with union leaders threatening to disrupt the daily water supply if the government does not abandon the privatisation proposal. Though privatising water supply was first proposed in 2000-01, during the …
AMC Plans Metered Supply In All Areas Instead of hinging on a pilot project for metering Jodhpur ward, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is of the opinion that metered water connection should be extended to the entire city at a single go. It will take the project five years to …
Over the past few days, nearly 90 private water tankers have been caught transporting water without even a trace of chlorine Does a private water tanker supply water to your locality? If that is the case, it is time that you checked how safe it is for drinking. A recent …
Residents of newly added BBMP areas asked to pay it along with BCC Residents of areas newly added to BBMP limits are protesting against the BWSSB for collecting penalty along with the beneficiary capital contribution (BCC) from new consumers who had not paid their BCC charges. Special camps have been …
The second version of the JNNURM must focus on putting systems in place that stop the extensive wastage of water in urban areas A population of 377 million, spread over 7,935 cities and towns, projected to grow to over 600 million in another 20 years, presently contributing more than 60 …
Chhattisgarh government has decided to give respite in the water tax to the commercial shops where water consumption has been very less. The shops trading foodgrains, stationary and garment would be covered under the orbit of respite as the water utilization in such shops had been nominal. They traders were …
India needs to focus on treating waste water from the industries to meet the rising demand for fresh water. According to Pinaki Bhadury, Vice-President, Strategy Consulting (South Asia, Middle East, North Africa), Frost and Sullivan, while 30 per cent of industrial waste water in tier-I cities is recycled, the amount …
Plans to appoint a consultant to prepare a project report In what could be a far-reaching and ambitious move, Tiruchi Corporation is considering the feasibility of extending round-the-clock drinking water supply in the city. Initially, the move is likely to be implemented on a pilot basis in select areas of …
It may still be some more time before the Delhi Jal Board can claim to have streamlined its billing process. The Jal Board has not issued bills for water consumption since May this year after irregularities were reported in the calculations for generating the bills. On Monday, speaking to The …
New Delhi Water should be appropriately priced for the industry to sustain high growth and to ensure its efficient use, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said today. "There should not be any reluctance in dealing with water pricing when you are dealing with the industry," he told reporters …
Setting the ball rolling for privatisation of water distribution system, the Delhi government on Friday approved a long-pending proposal to involve private entities in management, maintenance and supply of water in several areas of the city. The private entities will be involved in command areas of Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar …
The Delhi Jal Board on Friday framed regulations on metering and tariff to bring about transparency in its functioning and to minimise consumer grievances. At a meeting of the Jal Board, chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, it was decided to clarify the regulations for installation fee of meters, rent …
While the authorities do not hesitate to take action against the common man if he defaults on his monthly water bills, various government departments together owe a whopping Rs 146.38 crore to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board. The cash-starved Water Board has neither been able to disconnect …
Water tanker lorries are the main lifeline in many of Kochi’s villages The city may well take pride in her title as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. But the Queen’s subjects are often left anxiously waiting for non-descript water tankers arranged by the authorities to roll in to their …
The city has received excess rainfall this monsoon. Yet residents of a large number of colonies in Secunderabad Cantonment limits are facing a severe shortage of water. Residents of Anna Nagar receive water supply once a week, and there are many such areas in Cantonment. Ward members say that neither …
In Bangalore, it has taken control of the city’s water supply to run an extortionist private supply network. Most of India is fretting over a flop monsoon. In Bangalore, however, some are rejoicing that the rains have failed. They are the city’s dreaded water mafia. “Water mafia” was recently coined, …
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 …
