Water Treatment News
Fresh water, a rare commodity
Technology, tighter regulation and economic incentives need to be combined to mitigate the water problem so that we can obviate any shortage
4 min read30 Sep 2016Take steps to check defecation on railway land: Centre to states
Fresh guidelines have been sent to general managers of various railways zones regarding handling of municipal solid waste at railway stations and on tracks
1 min read22 May 2016Va Tech Wabag profitability should measure up to order inflows
Order wins and backlog haven't yielded much benefit to investors in recent times
2 min read9 Mar 201610,000 farmers protest unequal water distribution in drought-hit state
Farmers argue that dire water crisis could have been avoided had the govt taken care of the villages as much as the industrial houses, residents in Bengaluru
3 min read16 Mar 2016Murugappa firm in water treatment JV with Japan’s Organo
Polutech will hold 51% stake in the venture while the rest will be held by Tokyo-based Organo
1 min read5 Aug 2015Google grant funds for “bio-digesting” toilet
A Rs3 crore Google grant is helping foster a two-pronged approach to building water treatment-cum-toilet complexes. Mint met with charitable trust founder, Sanchaita Gajapati Raju, to discuss the technology behind the initiative
18 Oct 2014Narendra Modi seeks Germany’s assistance for clean energy
Prime minister also seeks new tie-ups in the areas of solid waste management, waste water treatment and cleaning of rivers
2 min read9 Sep 2014IL& FS Water taps nascent market, aims to triple portfolio
Infrastructure firm specializing in water and wastewater projects seeks to expand its portfolio to $1 billion by the end of the current fiscal
4 min read11 Aug 2014Voltas forms JV with Dow Chemical to market water treatment systems
The new venture's operations will include designing, procuring, testing, marketing, selling and servicing of the new systems
1 min read28 Feb 2014Beer major SABMiller joins India’s Water4Crops project
SABMiller intends to explore the use of treated waste-water to increase agricultural productivity in India
1 min read6 Feb 2013Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared