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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicJal Shakti ministry

Topic: Jal Shakti ministry

With Arunachal’s Siang dam project facing delays & protests, how Centre plans to win over local residents

Residents of villages bound to be impacted have been opposing the project. With monsoon stalling all work, Centre & state govt intend to use the lean period to proceed with public outreach.

India to be in water stress by 2030, Jal Shakti Ministry confirms in Rajya Sabha response

The government was responding to a question on the measures implemented in response to a WWF report that flagged 30 cities in India that will face water scarcity by 2050.

India’s dam rehabilitation scheme unveiled for cleaner rivers

Sediment removal and ecosystem restoration to enhance fisheries and river activities.

Shahpurkandi dam complete after 3 decades, will help check unutilised Ravi water flowing to Pakistan

The dam, part of Rs 3,300 cr Shahpurkandi multipurpose river valley project, also comprises 2 hydropower plants, which are expected to be completed by 2025 end.

‘Have’ toilet vs ‘access to’ toilet — why Jal Shakti & health ministry butted heads over NFHS-6 question

Secretary, Dept of Drinking Water & Sanitation, in letter to health secretary suggested that change in NFHS-VI question was 'necessary to ensure chances of respondent bias are minimised'.

World Bank papers show ‘most concerning’ decline in toilet usage. Withdrawn ‘under pressure’ later

The three World Bank papers, published in September, highlighted decline in toilet use citing lack of sustainable institutional measures to support Swacch Bharat Mission.

What’s next for SYL canal? Khattar ‘will apprise SC of Punjab’s attitude’, Mann sticks to guns

After meet called by Union Jal Shakti Ministry, Khattar accused Punjab of refusing to accept SC verdict while Mann said state doesn’t have a ‘drop of water’ to share with Haryana.

Modi govt’s piped water scheme can stop 1.36 lakh child deaths/yr, says Nobel laureate-led study

Co-authored by economist Michael Kremer, study says it can be done only if water delivered through Jal Jeevan Mission is free of contamination. Microbes are biggest culprit, it adds.

Why Russia’s Ukraine invasion has put Nal Se Jal’s 2024 deadline in jeopardy

Nal Se Jal, a scheme to provide potable drinking water to rural households across India, has 95 per cent of its pending work concentrated in 13 states, with UP topping the list.

Punjab’s Vini Mahajan is new drinking water secretary, 8 other secy-level appointments cleared

In September this year, Mahajan was replaced as Punjab chief secretary after Charanjit Singh Channi took over as CM.

On Camera

India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.