21st Century Battles, 20th Century Solutions
I was in Israel to study water management in that country on an invitation from an internationally renowned Israeli water expert
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NeGP: National e-Gov AppStore 2013
The e-Government Appstore, established under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) and Digital India, is hosted by the National Informatics centre under MeitY.The platform allows contributing entities (government/private) to upload applications (subject to multi-stage approval), which can then be searched, reviewed, rated and either invoked as Saas or downloaded for deployment. It hosts core components such as payment gateways, messaging modules, and MIS reporting tools for cross- use across departments.
The Complex Realities of Water Management
Our water sector today is facing insurmountable problems. A country with 130 crore mouths to feed, with rapid urbanization and industrialization and changing consumption patterns and life styles, the challenges facing the water managers of our country are immense.
The Politics Behind Water Reform Narratives
National Water Commission (NWC) subsumes the Central Water Commission (CWC) and Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
The Himalayan Region and the Escalating Flood Crisis
It began as a heavy rain, the kind that Himachal Pradesh has seen before. But by the night of June 28, it became clear that this was no ordinary monsoon rain. Cloudbursts over the upper reaches of the Beas basin triggered a chain reaction — landslides, glacial run-off, river swelling, and catastrophic flooding.
Misplaced Priorities? Rethinking India’s Approach to the Water Crisis
Water problems are not new in India. They have been there for many millennia in different forms—water scarcity, droughts, floods, water logging, water contamination, etc.
Ripples of Uncertainty: Rethinking the Indus Waters Treaty
One of the oldest water treaties on the planet which was over sharing of waters between two nations of South Asia that came into existence in 1960 and survived several tensions and military conflicts