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Need to build inclusive cities in the post-pandemic world
Teaser: It’s time that public policy focuses on a radical re-envisioning of urban spaces and on improving social inclusion of migrants in urban settings. When migrants headed home after Covid-19...
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Jharkhand launches scheme to revive rural economy
Teaser: Policy matters this weekJharkhand government launches three schemes to revive rural economy under the MGNREGAIn a bid to revive the rural economy that has been affected by the lockdown owing to...
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Water levels in major reservoirs maximum in last 13 years: CWC
Teaser: News this weekWater storage level 76 percent more than last year: CWCAccording to the Central Water Commission's (CWC) weekly bulletin, as on 6 May, 2020, live water storage in 123 reservoirs...
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Building resilience of communities during and beyond Covid-19
Teaser: Interventions that increase dependencies and use of local resources to resolve challenges locally can help increase resilience of farmers. Covid-19 pandemic has unleashed multiple challenges in...
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Ensuring food security in times of Covid-19
Teaser: A study conducted in 47 districts indicates that over half of the surveyed households are eating less during lockdown.The study, ‘Covid-19 induced lockdown - How is hinterland coping’, based on...
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Covid-19: Managing the disaster in rural India
Teaser: There is a need to rethink our disaster management policies and the top-down approach that it follows.With an attempt to contain the spread of deadly Covid-19, Indian government had announced a...
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Covid-19 could push 260 million Indians into poverty: Research
Teaser: News this week Nearly 260 million Indian could be pushed to poverty due to Covid-19: ResearchersAccording to the United Nations and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), the...
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5-star rating for garbage free-cities to Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore
Teaser: Policy matters this weekSwachh Survekshan for urban India: Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore among the topCentre has announced the performance of cities under the Star Rating Protocol, which is part...
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Lockdown puts citymakers at risk
Teaser: The forced exodus of the migrants who built our cities indicates how they were shortchanged on every front. Suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide lockdown, the migrants who built our...
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Agricultural crop substitution can bridge rural and urban water needs
Teaser: Rural and urban water crisis in India can be addressed through adaptive changes in current agricultural practices, as per a study in Maharashtra by the Indian School of Business. With 85...
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Northeast fights Covid-19
Teaser: While Northeast appears to be better off than the rest of India in the number of Covid cases, how are migrants from the North East coping?While Covid-19 has left many countries including India...
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Battling Covid-19 in Jharkhand
Teaser: While tribals in Jharkhand continue to struggle with the impacts of Covid-19, WOTR has been on the frontlines helping them cope with poverty and hunger.Jharkhand is a state dominated by tribal...
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Railway stations to be categorised based on wastewater generation
Teaser: Policy matters this weekRailway stations to be classified based on wastewater generationThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will classify railway stations under the red, orange and green...
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Priorities for the Revised National Water Policy
Teaser: There is need to evolve a National Water Policy that establishes a framework and pathway to sustainable, efficient and equitable management of surface and groundwater resources.The Department...
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Groundwater depletion in Punjab: Time for a major policy overhaul
Teaser: The time for quick fixes is over; a comprehensive policy overhaul is urgently needed to impede the juggernaut of Punjab's groundwater depletion.Punjab, a small state in northwest India, derives...
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Flood threat looms amid Covid-19 in Bihar
Teaser: Can Bihar deal with the double whammy of Covid-19 and the annual floods?Bihar’s annual floods are right around the corner and there is a fear that the flood hazard will collide with the...
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UP tops in providing employment under MGNREGS
Teaser: Policy matters this weekUP emerges as the top state in the country to give employment under MGNREGSUnder the rural employment guarantee scheme, the Uttar Pradesh government has engaged 57.13...
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Boosting rural livelihoods using agriculture and MGNREGA amidst Covid-19
Teaser: Strengthening farm and non-farm livelihoods can pave the way for food and nutritional security.As the Covid-19 pandemic was leaving deep scars around the globe, it forced governments to take...
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Repurposing microirrigation to deal with water woes
Teaser: Microirrigation does not often bring about a change in cropping patterns, with farmers continuing with water-intensive crops.India is likely to face stark water scarcity in the coming decades...
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Pumping groundwater to harnessing rainfall: A tale of two states
Teaser: Saurashtra, and Vidarbha and Marathwada have similar climatic and aquifer characteristics. Why do the latter suffer from droughts when Saurashtra has been able to improve its groundwater...
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