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WATER CONSERVATION INCENTIVES
Own a house in India’s cleanest city? Here's how you can cut your property tax by 10% in IndoreIndore homeowners can now slash property tax bills by 10% through functional rainwater harvesting systems. Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav announ...- Chile in the 1970s planted millions of Monterey pine and eucalyptus trees for timber, but scientists now say many native forests have been replaced, while streams and wildlife have declinedChile's biodiversity hotspot has witnessed a dramatic native forest decline since 1960, replaced by fast-growing pine plantations. Driven b...
- Banks boost renewable energy credit by 7% in April amid energy security concernsBanks are boosting credit to renewable energy projects, with a 7% jump in April, as global conflicts highlight India's reliance on oil. Thi...
- NCR plan keeps Aravali safeguards after long debateThe National Capital Region's Regional Plan 2041 will keep the Natural Conservation Zone. This protects the Aravali ecosystem and sensitive...
- Why partnerships will define India’s agricultural transitionIndia's agriculture faces climate challenges. A robust public finance foundation can drive a new phase of growth. Regenerative agriculture ...
- Government to roll out VB-G RAM G scheme from July 1; Parliamentary committee briefedGet ready for the VB-G RAM G rural employment program, kicking off on July 1 and taking over from MGNREGA! With backing from 25 states, thi...
- ‘Patience, consistency, belief and a mother’s dream’: Madhya Pradesh teacher turns 7 acres of barren land into a forestRetired teacher Mahesh Sarathi from Madhya Pradesh transformed nearly 8 acres of dry, unused land into a thriving forest to fulfil his moth...
- How India can fix its rapidly expanding water problemIndia faces worsening water crises due to reduced river flows and falling water tables, exacerbated by climate change. The government's foc...
- Haryana giving special incentive to farmers to adopt crop diversificationIn this direction, the state government took the initiative and started its ambitious Mera Pani-Meri Virasat Scheme, under which the key ob...
- Niti panel likely to propose incentives for efficient use of waterThe committee is also expected to reassess the water resource scenario of India and make future projections of water requirements to arrive...
- Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana going the Latur way as groundwater extraction risesIt could get much worse in the future if one looks at the way Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan have been drawing water from the ground.
- Government launches fund for MSMEs to acquire clean manufacturing technologyThe Scheme is conceptualised to catalyse the manufacturing growth in MSME sector to contribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in I...
- Water sector needs purposeful action to match India's long term needsA recent UN report on water has rightly underlined the pressing need for proactive policy to avert a likely crisis in the offing in India.
- India can cut agricultural emissions & subsidies by creating a market for farm offsetsIndia can launch a prototype in Punjab and Bihar, may be under the Sustainable Agriculture Mission under the NAPCC.
- New water usage norms to encourage conservation“We’ll start with the industries and analyse whether they are water friendly or not,” said a senior official at the ministry of water resou...
- Govt plans water audit for industryThe water resources ministry has also roped in industrial bodies such as Ficci, Assocham and CII to conduct an audit of water consumption b...
- Experts call for action plan to stave off water crisis in IndiaExperts in the Odisha’s capital city here urged for an urgent action plan on a priority basis to save the country from severe water crisis ...
- Govt plans to offter tax breaks to industrial users for saving waterTo promote judicious use of water, the govt is planning to offer incentives to big industrial users if they are able to reduce wastage of w...
- SUV owners should pay full market price of diesel: Jairam RameshRamesh, who had earlier called SUVs as criminals and Socially Useless Vehicles for being bad emitters, has raised a storm in the auto secto...
- National Water Mission gets nod of Council on Climate ChangeThe Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change approved the National Water Mission focusing on making water conservation a peoples' movemen...
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