Nabard Water Conservation
Telangana tops water conservation projects; Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan follow
With the construction of 5.2 lakh water conservation structures, Telangana has emerged as the best-performing state under the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari (JSJB) 1.0 initiative, the Ministry of Jal Shakti said on Tuesday. Chhattisgarh secured second place with 4.05 lakh completed projects, followed by Rajasthan with 3.64 lakh structures, Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil said. Paatil announced this year's awards being given under the "Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain" campaign. The awards will be presented at the 6th National Water Awards by President Droupadi Murmu on November 18, alongside V L Kantha Rao, Secretary of the Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation. Launched in September 2024 in Surat, JSJB promotes community-led water stewardship through a whole-of-government and whole-of-society model. States were tasked with creating a minimum of 10,000 artificial recharge and storage structures, while municipal corporations were required to complete a
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Urge farmers to cultivate millets, pulses: FM Nirmala Sitharaman to Nabard
She also called for protecting the returns of farmers, who are already growing millets
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Water conservation: Nabard to help 1,00,000 villages before monsoon
The programme will cover both water-scarce and flood-affected areas in India
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