The debate on solar irrigation's impact on groundwater is too simplistic, argues a new analysis based on evidence from India and Bangladesh. Rather than treating all solar pumps as harmful, the article…
Deficit southwest monsoon rains have hit hill vegetable yields in the Nilgiris, with the secretary of the Nilgiris Potato and Vegetable Growers Association reporting a 30-40% drop in output over the past…
The Tungabhadra dam, one of India's largest masonry dams and a post-independence engineering marvel, now faces a severe silt accumulation threat. Built between 1947 and 1952 at a cost of about Rs…
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed officials to boost vegetable cultivation across Telangana, with subsidised seeds and a focus on areas near new school kitchens. This follows an expert committee report…
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday directed officer and Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates (CMGGAs) to step up implementation of welfare schemes and resolve public grievances swiftly at the grassroots…
BRS leader T Harish Rao on Monday urged the Telangana government to immediately start pumping water from the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme to fill reservoirs for the ongoing kharif season. In a…
A two-day rainfall spell, attributed to a recent weather system, has substantially improved water levels in major irrigation projects of the erstwhile Karimnagar district after a prolonged rainfall deficit linked to El…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday inspected Godavari water flowing into the Krishna river through the Pattiseema project at Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada. Naidu observed the barrage was filled…
Telangana Today reports that the Congress government's 2010 Pranahita-Chevella scheme promised to irrigate 16, 20 lakh acres by lifting 160 TMC of water from the Pranahita River, but the detailed project report…
India's National Mission on Edible Oils, Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) must shift from financial expansion to ensuring every planted hectare becomes productive, argues an analysis in The Hindu Business Line. The first phase…
