New Delhi, April 5 India accounts for around 25 per cent of global groundwater withdrawals, the Public Accounts Committee has flagged, and urged the Jal Shakti Ministry to persuade states to curb excessive extraction.The observations were made in the panel's 41st report 'Ground Water...
artificial recharge
atal bhujal yojana
central ground water board
groundwater assessment
groundwater extraction
groundwatermanagementgroundwater recharge
groundwater regulation
india
jal shakti abhiyan
jal shakti ministry
rainwater harvesting
state governments
water levels
water resources
water scarcity
New Delhi, April 1 The Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday raised concerns about the slow progress in groundwater modeling and inadequate community participation in water management, and called for urgent and time-bound action by the Jal Shakti Ministry.These observations were made in the...
atal bhujal yojana
cauvery river basin
central ground water authority
community participation
geo-tagging
groundwatermanagementgroundwater modeling
impact assessment reports
jal shakti ministry
lok sabha
panchayati raj institutions
rajya sabha
ramganga river basin
remote sensing
tapi river basin
water resource management
New Delhi, March 10 Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) technology is showing "encouraging results" across several states and could potentially cover up to 60 per cent of India's rice cultivation area, senior government officials and agricultural scientists said, calling for urgent adoption of...
Lucknow, March 6 – The Sarus Crane, the tallest flying bird primarily found in the Gangetic plains, which have recently been facing survival threats, are part of a comprehensive plan by the Uttar Pradesh government to conserve them and protect their natural habitats.The Yogi Adityanath...
bird conservation
eco-tourism
etawah district
forest department
gangetic plains
grey heron
groundwatermanagement
mainpuri district
open-billed stork
sarus circuit
sarus crane
state bird
up eco-tourism development board
uttar pradesh
wetland conservation
Gandhinagar, February 23 – Gujarat will deepen 10 ponds in every taluka as part of a statewide water conservation drive launched on Monday, with the state government aiming to further raise groundwater levels ahead of the monsoon.Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel formally launched the Sujalam...
check dams
environmental management
flood control
groundwatermanagement
gujarat
gujarat government
pond deepening
public participation
rainwater harvesting
rural development
sujalam sufalam jal abhiyan
water conservation
water resources
water storage
water supply
New Delhi, February 19 The Centre reviewed the implementation of key water resource schemes in nine states at a high-level meeting chaired by Water Resources Secretary V L Kantha Rao, with emphasis on strengthening coordination and expediting pending projects.The regional conference of state...
central ground water board
central water commission
dam safety
dowr rd & gr
flood plain zoning
groundwatermanagement
jal sanchay jan bhagidari
ministry of jal shakti
national dam safety authority
national institute of hydrology
national water development agency
national water informatics centre
new delhi
sediment management
water governance
water resource management
water schemes