Reports and Documents

This paper examines the extent to which the three key underlying determinants of nutrition -- food security; adequate caregiving resources at the maternal, household, and community levels; and access to health services and a safe and hygienic environment -- on their own and interactively are correlated with nutrition outcomes, such as height-for

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, present this One Hundred and Ninety Eighth Report on 'Disaster in Chennai caused by torrential rainfall and consequent flooding in the Country'.

India’s national network of social justice activists and civil society organisations helped achieve legal recognition for the Right to Food in the early 2000’s and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to implement the right to food in practice.

This Report of the Committee deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the First Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Occurrence of High Arsenic Content in Ground Water' pertaining to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Sewage Treatment Plants Under Namami Gange Mission, 11/08/2016. As on 30th June, 2016, 58 project on Sewerage and Sanitation have been sanctioned. This includes 51 projects for STPs and sewerage network Schemes and 7 projects only for laying / rehabilitation of sewer lines.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Inter-State River Water Sharing Disputes, 11/08/2016. On the basis of complaints made by the State Governments, the Central Government has, so far, set up 08 tribunals to settle water disputes among the States under the inter-state river water disputes (ISRWD) Act, 1956.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Impact of Global Warming and Climate Change on Rainfall Pattern, 11/08/2016. Government has undertaken many research studies to analyze the impact of global warming and climate change on rainfall pattern in India.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Conversion of census towns into statutory towns, 11/08/2016. As per Census, 2011, the total number of census towns in the country is 3892. State wise details are given in Annexure. Declaration of census towns into statutory towns is done by the respective state governments under their statues.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contaminated Drinking Water, 11/08/2016. As per the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) guidelines, 10% of the total budget is allocated to North Eastern States.

At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the first universal global climate agreement which sets out a global action plan to combat climate change. The Paris agreement is anchored on the implementation between 2020 and 2030 of nationally determined contributions.