water crisis in India
-
March 09, 2020, Monday
Best of BS Opinion: YES Bank fallout, Data Protection Bill, and more
Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk YES Bank's fallout, Data Protection Bill among other issues.
-
March 08, 2020, Sunday
The next water decade
Water can be recycled and re-used and thus we may not have water wars. The real challenge is ensuring the sustainability of the ...
-
December 25, 2019, Wednesday
Govt plans new policy to recover water tariffs from all kinds of consumers
The Centre will make available extra budgetary resources for the Mission, which will be allocated along with gross budgetary ...
-
December 11, 2019, Wednesday
Not a drop to drink: Chennai still caught in cyclical water crisis
The third of a five-part series highlights how recycling of waste water is the only way to fight drought
-
November 22, 2019, Friday
BJP, AAP members clash in Rajya Sabha over water quality in Delhi
Trouble started when BJP's Vijay Goel was called to make his Zero Hour submission on the quality of water in Delhi
-
November 21, 2019, Thursday
No proposal to make Right to Water fundamental right: Jal Shakti minister
Any such proposal is not under consideration of the government, the minister said during Question Hour
-
November 16, 2019, Saturday
How traditional water bodies can help India deal with looming water crisis
The Ministry of Jal Shakti was launched in May this year with the mandate to find solutions to India's escalating water crisis
-
November 11, 2019, Monday
We have severely underinvested in waste water treatment: Veena Srinivasan
According to a NITI report, 21 cities in India will run out of groundwater which will affect 100 million people. Veena ...
-
October 15, 2019, Tuesday
Govt plans to train women across villages to combat water crisis
Inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene cost India around 0.8 per cent of its gross domestic product, according to the ...
-
October 11, 2019, Friday
History keeper of Beni Ka Purwa
Small farmers aren't able to till their land anymore because of water scarcity.
