The world has always gravitated towards the sea. Ports built trade, rivers carried fertile soil to the coast, and cities rose where land met water. Today nearly ...

India’s water crisis is usually told as a story of scarcity. Dry wells, shrinking rivers, and desperate searches for new sources dominate public imagination.&nb ...

Water scarcity has long been discussed as a crisis waiting to arrive. The latest global scientific assessment suggests that moment may already have passed. In J ...

India’s great river deltas have long been seen as landscapes of abundance. A river delta is a triangular lobular landform created when rivers empty their water ...

Declining groundwater levels and growing neglect of traditional water sources in rural Uttar Pradesh have deepened water scarcity. Their disappearance has also reshaped village life, weakening social ...

In May 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz established the Indo-German Partnership for Green and Sustainable Development (GSDP) to expedite the achievement of the UN ...

PRAGYA is a leading development organisation working with vulnerable and marginalised communities in fragile ecosystems across South Asia and East Africa. Its work integrates climate resilience, ...

Every year, as governments and institutions take stock of the world’s most pressing challenges, one report is closely watched by policymakers, researchers, and civil society alike: the Global Risks ...

India’s rural development push is entering a more demanding phase. The Union Budget 2026–27 makes clear that building infrastructure is no longer the main challenge. The harder task now is to keep ...

It is 2026, and safe drinking water in India is still not a given. For many urban residents, water remains an invisible certainty, flowing through taps until it suddenly doesn’t. When it fails, it ...