The ripple effect of safe drinking water on health under Jal Jeevan Mission

Azolla pinnata, a floating water fern that provides a unique environmentally friendly approach to mitigate the negative impacts of oil spills and promote cleaner water bodies.

Azolla, a floating fern that cleans water bodies by drinking oil

Azolla, a floating fern that drinks oil

In our quest to spotlight dedicated entrepreneurs in the water sector, we bring you the story of Priyanshu Kamath, an IIT Bombay alumnus, who pivoted from a lucrative corporate career to tackle one of India's most intricate water quality challenges, that of pollution of urban water bodies.

Floating forward: Entrepreneur's tryst for 'clean-water' bodies

Floating forward: An entrepreneur's tryst for 'clean-water' bodies

FAQ - Stubble burning in India: Causes, effects, and solutions 

FAQ - Stubble burning in India: Causes, effects, and solutions | India Water Portal

This study predicts that sewage will become the dominant source of nitrogen pollution in rivers due to urbanisation and insufficient wastewater treatment technologies and infrastructure in worse case scenario projections in countries such as India.

Sewage will be the biggest polluter of river sub basins in countries such as India I Recent research on water pollution

Sewage will overtake agriculture as the biggest polluter of river sub basins in India

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Agriculture, an important sector of our economy accounts for 14 per cent of the nation’s GDP and about 11 per cent of its exports. India has the second largest arable land base (159.7 million hectares) after US and largest gross irrigated area (88 milion hectares) in the world. Rice, wheat, cotton, oilseeds, jute, tea, sugarcane, milk and potatoes are the major agricultural commodities produced. More importantly, over 60 per cent of the country’s population, comprising several million small farming households, depends on agriculture as a principal income source and land continues to be the main asset for livelihood security. 