Reports and Documents

This paper investigates the challenges faced by developing countries in relation to urban water supply and explores the issues in details with reference to four selected Asian countries: India, Philippines, Indonesia and Bangladesh.

Kerala is endowed with vast small hydro potential to the tune of about 700 MW. Government of Kerala has issued several guidelines from time to time for the development of small hydro development since 1992. The measues have encourage private investment to harness green energy from natural resources.

Population and economic growth are increasing the demand for water, while climate change, pollution and over extraction of groundwater are decreasing the world’s supply of fresh water. While technological and management reforms can increase supply, sustainable development calls for water conservation.

The Planning Commission vide their Order No.18/3/2011-Tpt dated 06.04.2011 has constituted a Working Group on Road Transport for the Formulation of Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017).

In this report, the authors take stock of the trends and indicators that tell how, and how well, the world of business is doing to address sustainability concerns. It presents 10 key trends one needs to know for 2012.

On December 22, 2011, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution introduced the National Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha (the Lower House of the Indian Parliament).

The objective of this primer is to introduce the water law and policy framework in India, including the ongoing water sector/ law reforms, to members of the public, civil society organisations, and government representatives. The primer encapsulates water laws, the current water law reforms; their impacts and issues for further advocacy.

High pumping costs made it hard for smallholders in West Bengal to make profitable use of groundwater. Research carried out by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) helped convince the Government of West Bengal to adopt new agricultural groundwater policies to benefit poor farmers

Monitoring of water and land objects enters a revolutionary age with the rise of ubiquitous remote sensing and public access.

The Africa–Asia Drought Risk Management Peer Assistance Project seeks to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and technical cooperation among drought-prone countries in Africa and Asia and thus to promote best practices in drought risk management (DRM) for development in the two regions.