| Policies |
| Be an aware citizen. Know more about Policies, laws and legislations that the Government of India, our state governments and governments from some other parts of the world have put forward. Read policy analyses to gain different perspectives on our policies. |
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  NREGA documents |
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| NREGA Act, English and Hindi |
| http://rural.nic.in/rajaswa.pdf |
| CSE 2008 Policy Paper on NREGA |
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| More on NREGA |
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| The River Boards Act of 1956 |
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| State Water Policy of Assam (Draft) |
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| Read More (Size 5.4MB) |
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| Discussion and Concerns of the Rural Volunteers Center, Assam on the Draft Water Policy |
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| National Water Policy, 2002 |
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| National Water Policy of 1987 |
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| Critique of the National Water Policy by Ranjit Devraj |
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| http://www.infochangeindia.org/bookandreportsst14.jsp |
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| Water Policy of the State of Himachal Pradesh |
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| The Karnataka State Water Policy, 2002 |
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| Madhya Pradesh State Water Policy, 2003 |
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| Maharashtra State Water Policy, 2003 |
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Orissa State Water Policy 2007 |
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| Older water policy document of the state |
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| Rajasthan State Water Policy, 1999 |
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| Draft State Water Policy 2005 |
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| Responses to the draft water policy in a discussion on UN Solution Exchange |
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 Uttar Pradesh State Water Policy, 1999 |
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| The Asian Water Development Outlook, 2007, by the Asian Development Bank. It is
"cautiously optimistic" on Asia's future. It is "a package of factual
information, data, experiences, and solutions to problems in the region's
water and sanitation sector, presented from future-oriented, multidisciplinary,
and multisectoral perspectives" |
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| Full report: http://www.adb.org/Water/Knowledge-Center/AWDO/default.asp |
| India Chapter: Read More (2.3 MB) |
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| The Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority Act of 2005, taken from the website of the Maharashtra Water Resources Department (www.mahagovid.org). Maharashtra is the first state in India to pass an act and constitute an institution to manage waters in an integrated river basin approach. |
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| Two critiques of the Act: |
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http://www.livemint.com/2007/05/09000327/Surely-people-should-have-a-s.html
http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/may/env-mwrra.htm |
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| The National Water Bill of the Republic of South Africa. A landmark bill which defines entitlements and also looks at catchment mangement strategies to preserve the quantity and quality of river flows |
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| Final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (does not contain the full report of the Tribunal) |
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| Guidelines for Sector Reform and Successful Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Water and sanitation services from the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation |
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| A review of the implementation of Asian Development Bank's Water Policy in India, conducted for them by Water Aid |
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| A 2005 review of Drinking Water and Sanitation status in India by WaterAid |
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| "Review of Right to Water: Human Rights, State Legislation, and Civil Society Initiatives in India": A technical report from Priya Sangameswaran under the auspices of CISED (941 KB) |
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A paper that examines the
historical and current contexts
of water law in India. It
criticises the statutory
experience of water law in India
and advocates reducing
dependancy on this device. |
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| http://www.ielrc.org/content/w9201.pdf |
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An overview of the position of
the Right to Water in India from
various legal perspectives --
constitutional provisions,
central and state laws, and
conflicts and contestations |
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| http://www.ielrc.org/content/a0604.pdf |
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| Documents from the Planning Commission: |
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| The September 2007 report of the Expert Group on "Ground Water Management and Ownership" of the Planning Commission. The report looks primarily at the problem of rural depletion of groundwater and looked into the feasibility and necessity of changing groundwater law. |
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Report of the Steering Committee
on Drinking Water Supply and
Sanitation for the Tenth Five
Year Plan |
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| http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/committee/strgrp/stg_water.pdf |
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| Report of the Working Group on Natural Resource Management of the 11th Five Year Plan |
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| http://www.planningcommission.gov.in/aboutus/committee/wrkgrp11/wg11_agnrm.pdf |
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| Report of the Working Group on Water Resources of the 11th Five Year Plan |
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| http://www.planningcommission.gov.in/aboutus/committee/wrkgrp11/wg11_wr.pdf |
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The Human Development Report is an independent report commissioned by the UNDP for to assess
the level of people's long-term well-being. HDR 2006 focuses on water and sanitation
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| http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/ |
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Read about the Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971. |
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| http://www.ramsar.org/ |
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Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Development Corporation Act |
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| http://www.ielrc.org/content/e9702.pdf |
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Delhi Jal Board Act 1998 |
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| http://www.delhijalboard.nic.in/djbdocs/about_us/act.htm |
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The Guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands |
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| http://www.ramsar.org/key_guidelines_index.htm |
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| The Interstate Water Disputes Act, 1956 - An act to provide for the adjudication of disputes related to waters of inter-state rivers and river valleys. |
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| http://www.ielrc.org/content/e5601.pdf |
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| The River Boards Act, 1956 - An Act to provide for the establishment of River Boards for the regulation and development of inter-State rivers and river valleys. |
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| http://www.ielrc.org/content/e5602.pdf |
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| Guidelines on Swajaldhara, 2002. |
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| http://www.ielrc.org/content/e0212.pdf |
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| The Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources Management Authority Bill, 2006 - to provide for the establishment of the Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources Management Authority to regulate water resources within the state. |
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| http://www.ielrc.org/content/e0603.pdf |
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| Himachal Pradesh Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2005. |
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| http://www.ielrc.org/content/e0507.pdf |
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| Karnataka Irrigation and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Act, 2000 - to amend the Karnataka Irrigation Act, 1965 and the Karnataka Irrigation (Levy of Betterment Contribution and Water Rate) Act, 1957. |
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| zhttp://www.ielrc.org/content/e0003.pdf |
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