-The Hindu Water reaches 136m at the Sardar Sarovar dam Gujarat continues to be battered by heavy rains, prompting authorities to put more than 100 dams and reservoirs on high alert. The State has put more than half of its Water bodies on high alert following heavy Water inflows at the reservoirs as rains continue unabated, exceeding more than 110 % of the season’s total rainfall. As per the latest update, out of...

-The Indian Express Addressing the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned that India was "focusing on Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)". In her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had spoken of the need to “go back to basics”, and to “replicate this innovative model (that) can help in doubling our farmers’ income”. The National Academy of...

-Down to Earth To reduce the consumption of Water and maximise agricultural productivity in the country, the government is trying to introduce different innovations The gap between irrigation potential created, through major and minor projects, and the actual usage is increasing and affecting the country’s agricultural productivity, according to the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), the premier agricultural education and research body under the Union Ministry of Agriculture. "The key challenge facing...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Underlining the importance of wetlands not only as a source of Water but also as ecosystems that prevent land degradation and desertification, the Centre has identified 130 wetlands for priority restoration in the next five years and asked states to submit their respective integrated management plan by October 15. The highest number of such identified wetlands are in Uttar Pradesh (16) followed by Madhya Pradesh (13),...

-News18.com Calling for reorganisation of the agriculture sector and crop diversification, Mihir Shah said that agriculture must be thought of as an enterprise. Delhi: Incentivising cultivation of Water-efficient crops and not “maniacal” river-linking is the need of the hour as the crippling Water crisis bears down on India’s agrarian economy, former Planning Commission member and Water conservationist Dr Mihir Shah has said. Calling for a reorganisation of the agriculture sector and crop...