This analysis by Asia Foundation on water governance in the Teesta Basin maps the key actors and stakeholders in the basin, relative stakes and their ability to influence water governance decisions in the basin.

The Inter Ministerial Group was constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests last year and was tasked with suggesting an environmental flow for various stretches of the Bhagirathi, the Alaknanda and other tributaries of the Ganga, and to review the environmental impacts of projects proposed on these rivers.

This new ADB report based on 43 case studies highlights how people work together to secure water for all through innovative approaches in basins.

Measuring the effectiveness of adaptation to climate change has assumed significance for the reasons that huge amount of resources are being made available for climate change adaptation and it is important for various stakeholders to identify and prioritize adaptation actions before they are implemented on the ground so as to achieve adaptation

Maharashtra is facing one of the worst droughts this year. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar as well as Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan have said that this year’s drought is worse drought than the one in 1972, which was termed as a ‘famine’.

The Stimson Center, in coordination with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (Pakistan) and the Observer Research Foundation (India), is release of a new report, Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research, Data Sharing, and Policy Coordination.

Transboundary water resources cross national and administrative borders across the globe, supporting in a myriad of ways a majority of the world’s population and ecosystems.

Water security in Asia and the Pacific is under threat from many sources - population growth, urbanization, increasing water pollution, the over-abstraction of groundwater, water-related disasters and climate change warns this latest edition of the Asian Water Development Outlook.

The National Water Policy (2012), recently adopted by National Water Resources Council, headed by Prime Minister, inter-alia stipulate that all hydrological data, other than those classified on national security consideration, should be in public domain in open and transparent manner on a GIS platform.