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Providing safe, sustainable water for all through Arghyam Initiatives – Planning Commission

Water | Sep 1, 2012

In late 2010 Arghyam was requested by the Planning Commission to collate civil society inputs on drinking water and sanitation for the approach paper to the 12th Five Year Plan.

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