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With Rain Playing Truant in Central India, an Inter-State Water Dispute Brews

Nivedita Khandekar 13/08/2019

Nagpur and Chhindwara, home districts of the chief ministers...

Bengaluru, Cauvery River, Central Ground Water Board, Chennai, Chennai water shortage, drinking water, groundwater, Karnataka, Ministry of Water Resources, National Water Policy, NITI Aayog, Tamil Nadu, The Washington Post, water supply, World Bank, World Resources Institute,

A Response to the Questions About Groundwater Data in NITI Aayog’s Water Report

Avinash Mishra, Arunima Chandra and Namrata Singh Panwar 20/07/2019

Late last month, Joanna Slater of The Washington Post...

A nurse tends to a woman, who underwent a sterilization surgery at a government mass sterilisation "camp", at CIMS hospital in Bilaspur

Budget 2019: Spearheaded by Ayushman Bharat, Swachh Bharat, Health Gets a Boost

Anoo Bhuyan 05/07/2019

In a big jump from last year's allocation of...

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On Drinking Water, Modi Government Isn’t Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta 05/07/2019

This year's budgetary allocation for the drinking water department...

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With Groundwater on the Decline, Marathwada Villages Turn to RO Plants

Nivedita Khandekar 05/07/2019

While villagers are happy they have access to affordable...

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Doubts Over NITI Aayog Claim That 21 Cities Face Groundwater Extinction by 2020

The Wire Staff 29/06/2019

At a time when both the state and central...

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Delhi Has Painted Itself Into a Corner Over Use of Palla Floodplain Aquifer

Rashme Sehgal 17/05/2019

Instead of using just as much water as would...