The World Bank’s historical engagement in transboundary water in West Africa is at a turning point, at a time when the G5 Sahel region faces unprecedented challenges. Therefore, it is time for the World Bank to broaden its water sector approach in the G5 Sahel and shift its focus to establishing a regional water security framework.

Measuring policy progress on agriculture and water policies is essential to help decision makers identify necessary policy changes and understand how further progress may be achieved to improve agricultural water management.

The Asia-Pacific region has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 250 000 deaths as of March 2021 and a decrease in GDP by 4.3% in ASEAN and by 2.0% in Emerging Asia in 2020.

The Comparative Study on Empowering Women in Water Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region has been elaborated with the aim to identify the similarities and the differences in the challenges female water experts face across the five countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine), and to identify the capacity building

Reducing pressures from agriculture is key to improving the status of Europe’s rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal waters and seas as well as groundwater bodies.

This Report of the Public Accounts Committee deals with the Action Taken by the Government on the Observations and Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Eighth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on "Water Pollution in India" based on the C&AG Report No.21 of 2011-12, Union Government for the year ended March, 2012 relating to the Ministry

Affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MOJS) and Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) regarding groundwater management in India dated 01/02/2021. The applicant (Devidas Khatri) had sought for the quashing of the notification issued by the Ministry of Jal Shakti dated September 24, 2020.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Maharashtra Bottled Water Manufacturers Association Vs Ministry of Jalshakti & Others dated 05/01/2021.

The Appeal was filed by Maharashtra Bottled Water Manufacturers Association against Notification dated September 24, 2020 issued by the Ministry of Jal Shakti on guidelines to regulate and control the groundwater extraction in the country. The appellant claims to be aggrieved by the exemption for extraction of groundwater in favour of micro and small enterprises.

This publication presents data on financial aspects in respect of Major, Medium Irrigation and Multipurpose projects, Minor Irrigation projects, Command Area Development Programme as available in the Finance Accounts of the Union and State Governments brought out by Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Accountant General of respective St

The present publication `Abstract on water sector-2020' is a new initiative to provide a general picture of water resources at the national level. The statistics included in the publication inter-alia provide the information on National Water Policy, 2012 and its salient features.

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