India has the world’s largest water infrastructure, but the poorest water delivery system in the world.
On World Water Day 2012, water experts are demanding a dramatic revamp of the present water management strategy .

The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is set to give teeth to the Environment Protection Act by increasing penalties against those breaking environmental laws.

Even as Rajasthan’s minister of environment, the flamboyant Bina Kak has expressed apprehension at the rising cases of human-animal conflict, environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan is determined to play down such incidents.

Environmentalists have welcomed the government’s tax hike on big cars and SUVs, claiming this will help reduce toxic emissions. But they warn that the government has taken no steps to curb the use of subsidised diesel in private diesel cars.

The importance of sustainable development and climate change have been put into sharp focus in the latest Economic Survey 2011-12.

In a major initiative to clean up the Indian Railways, railway minister Dinesh Trivedi declared that 2012 will see the introduction of bio-toilets in 2,500 coaches.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has refused to accept the resignation of India’s “water man”, Magsaysay Award-winner Rajinder Singh and has conveyed to Mr Singh that he wants him to continue with his “struggle” to rejuvenate India’s rivers and water bodies.

In order to sustain a sound tiger population, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued orders to declare 600-1,200 square kilometres as inviolate areas for all the tiger reserves in t

India’s “water man”, Magsaysay award-winner Rajendra Singh, has resigned from the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to express solidarity with Prof. G.D. Agarwal who decided on Friday to fast unto death because of the government’s refusal to clean up the Ganga river or restore its natural flow.

A final decision on the fuel efficiency norms for cars has been laid at the doorstep of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. This fructuous issue has seen much wrangling between the automobile industry, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency and experts outside the government.