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Need for topping up underground water

BANANAS are thirsty plants, and farmers in the Jalgaon area of Maharashtra -- who produce 10,00,000 tonnes of the state"s annual banana output of 17,00,000 tonnes -- have literally begun mining for

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Water use stretched to the limits

FARMERS in the orange-growing regions of Warud and Morshi in Amravati district of Maharashtra refer to the area as "the California of Vidarbha." According to the directorate of horticulture, of the

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Helping slum dwellers to help themselves

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Involving the community in slum improvement has worked successfully in the Philippines and Mexico. Hidebound bureaucrats in the Third World, who insist they know best, should learn a lesson from these experiments.

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Money Buys Least When Bureaucrats Spend It

Money Buys Least When Bureaucrats Spend It

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Paying nature's bill

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Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the realisation that ecological costs have to be accounted for, here and now. But will Manmohan Singh pay heed to

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Going back to the past for a better future

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The Tarun Bharat Sangh is helping drought hit villagers of Alwar district of Rajasthan grow crops by reviving a traditional system of dam construction.

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Economic instruments there...

A large number of "economic instruments" are already being used in industrialised countries, according to a recent survey conducted by J B Opschoor of the Free University of Amsterdam. These economic instruments can be classified into five types: charges,

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Striving for gram swaraj

Nanakram Gujjar of Haripura has studied up to fifth class and was the most educated person in his village till last year. He chose to be a bachelor in protest against the tradition of bride price. He is landless although he comes from a joint family of 51

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The price of water

Low water prices have been pinpointed as being responsible for wasteful consumption by both domestic and industrial consumers, but what does the government propose to do about it?

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Targeting the paper industry

Higher rates have to be charged if the Indian paper industry is to learn a much needed lesson in water conservation.

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