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Ram Vilas Paswan says tap water in Delhi ‘not drinkable at all’

PTI - September 24, 2019

Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said Delhi's tap water is sub-standard and in India’s tap water isn’t certified.

India could soon have ‘water refugees’ migrating to other countries

PTI - September 17, 2019

'Waterman' Rajendra Singh, who won the Magsaysay award for his work in water management, says 72% of India's underground aquifers have dried up.

100 mn hectares going to waste, govt to bring land & water schemes together to fix problem

Mohana Basu - August 7, 2019

India to host Conference of Parties to UN Convention to Combat Desertification in September where issues such as land degradation, drought will be discussed.

Modi govt plans to charge rural India nominal fee for piped water under Nal Se Jal

Moushumi Das Gupta - July 22, 2019

This is one of the many models being considered under the government’s ambitious Nal Se Jal scheme, through which it hopes to ensure piped water in all rural homes by 2024.

An asteroid might be the reason why Earth has water

Monica Grady - July 21, 2019

A new study published in Science Advances suggests that the solar system is probably a lot wetter than had previously been thought.

Farm to health to education, Modi govt’s Budget has no clear vision for India’s social sector

Avani Kapur - July 6, 2019

The Budget reverted to Modi government’s old avatar – a focus on infrastructure and a mission-mode model of meeting targets, this time for water.

Power to water: If India wants to fulfil economic goals, it needs better infrastructure

Partha Mukhopadhyay - July 5, 2019

For too long, governments have focused on making money from infrastructure rather than seeing it as a service that can power growth.

Like Swachh Bharat, Modi wants mission Save Water. Stop free water first

Nitin Pai - July 2, 2019

If a commodity is under-priced, like water, it will be overused. Sell petrol for Rs 10 per litre tomorrow and more vehicles will be on the road.

Kedarnath trip not political, tried to find my inner self: PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat

Neelam Pandey - June 30, 2019

In his first radio address since the BJP's thumping victory, PM also calls for Swacch Bharat-like campaign to tackle water crisis.

As Chennai water woes mount, here’s the audit report Tamil Nadu govt wanted buried

Krupa Ge - June 27, 2019

The word ‘failed’ appears 38 times and ‘failure(s)’ 41 times in the CAG report on 2015 Chennai floods – it was a manmade catastrophe.

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