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  2. Johad - Wikipedia

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    Nadi (small johad) in Laporiya village of Rajasthan . Johad at Rithal village of Rohtak district of Haryana. A johad, also known as a pokhar or a percolation pond, is a community-owned traditional harvested rainwater storage wetland principally used for effectively harnessing water resources in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh of North India, that ...

  3. Water conservation - Wikipedia

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    Developing communication that educates science to land managers, policy makers, farmers, and the general public is another important strategy utilized in water conservation. [11] Communication of the science of how water systems work is an important aspect when creating a management plan to conserve that system and is often used for ensuring ...

  4. All India Secondary School Examination - Wikipedia

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    All India Secondary School Examination, commonly known as the class 10th board exam, is a centralized public examination that students in schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, primarily in India but also in other Indian-patterned schools affiliated to the CBSE across the world, taken at the end of class 10. The board ...

  5. Tarun Bharat Sangh - Wikipedia

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    Rajendra Singh, founder of Tarun Bharat Sangh NGO explaining the use of a johad to the students of TERI University in Alwar district of Rajasthan. Tarun Bharat Sangh was founded in 1975 in Jaipur by a group of students and professors from the University of Rajasthan. [1]

  6. Khadir and Bangar - Wikipedia

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    In any doab, khadar land (green) lies next to a river, while bangur land (olive) has greater elevation and lies further from the river. Khādir or Khadar and Bangar, Bāngur or Bhangar (Hindi language: खादर और बांगर, Urdu languageکهادر اور بانگر) are terms used in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi in the Indo-Gangetic plains of North India and Pakistan to ...

  7. Rajendra Singh - Wikipedia

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    Rajendra Singh (born 6 August 1959) is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as "waterman of India", he won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015.

  8. Sacred groves of India - Wikipedia

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    Thus, a Gurjjar settlement appears like a human-inhabited sacred grove. [10] Similarly Mangar Bani, last surviving natural forest of Delhi is protected by Gurjars of nearby area. [11] 14,000 sacred groves have been reported from all over India, which act as reservoirs of rare fauna, and more often rare flora, amid rural and even urban settings ...

  9. Central Board of Secondary Education - Wikipedia

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    Due to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in the country, CBSE cancelled the board exams of the 10th class and postponed the 12th class exams. [33] Like the 10th, Class 12th Board Exam 2021 has also been cancelled. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a decision on this after a long meeting on 1 June 2021. [34] [35]