The spirit of water

Mahadapur goes green the 'group irrigation management' way

Petty decision

Small pump, big help

Unneighbourly act

Graft alleged

Desperate remedy

Water prices up down under

The new CMP five-year plan

Government wants readjustments in the 10th five-year plan; Planning Commission divided

Groundwater control

Centre urges states to enact laws, take other steps

Unity in adversity

Heritage sites

Irrigation sucks

It's the predominant user of groundwater in the country

A tradition that got washed away

For more than a century, the people of Motepur used to build an earthen dam on the Punpun river every two years. Today, wage labour has replaced …

Surging success

With agriculture playing a dominant role in nations' economy, efforts -should be directed at making it more productive One way of doing it would …

...And ancient wisdom prevails

The Valencia water tribunal has stood strong for a thousand years; will modern-day pressures crush its influence?

Dam near reserve

Inordinate delay

Vital drip

A farmer in Madhya Pradesh uses discarded saline bottles to irrigate fields

Over half of the 21st century irrigation expansion has been in water-stressed regions; India accounts for 36%

Over 90% of humanity’s consumptive water use is used for irrigated agricultural production

Underwater "windmill"

Rubber soles for crops

Scrap tyres buried underground could reduce irrigation costs

Scheme watch

NO TO DAM

Shedding the load

The government proposes reductions in subsidies on power, irrigation and higher education

MINOR RELIEF