I am confident that we will achieve the Jal Jeevan Mission’s target of taking drinking water to every household, says Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
The Jal Jeevan Mission is fulfilling a promise to provide every rural household with drinking water and a tap, a grand plan that began with the government integrating its disparate arms dealing with water under one ministry. Its biggest challenge now is to sustain groundwater and ensure India’s water security
The discovery last month of a set of ancient ruins in Bhubaneswar and the damage done to it raise questions about how development work is undertaken around heritage sites
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle