Mihir Shah

Participatory groundwater management is the lifeline of India's economy and society

Water requirements of these plants are huge as cooling systems can consume millions of litres annually, often in water-scarce regions such as Mumbai and Chennai

The fourth in a series of weekly articles on the new National Water Policy

The third in a series of weekly articles on the new National Water Policy

It marks a shift from the command-and-control approach to nature

The pandemic underscores the need to redefine our relationship with nature

In the recent clamour for their re-privatisation, we seem to have forgotten the rationale for bank nationalisation and the crucial role public sector banks continue to play in war against poverty

The number of people living in urban India is expected to grow to around 800 million by 2050. But access to safe drinking water has already become a fearsome challenge for the vast majority

India must learn from the ecological pioneers and carefully adapt the learnings to our own conditions

If completed, the project could endanger the integrity of India's monsoon cycle

Tubewells, which were once seen as the solution to India's water problem, have tragically ended up becoming the main cause of water crisis

Till the time you don't give water to a farmer's fields, you can't save him from suicide

Building a more resilient, diverse and less water-consuming farm system has multiple collateral win-wins