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Water Management
Panchayati raj and water resources management in India - law and policy
Posted on 27 May, 2009 04:40 PMThis paper presented at the workshop on "Policy Futures for Water Resources Management in India: From prescription and impact assessment to strategic analysis," 3-5 October 2002, IWMI/ICRISAT, Patancheru (Hyderabad), A P, India by
Water law in India - overview of existing framework and proposed reforms (2007)
Posted on 27 May, 2009 04:25 PMThis working paper published on the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) site maps out the relevant legal framework concerning water in India. The first section delineates water law as it evolved until recently. The second section then examines proposed and ongoing water law reforms that are in the process of completely redrawing India's water legal framework.
Irrigation reforms in Andhra Pradesh - whither the trajectory of legal changes?
Posted on 27 May, 2009 04:07 PMThis paper published on the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) site examines the trajectory in debates demanding reforms within the irrigation sector in India and compares it to the reality of the reforms carried out by the State.
Based on this, the paper argues that legal reforms to the irrigation sector are long overdue, but the suitability of the framework adopted by the Andhra Pradesh Government, premised as it is on the “Participatory Irrigation Management” model, needs critical evaluation.
Tirupur water supply and sanitation project - an impediment to sustainable water management?
Posted on 27 May, 2009 03:53 PMThis paper published on the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) website examines the reasons behind the new project and the institutional, financial and legal aspects of the Tirupur PPP.
It also examines important legal issues such as the right to water, competing interests in water, financing of projects, waste water management and the environmental consequences of the PPP. More particularly, it questions the wisdom of planning a water supply project that seeks to prioritize the needs of a polluting industry over the basic water needs of the region.
The New Tirupur Area Development Corporation Limited (NTADCL) is the first public private partnership, set up in 1995 primarily to supply industrial water to Tirupur, a major export centre for knitwear, in India. This water supply and sewerage project is also the first project to be structured on a commercial format; first concession by a state government to a public limited company to draw raw water for domestic and industrial uses and to collect revenues; the first index-based user charges and direct cost recovery for urban environmental services.
Water law reforms - analysis of recent developments (2006)
Posted on 27 May, 2009 03:38 PMThis article published in the Journal of the Indian Law Institute analyses a limited number of regulatory changes that have been proposed in recent years to put the water law framework in line with proposed policy initiatives, provides a general analysis of the law and policy changes that have been introduced and finally, provides some pointers for moving beyond existing reforms with a view to correct some of the perceived shortcomings of existing water law reforms.
Birla Corporation Ltd in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, undertakes water conservation efforts as a corporate initiative (2007)
Posted on 27 May, 2009 03:24 PMThis presentation describes the efforts made by Birla Corporation Ltd at Satna, Madhya Pradesh at water conservation.
EID Parry (India) Ltd in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu undertakes water Conservation efforts as a corporate initiative (2007)
Posted on 27 May, 2009 03:16 PMThis presentation describes the efforts undertaken by EID parry India Ltd, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu for water conservation. For a company that goes back more than two centuries, this sugar manufacturer is remarkably modern, with a fully automated plant and an equally modern conservation ethic.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd in Nashik, Maharashtra, take measures to conserve water as a corporate initiative (2007)
Posted on 27 May, 2009 02:48 PMThis presentation provides the detials of the water conservation efforts undertaken by Mahindra and Mahindra, Nashik, Maharashtra.
Ashok Leyland, Bangalore, undertakes water related corporate initiative (2007)
Posted on 27 May, 2009 01:28 PMAshok Leyland, India's second largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, has worked on both technical process water use reductions and water related project area CSR initiatives.