-The Hindu ‘GroundWater will not be a free resource’ New Delhi: The government has for the first time said that citizens had a right to safe Water and laid out stringent rules on how corporations and large entities can extract groundWater in two separate pieces of draft legislation uploaded on the website of the Union Water Ministry and open for public comment. The Bills —in a first — also propose fines ranging from...
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IMD predicts excess rainfall -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu ‘Southwest monsoon will set in over Kerala in next 3 or 4 days’ Even while maintaining that the torrential rain in Kerala was pre-monsoon showers, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said in an update to its April monsoon forecast that rainfall would be 6% above the 50-year average of 89 cm. Rains over north-west India would be 8% more; over Central and South India 13% more and over north-east...
More »Draft Water bill proposes ‘Water for life’ for all -Amitabh Sinha
-The Indian Express Draft law says Water shall not be denied to anyone over inability to pay, being proposed as model legislation for states. A proposed new law on Water promises to give every person the right to a minimum amount of “safe Water”, while making the state “obliged” to “protect” and conserve Water. The draft National Water Framework Bill says every person would be entitled to “Water for life” that shall...
More »Nikhil Dey of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) speaks to Civil Society
-CivilSocietyOnline.com For the past decade state governments have launched a series of Internet-based initiatives to deliver services more efficiently. Technology has been seen as the best way of bypassing red tape and corruption in the system to reach the poor directly with benefits. Beneficiaries are identified through biometrics and a series of tech solutions like smart cards, micro ATMs and so on. The result of these efforts is that India is...
More »Drought in India: There's Water everywhere in Latur, but not a drop of it's free -Yogendra Yadav
-FirstPost.com Water, Water, everywhere. That is the thought that strikes you first, as you step into the rural areas of drought-hit Latur. Branded, chilled Water bottles pop out of nowhere, when you ask for some drinking Water in the middle of a modest village. You notice that a familiar looking label actually hides a different, local brand underneath. Lots of households around use drinking Water cans, again carrying those local brands. And...
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