In India, West Bengal, Bihar, and Assam host about 92 percent of the population affected by arsenic groundwater contamination. In West Bengal alone, more than 6 million people in 2,700 villages ...

The global health body also said some countries - like India - had doubled that permissible ... range in each of the six districts. Uranium in groundwater is a long-standing point of concern ...

The Bengal basin, home to more than 250 million people, has a long history of arsenic poisoning of groundwater supplies and the attendant health consequences that have brought for more than three ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the state has become self-sufficient in fish production ...

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The river in question is Arun which starts from Tibet as Phung Chu and is one of the seven rivers that form the Kosi river network in Nepal before flowing into India from Bihar. Today, the Arun ...

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In October 2023, the President of India launched the Fourth Krishi Road map of Bihar. In October 2023, Coal India, partnered to invest Rs. 3,095 crore (US$ 371.69 million) in fertiliser JV to boost ...

India’s farm output subsidies that guarantee the government purchase of rice and wheat at prices higher than market rates are contributing substantially to the country’s declining groundwater reserves ...

Based on its analysis, the paper shortlisted five hotspots with highest levels of groundwater depletion in India – Punjab and Haryana topped the list, followed by UP, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh ...