Models based on the ensemble multiple linear regression and projection pursuit regression techniques are being used presently to forecast the Indian southwest monsoon rains.

Modern scientific devices and tools can assist in harvesting large quantities of rainwater without any compromise on its quality. With the habitual failure of centralised drinking water schemes, rainwater harvesting can prove to be a viable option.

Humans record a distinct pattern of resource usage at various stages of development.  Seen in the context of a raging debate on use and abuse of natural resources, this assumes importance.

Perpetuation of disparities, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy and the continuing deterioration of the ecosystem on which we depend for our well-being is what shackles our development today.

The problems faced by growers in the plantation sector and more particular those faced by the smaller growers whose entire subsistence is dictated by the forces of nature are many.

India’s freshwater resource is a natural endowment that enables its economy and human settlement patterns. The resource comprises of river systems, groundwater and wetlands. Each of these has characteristic linkage to other environmental entities.