Water Supply

Public-private partnership - Safe drinking water in rural areas

One of the gravest problems ahead of us is the availability of drinking water in rural areas. Public-private partnership (PPP) is the new development mantra. In the area of provision of safe drinking water in rural areas, some notable work has already been carried out.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Aseem Gupta
Development Alternatives
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Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply, Water Supply, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Public Sector, Private Sector, Panchayats, India
Water Resources

Water for business: initiatives guiding sustainable water management in the private sector

This report, produced jointly by IUCN and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), identifies 16 initiatives or tools for water management, driven by business leaders, civil society and governments, which have emerged since 2006.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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Water Resources, Water Management, Industry, Private Sector, Global, Environment Management
Agriculture

Revitalizing Asias irrigation: to sustainability meet tomorrows food needs

Asia accounts for 70% of the world

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
& et al, Jacob Burke, Aditi Mukherji, Thierry Facon
International Water Management Institute
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Tanks, Water Conservation, Water Demand, Reservoirs, Irrigation, Surface Water Irrigation, Canal Irrigation, Groundwater Irrigation, Climate Change, Public Sector, Private Sector, Asia, India, South Asia, Food Security
Habitat And Urbanisation

Reengineering urban infrastructure

This paper unpacks the key mechanisms, strategies and processes the IFIs have used to build agreement with their policies among government, donor and corporate circles.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Lalitha Kamath, Vinay Baindur
South Asia
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Urbanisation, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urban Finance, Private Sector, Governance, World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), India, Infrastructure Development
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

 The weather mart

Met department is not the only one predicting weather in India. Forecasts are now sold by businesses to businesses

Publication Date: 
30/07/2009
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, Weather Predictions, Monsoons, Crop Insurance, Farmers, Traditional Knowledge, Private Sector, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), India, Vidisha (D), Wardha (D), Rainfall
Health

 A vaccine for corrupt alliances

The last time the prime minister bent too far to keep the coalition going WHEN the United Progressive Alliance (upa) was looking for partners after the 2004 general election, anyone was welcome. But has better judgment prevailed this time around? The coalition could ask itself this as it clears the mess left behind by the former Union minister for health and family welfare. It was a

Publication Date: 
30/07/2009
Down to Earth
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Health, Health Policy, Drugs, Drug Industry, Immunisation, Vaccination, Child Health, Private Sector, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Politics
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

 Crop insurance

Farmers are opting for weather-based crop insurance due to frequent weather disturbances. Prashant Bachhav is one of them. He has six hectares (ha) in Nashik district in Maharashtra. Monsoon normally arrives in Nashik by June 10. Accordingly, Bachhav sowed jowar and bajra by mid-June. This year rainfall was sparse in June. Bachhav feared the yield would decrease by 30-40 per cent. He insures

Publication Date: 
30/07/2009
Down to Earth
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Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, Weather Predictions, Monsoons, Crop Insurance, Farmers, Private Sector, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), India, Maharashtra, Nasik (D), Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur (D), Rainfall
Habitat And Urbanisation

NHAI to offer 1,400 km of road stretches on PPP

Mihir Mishra / New Delhi July 24, 2009, 0:35 IST

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is, for the first time, giving operation, maintenance and transfer (OMT) of nine stretches on a public-private partnership (PPP). It is offering over 1,400 km of stretches under this model.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Roads, Public Sector, Private Sector, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Health

Get your own vaccine

India is reeling from a debilitating shortage of vaccines, which has severely affected the universal immunization programme reveals the latest report in Down To Earth (DTE). Is based on response to an RTI application filed by DTE that revealed how a plan to promote private vaccine makers boomeranged.

Publication Date: 
15/07/2009
Vibha Varshney
Down to Earth
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Health, Health Care, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Health Policy, Immunisation, Vaccination, Child Health, Private Sector, Right To Information (RTI), Government Of India (GOI), Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, CSE, India
Health

 Get your own vaccine

Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private vaccine makers boomeranged. The health ministry was forced to get vaccines illegally from the very public sector manufacturers it suspended last year Shuvam Kumar lay on an iron cot in the tetanus ward of the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital

Publication Date: 
14/07/2009
Vibha Varshney
Down to Earth
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20090715
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Health, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Health Policy, Drugs, Drug Industry, Immunisation, Vaccination, Child Health, Polio, Tuberculosis, Measles, Private Sector, Right To Information (RTI), Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, CSE, India

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