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India accounts for 25% of global groundwater use, says committee, flags over-extractionIndia faces a critical challenge with excessive groundwater extraction, contributing 25 percent to global withdrawals. A parliamentary comm...- Internal audit flags Rs 709 crore irregularities in Jal Shakti ministry schemesAn audit reveals financial issues in the Jal Shakti ministry. The audit for 2023-24 finds irregularities of over Rs 709 crore. Blocked fund...
- Centre plans to extend Atal Jal scheme to 5 more states, including Bihar, PunjabThe Centre aims to expand the Atal Bhujal Yojana, targeting groundwater sustainability, from seven to twelve states, incorporating Andhra P...
- 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...
- 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, ...
- EMS offers niche water infra bet amid government pushBusiness: The company designs and constructs projects related to water treatment, water supply, water plant, distribution, operation and ma...
- Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma lays foundations for projects worth Rs 767 cr in Barak ValleyAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated and laid foundations for various projects worth Rs 767 crore in Barak Valley. This inc...
- EMS IPO offers exposure to fast growing water management sectorUttar Pradesh-based construction company EMS plans to raise Rs146 crore through a fresh issue of shares and another up to Rs175 crore throu...
- Welspun Enterprises acquires 50.10% stake in Michigan Engineers for Rs 137 croreWelspun Enterprises (WEL) has bought a 50.10% stake in engineering, procurement and construction firm Michigan Engineers. The transaction, ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Arunachal Pradesh: Excise duty on hard liquor to go up by 15%The cabinet meeting has decided that the rates of Excise Duty in respect of Military/Paramilitary Units shall be 50% of the rates of Excise...
- Close to Rs 12 lakh cr expenditure on urban schemes since 2014; 8 times than UPA: GovtHousing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched 'Bharat Tap' initiative by IPA, which aims to reduce water consumption, and ...
- Govt enumerates welfare steps for tribal welfare in Rajya Sabha debateThe Upper House held a discussion on the working of the Tribal Affairs Ministry as per the demands of the Opposition. Replying to the debat...
- Union Budget: Rs 86,189 crore allocated to Jal Shakti ministryThe Drinking Water and Sanitation Department has been granted Rs 67,221 crore in the Union Budget, which was presented by Finance Minister ...
- Social sector, infrastructure push likely in first post-Covid budgetThe infrastructure ministries including housing and urban affairs, road transport and highways and shipping are likely to see a 15-25% incr...
- Nitish assures PM timely completion of all central govt schemes in BiharPrime Minister inaugurated two sewage treatment plants (STP)- one each at Beur and Karmalichak in Patna- which would treat the water before...
- 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...
- PM Modi launches Atal Jal Yojana aimed at improving groundwater levelHe also named Rohtang passageway in Himachal Pradesh as Atal Tunnel to mark the 95th birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari...
- Tripura government to construct 2200 flatsChief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb addressed the programme “ANGIKAAR” – 'A campaign for change management' at Agartala Town Hall where he disc...
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