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Household water delivery options in urban and rural India – A working paper by Stanford Centre for International Development
How can India alleviate its household level drinking water deprivation, in the near-to-medium term, and in cost-effective ways? Posted on 12 May, 2009 05:14 PM

This working paper by the Stanford Centre for International Development deals with household water delivery options in urban and rural India. The recent potentially far-reaching policy changes frame the paper on drinking water options for urban and rural India.  Given the primacy of drinking water as a national objective, and the policy of decentralization through community ownership, private sector participation and devolution to local governments, it asks: How can India alleviate its household level drinking water deprivation, in the near-to-medium term, and in cost-effective ways?

Urban water and sanitation services: an IWRM approach – a booklet from TEC education series from Global Water Partnership
The report presents urban management tools which are automatically compatible with efficiency, equity and environmental sustainability objectives of integrated water resource management (IWRM) Posted on 12 May, 2009 05:10 PM

This series, published by the GWP Secretariat in Stockholm has been created to disseminate the papers written and commissioned by the TEC to address the conceptual agenda. Issues and sub-issues with them, such as the understanding and definition of IWRM, water for food security, public-private partnerships, and water as an economic good have been addressed in these papers.

Drinking water access in Bangalore through the framework of human rights: a PhD dissertation
The overall aim of the study is to critically analyse the role of rights and obligations in attaining improved access to water in Bangalore Posted on 12 May, 2009 04:55 PM

This PhD dissertation by Jenny T Gronwall for Linkoping University's Tema Institute looks at issues of drinking water access in Bangalore through the framework of human rights, analyzing three interlinked dimensions: the right to water as a human right; water in terms of property rights; and water rights. 

Urban water crisis in Delhi - Stakeholders responses and potential scenarios of evolution
This paper proposes to question private abstraction of groundwater due to mismanagement of public utility in Delhi Posted on 12 May, 2009 04:39 PM

This paper on urban water crisis in Delhi looks at stakeholders responses and potential scenarios of evolution. An inadequate piped water supply from the public utility, characterized by intermittence and unreliability, and supplemented by private uncontrolled groundwater abstraction, is a common feature of most Indian cities as well as other developing cities in the w

Annual flood misery in north Bihar - presentations by Megh Pyne Abhiyaan
These presentations present an in-depth and thoughtful study of the annual flood misery in north Bihar - context, causes and where to look for solutions. Posted on 12 May, 2009 04:30 PM

Khairi Dhuniya TolThese three sets of presentation by Eklavya Prasad, Practitioner, Natural and Social Resource Management have been summarized below -

Bihar’s flood survival mechanisms

Upgrading and improving urban water services - an overview paper by Water and Sanitation Program
This paper discusses the context for performance improvement plans in India to target better delivery of urban water services, and key elements and objectives that such strategies should constitute Posted on 12 May, 2009 04:25 PM

Performance improvement planning helps service providers in bringing about incremental improvements in services by applying the principles of commercial orientation and financial viability. This overview paper by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) South Asia of the World Bank, explores how such improvements can be undertaken so that they remain sustainable in the long run as well.

Groundwater situation in urban India: overview, opportunities and challenges – a paper by CAREWATER
In urban centres where groundwater is over-exploited, there arises competition with irrigators for water Posted on 12 May, 2009 03:51 PM

The paper by Carewater INREM Foundation on the groundwater situation in urban India provides an overview besides dealing with the opportunities and challenges. Groundwater plays a fundamental role in shaping the economic and social health of many urban centres of India.

Ministry of agriculture implements Uttaranchal decentralised watershed development project (1999 – 2005)
The project envisages participatory watershed development and management in Uttaranchal to enhance livelihood opportunities and institutional strengthening in the state Posted on 12 May, 2009 03:41 PM

The Uttaranchal decentralised watershed development project was being implemented (1999 – 2005) with World Bank assistance in the state.

Ministry of agriculture announces national agricultural policy (2000)
The policy seeks to promote technically sound, economically viable, environmentally non-degrading, and socially acceptable use of country’s natural resources for sustainable development of agriculture Posted on 12 May, 2009 03:37 PM

This is the first ever national agriculture policy (2000) of India and seeks to actualise the vast untapped growth potential of Indian agriculture, strengthen rural infrastructure to support faster agricultural development, promote value addition, accelerate the growth of agro business, create employment in rural areas, secure a fair standard of living for the farmers and agricultural workers a

Planning commission sets up working group on rainfed areas for the eleventh five year plan
A working group on rainfed areas for the eleventh five year plan was set up by the planning commission under the chairmanship of Dr. Y.K. Alagh, in March, 2006 Posted on 12 May, 2009 03:24 PM

The terms of reference of the working group are as follows -

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