Proposed Water Policy, being drafted jointly by water resources ministry and Plan Panel, to offer incentives to cut wastage
In an effort to promote judicious use of water, the government is planning to offer incentives, such as tax breaks, to big industrial users if they are able to reduce wastage of water.
The incentives may feature in the new National Water Policy, which is being prepared
Captain Ajay Singh Yadav, Finance, Irrigation, Forest & Environment Minister of Haryana today urged the Union Minister of Water Resources to take up the matter with the Supreme Court of India for getting the Presidential Reference regarding SYL decided soon so that construction of SYL canal could be completed at the earliest and Haryana could get its lawful share of water.
Water pollutant levels are only set to rise with India facing increasing nitrate contamination in its water supply.
Nitrate content in drinking water increases cancer risk as these compounds have been found to be highly carcinogenic.
Their huge increase in water levels has been caused by nitrate fertilisers being used by farmers and because of the increasing industrial and domestic wastes be
The Centre will come up with a new National Water Policy next year that will address the issues of water scarcity, management and conservation, Union Water Resources Minister Salman Khurshid said here on Monday.
The Ministry has already undertaken an exercise to review the National Water Policy of 2002, and is holding consultations with various stakeholders on the new policy, which would take o
Sounding alarm bells against over-extraction of groundwater for irrigation and allied purposes, the Planning Commission has asked the government not to sanction any fresh irrigation projects unless the existing ones were completed.
To solve the problem of water scarcity and encourage conservation of the fast depleting natural resource, the Centre will announce the latest National Water Policy next year, water resources minister Salman Khurshid said on Monday.
The National water mission, one of the eight missions in the National Action Plan for climate change, also cleared
The Union cabinet on Wednesday cleared the creation of a national clean energy fund that will finance green energy projects and research ventures aimed at reducing India
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the constitution of a National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) along with guidelines and modalities for approval of projects to be eligible for financing under this fund.
The fund was set up to serve as a separate non-lapsable corpus for funding green energy projects with the broader objective of cutting down India
The Union minister of water resources, Salman Khurshid, on Wednesday said his ministry is preparing a comprehensive national water policy that will deal with all aspects of development and water conservation.
Khurshid was speaking to the media on the sidelines of the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a hostel of the National Water Academy in Khadakwasla.
