Available freshwater resources per person have declined by more than 20 percent over the past two decades globally, underscoring the importance of producing more with less, especially in the agriculture sector, the world’s largest user of water, the Food and Agriculture Agency said in a report. More than three billion people live in agricultural areas […]
More than 26 million families have been provided with piped drinking water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission in the past one and a half years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while laying the foundation stone for rural drinking water supply projects in the two districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The projects are expected to be completed in the next two years. The […]
Water has always been held sacred in India, home to one of the oldest riverside civilisations. In a sign of times, now even Wall Street is starting to recognise its importance and starting this week it will start trading in California water futures. Trading in the resource comes even as wildfires have razed swathes of […]
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said there is a need to shift from rice to millet cultivation to reduce high water consumption. Millets are nutritious and rich in micro nutrients, particularly protein and calcium, and they must be used in safety net schemes for women and children to reduce high water consumption, he said in […]
BY RITWIK SINHA The adverse impact of climate changes on Indian agriculture is increasingly becoming visible with delayed rainfall or excessive rainfall resulting in demand-supply imbalance of several commodities in the domestic market in the recent times. To deal with the vagaries triggered by unpredictable weather conditions, the Ministry of Agriculture has resorted to promotion […]
Farmers in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region need to be weaned away from water-intensive crops such as sugarcane because of recurring droughts and water scarcity, a state government official has said in a draft report, reports Financial Express. Aurangabad divisional commissioner Sunil Kendrekar told Financial Express that he is giving final touches to a report on measures […]
The cumulative water storage in major reservoirs in the country dropped by 2 per cent over the last week to 54 billion cubic metre (BCM), or 33 per cent of total storage capacity, said a statement from the Central Water Commission (CWC). The situation however is slightly better than in the corresponding period last year, […]
Water scarcity is not the only threat the world is facing; salinisation due to incorrect irrigation methods in another worry looming over its agriculture map. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that about 33% of all irrigated farmland in the world has been affected by salt. This is expected to […]
India faces the worst long-term water crisis in its history as demand outstrips supply and millions of lives and livelihoods could be at risk, said a think tank chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in its White Paper. By 2030, water demand is projected to be double the supply, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of […]
Uranium, known for its radioactive properties, has been found in predominant quantities in India’s groundwater across 16 states. This is the first time that the extent of uranium present in the country’s groundwater has been evaluated. The study, conducted by researchers of Duke University, North Carolina, USA, suggests that human factors serve as a catalyst taking natural uranium […]
