National Infrastructure Pipeline- Volume-II
<p>Infrastructure investment in India between fiscals 2013 and 2017 was estimated at Rs 57 lakh crore ($ 1.1 trillion at different annual exchange rates). The infrastructure investment was Rs ~36 lakh
Irrigation
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Budget of Delhi 2020-21: Budget Speech
<p>Delhi is being recognized for its new initiative and a new thinking towards education, health services, social welfare and social security measures taken to improve the standard of living and quality
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Retendering Process of Polavaram Project
As informed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP), an Expert Committee constituted by it in June, 2019 suggested to go for fresh tenders for balance works of Irrigation Project. Thereafter, tenders
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Restoration of Water Bodies, 05/12/2019
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Restoration of Water Bodies, 05/12/2019. A total of 7,98,908 water bodies (size more than 0.01 ha) have been mapped under India- WRIS project using Satellite Imageries.
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Irrigation-nutrition linkages: evidence from northern Ghana
The paper analyze the linkages between irrigation and nutrition using data from irrigators and non-irrigators in Northern Ghana. The results show that (i) there is a modest difference in the overall household
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Water and related statistics 2019
The present publication is biennial and attempts to cover a wide range of data on water and related resources in the country. It comprises three chapters along with related appendix tables. Summary tables
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Mitigation efforts will not fully alleviate the increase in water scarcity occurrence probability in wheat-producing areas
<p>Global warming is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of severe water scarcity (SWS) events, which negatively affect rain-fed crops such as wheat, a key source of calories and protein for
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Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pattisema and Purushothampatnam Lift Irrigation Scheme lack EC, 06/09/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vatti Vasanth Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/09/2019. An application was filed before the NGT alleging that Pattisema Lift Irrigation
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Silver Bullet: Are Solar Pumps a Panacea for Irrigation, Farmer Distress and Discom Losses?
Solar-powered irrigation is being aggressively promoted by the government as an affordable and sustainable solution for agriculture as well as the rising burden of electricity subsidy. But will solar pumps
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A handbook for establishing water user associations in pump-based irrigation schemes in Myanmar
The purpose of this handbook is to support efforts to improve irrigation efficiency, and crop and water productivity to enhance farm incomes and livelihoods in pump-based irrigation schemes established