New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu, attending the ‘Jal Mahotsav 2026’ here on Wednesday, emphasised the importance of water conservation and community participation in ensuring sustainable water management across the country. In her address, the President said that in India, water is not merely a basic necessity but is deeply connected with the nation’s culture, traditions, livelihoods and community life. She noted that for many years, particularly in rural areas, villagers, e…
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New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Centre on Sunday said it has released over Rs 299 crore to strengthen Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in Assam under the 15th Finance Commission (XV-FC) grants for the financial year 2025–26.According to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, the release includes the second instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2025–26 amounting to Rs 256.60 crore.The funds will benefit all eligible 27 District Panchayats (DPs), 182 Block Panchayats (BPs) …
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The 21st Meeting of the Central Monitoring Committee (CMC) on river rejuvenation on Monday reviewed the latest status of polluted river stretches based on the CPCB’s 2025 report, an official said.The meeting was held under the chairpersonship of V. L. Kantha Rao, Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.The Committee reviewed progress on sewage treatment plants, capacity utilization, floodplain zoning, …
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India and Bhutan have decided to further strengthen bilateral cooperation on trans-boundary rivers and hydropower projects at a high-level official meeting in Thimphu, according to an official statement issued on Friday.V. L. Kantha Rao, Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD and GR), Ministry of Jal Shakti, led an Indian delegation comprising officers from the ministry, officials from the Assam and West Bengal govern…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Centre on Friday announced the release of over Rs 137 crore to strengthen rural local bodies in Goa, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Uttarakhand during FY 2025-26. The release covers allocations pertaining to different financial years as part of the 15th Finance Commission’s untied grants.A sum of Rs 11.6 crores has been released for Goa as the second instalment of untied grants for FY 2023-24 for 2 eligible district panchayats and 191 eligible gram panchayats. Further Rs 2….
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Union government has announced the release of more than Rs 3,324 crore to strengthen rural local bodies in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal as part of the second instalment of the 15th Finance Commission’s untied grants for financial year 2025–26, government officials said. Under this tranche, Bihar has received Rs 802.40 crore benefiting all 38 district panchayats, 533 block panchayats and 8,053 gram panchayats, along with an additio…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)-Har Ghar Jal launched in 2019, 100 per cent rural households in more than 2.72 lakh villages are reported to have tap water supply till Tuesday, the Centre told the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Minister of State (MoS) for Jal Shakti, V. Somanna, in a written reply, said that the JJM aims at provisioning of potable water to every rural household through tap water connection at a service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd), of prescribe…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) As many as 2,870 water quality testing laboratories are being operated by government agencies at the state, regional, district, sub-division and block levels, apart from mobile units and Water Treatment Plant (WTP) facility laboratories, the Ministry of Jal Shakti told Rajya Sabha on Monday. In addition, there are 1,707 accredited and recognised laboratories to conduct water quality tests, Minister of State (MoS) V. Somanna said in a written reply.He said that to encourag…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Over 39.6 lakh artificial groundwater recharge and storage works have been completed (as of January 22) under the catch-the-rain Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari (JSJB) initiative which was launched in September 2024, according to an official statement on Thursday.The initiative seeks to improve groundwater recharge through measures such as rainwater harvesting, aquifer recharge, borewell recharge, and recharge shafts.The ‘Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Groundwater’ pro…
Hyderabad, Dec 31 (IANS) Telangana Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said that the State government is committed to protecting Telangana’s allocated 968 TMC share in Godavari waters and safeguarding future irrigation projects He asserted that the State government has taken a series of proactive administrative and legal measures to robustly defend the State’s irrigation interests in the ongoing inter-state water dispute over Andhra Pradesh’s proposed diversion of Godavari wate…