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IRC's Ingeborg Krukkert kreeg deze vraag in het VPRO radio programma Bureau Buitenland. Read more...
Ennovent, IRC and TARU Leading Edge offer entrepreneurs a platform to scale innovations. Read more...
The government is planning to regulate over-extraction of groundwater in agriculture and industry which is seriously affecting drinking water supply in rural India, new Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said. "80 per cent of drinking water supply schemes of rural India are depending on... Read more...
Ennovent, IRC and TARU Leading Edge offer entrepreneurs in India a platform to scale rural sanitation innovations. Read more...
Providing inputs for a ministerial task force supporting Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II. Read more...
Vidya Balan, who received the Best Actress National Film Award for her role in 2011 Bollywood hit 'The Dirty Picture', will now play a role to alter the real dirty picture in India. Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has named the Bollywood actress as the brand ambassador in his... Read more...
What impact did we have in our focus countries in 2020? Sharing highlights from IRC's Annual Report. Read more...
A new video highlights India’s largest well recharge programme in Thrissur, Kerala. The Mazhapolima participatory well recharge programme was set up by IRC's Dr Kurian Baby in May 2008, when he was Thrissur District Collector. Read more...
The Delhi Jal Board (city water board) has approved levying sewerage development charges on those premises which do not have a DJB water connection, or have a cut-off connection, but discharge sewage into its sewer system. The monthly levy will be in the range of 150 to 2,500 Indian rupees [US$ 3... Read more...
A new IRC paper explores some contributions being made by honey-sucker tanker operators. Read more...
Learn more from four new publications on public finance for community and institutional WASH services. Read more...
This paper describes how performing arts play a role in a number of water supply, environmental sanitation and hygiene programmes in India. Read more...
Photo: G.N.Rao, The Hindu Photo: G.N. Rao, The Hindu These extraordinary photos were published last year, March 2010, on International Women's Day in The Hindu here and here . They show a group of tribal women drawing water from an agricultural well at Govind Tanda in Karepalli mandal (division) of... Read more...
The city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India shows a way out of the sanitation crisis. The Tiruchirappalli model of community-managed toilets with bathing and washing facilities is an example of a partnership between sensitive city authorities, communities and NGOs, working together to address... Read more...
The lack of safe toilets for women and girls is often linked to an increased risk of sexual harassment and rape. Earlier studies from Kenya, Uganda and India, and now a recent BBC news item are some of the few sources to actually quantify this risk. Read more...
Water for People has helped Sagar and Patharpratima boost coverage and improve sustainability. Read more...
An interview with sanitation entrepreneur Mayank Midha. Read more...
Ultimate success in water service delivery is defined by the service level received by households. There can be excellent infrastructure and impeccable administration, but if households don't receive enough water of good enough quality without spending an excessive amount of time collecting it,... Read more...
The Community Water Plus project assesses twenty cases of support to community managed rural water supplies across India. IRC carried out one of these studies around support to community-managed handpumps in Patharpratima, West Bengal. The case study concludes that an effective mechanism for... Read more...