Budget allocates Rs 74,226 crore for drinking water and sanitationThe Centre has allocated Rs 74,226 crore for the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Union Budget 2025-26, focusing mainly o...
01 Feb, 2025, 04.18 PM IST
PM Modi hails growth in water economy, says conservation part of Indian traditionPrime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the importance of enhancing the water economy in India, noting that it fosters job creation, improv...
06 Sep, 2024, 10.02 PM IST
Budget allocation for Water Resources, Ganga Rejuvenation surges 55 pcThe Department of Water Resources budget has increased by 55% to Rs 30,233.83 crore for 2024-25. Finance Minister Sitharaman announced Rs 1...
23 Jul, 2024, 06.53 PM IST
World Water Day 2024: Close the tap before it's dryDecades back, agriculture was termed a 'gamble on the monsoon'. Earlier, with surface water being tapped through canal irrigation systems, ...
21 Mar, 2024, 11.12 PM IST
An impending water crisis can cripple India's agriculture sector. Here's how to tackle itConsuming over 80% of the country's freshwater, agriculture in India is one of the key areas being disrupted by climate change. Farmers oft...
23 Mar, 2023, 12.16 AM IST
11.5 cr households now have tap water connections, 1.5 lakh villages potable water supply: Govt dataThe statistics came on a day that is marked as World Water Day with the UN World Water Development Report 2023 saying 26 per cent of the wo...
22 Mar, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges public to participate in conservation of waterGovernment is holding the first All-India Annual State Ministers' conference on water in Bhopal in which Jal Shakti ministers from all stat...
06 Jan, 2023, 12.41 AM IST
Quality Council of India appoints Jaxay Shah as new ChairmanEstablished in 1997 through a Cabinet Note by the government of India, QCI is mandated to promote quality in the country through national a...
22 Oct, 2022, 06.45 PM IST
Farm production rose, agricultural exports touched record Rs 3 lakh cr in 2020-21 crop year: President KovindOn the first day of the budget session of the Parliament, the President addressed the joint sitting and said, "To improve agriculture infra...
31 Jan, 2022, 02.08 PM IST
Govt's decision to build two new dams will rejuvenate River Yamuna: Jal Shakti MinisterThe government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) under which 90 per cent grant has been given to three nation...
19 Dec, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
Budget session: Full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's speech in ParliamentPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said any form of violence in the name of protest makes our society and country weaker. He was addressin...
31 Jan, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
Bundelkhand, India’s most water scarce region, could get piped water in homes next yearThe Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday invited bids from private consultants to help draw up a plan and select companies to execute a pr...
28 Dec, 2019, 09.51 AM IST
CM Amarinder writes to PM for inclusion of Punjab in Atal Bhujal YojanaChief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh wrote a letter to the Prime Minister seeking inclusion of Punjab in Atal Bhujal Yojana whi...
26 Dec, 2019, 09.41 PM IST
Cabinet approves Atal Bhujal YojanaThe Atal Bhujal Yojana scheme envisages active participation of the communities in various activities such as formation of water user assoc...
24 Dec, 2019, 04.26 PM IST
Soon 'Atal Bhujal Yojana' be sent to Union Cabinet for approvalThe scheme was announced in the 2016-17 Union Budget under which the funding was to be done on 50 per cent basis by the Centre as well as t...
03 Oct, 2019, 10.18 PM IST
Haryana farmers to get Rs 1500 crore more post enhanced MSPIncrease in MSP of crops as approved by the Central Government would benefit the paddy farmers of Haryana with Rs 6,000 per acre, cotton fa...
17 Jul, 2018, 08.51 AM IST