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| Looking for detailed information on issues related to water ? Here is a collection of research papers, reports and some interesting links to information that you need. |
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  The water policies in post independence India has increasingly focused on harnessing of water resources on an unprecedented scale for irrigation, domestic use and non-agricultural activities. In last five decades about a sixth of the total public sector plan outlay was on water sector, which was spent on irrigation and flood control, rural and urban water supply schemes. Prof. A. Vaidyanathan gives a critique of the consequential impact of these policies on the water sector and also calls for reorientation of strategies in the water policy of the country |
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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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| An 'information sheet' from WaterAid and British Geological Survey on groundwater quality of peninsular Indian states |
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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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| "Drinking Water and Sanitation in Rural Madhya Pradesh : A review of Policy Initiatives": a paper by Keshab Das through Gujarat Institute of Development Research and Forum for Watershed Research and Policy Dialogue |
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| "Drinking Water and Sanitation in Rural Maharashtra : A review of Policy Initiatives": a paper by Keshab Das through Gujarat Institute of Development Research and Forum for Watershed Research and Policy Dialogue |
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Kashmiri Water: Good Enough for Peace? By Erin Blankenship
This article gives an overview of the water issue in Jammu and Kashmir
including the historical context and the politics behind water war of Indus
River. |
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| http://www.pugwash.org/reports/rc/sa/kasmiri-water.htm |
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1998 UNICEF report to capture the learnings of 30 years of
UNICEF working in India in the area of water and
environmental sanitation |
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| http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/pub_wes_en.pdf |
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| An analysis of developments in water law reform in India over the last couple of decades |
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| http://www.ielrc.org/content/a0603.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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| A discussion on right to drinking water in India |
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| http://www.cess.ac.in/cesshome/wp/Water.pdf |
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| The water resource section of the State of the Environment Report 2003 for Karnataka |
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| http://parisara.kar.nic.in/PDF/waterresources.pdf |
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| Financing Water and Sanitation in India - Bonds, BOTs and Reforms. A paper from UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education |
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| http://www.unesco-ihe.org/bibis/other/Financing%20water%20and%20sanitation%20in%20India.pdf |
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| ADB (Asian Development Bank) has evaluation reports on several water supply and sanitation projects that it has supported in different Asian countries |
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| http://www.adb.org/Water/Knowledge-Center/evaluation-studies.asp |
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| Documents from the Planning Commission: |
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| Water Policy and Action Plan for India 2020: An Alternative |
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| http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/bkpap2020/10_bg2020.pdf |
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| A report on the assessment of drinking water supply and sanitation in India as a collaborative exercise between the Planning Commission of India, WHO, and UNICEF |
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| http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/wtrsani.pdf |
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| "India's Water Economy: Bracing for a Turbulent Future" : A 2005 World Bank Report on the state of Water in India |
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http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN/0,,
contentMDK:20668501~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:295584,00.html |
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| A review of this report by Dr. Mihir Shah, Samaj Pragati Sahyog (originally published in Economic and Political Weekly in 2006) |
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