The census has identified 24,24,540 water bodies in India. Water bodies in this census are defined as any natural or man-made structures used for storing water for various purposes, such as ...

India is facing the worst water crisis in its history, with 600 million people dealing with high to extreme water shortages, according to a recent report by Niti Aayog, a policy think tank for the ...

Overview. Water is a cross-cutting issue that is of critical importance if India is to make progress on major development challenges, including food security, rapid urbanization, sustainable rural ...

Water resources are at a premium in many parts of the world, and India is one of them. Indirect evidence suggests that groundwater is being consumed faster than it is being naturally replenished ...

Water in India is a matter of extremes, veering between drought and floods, life and death. There is no other place on the planet with such wide vacillations between wet and dry.

India News: With a week to go for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, farmers in Sri Ganganagar feel that the uneven distribution of water via the Ganga canal is one of ...