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Water: Policy and performance for sustainable development - India Infrastructure Report 2011

The India Infrastructure Report (2011) brought out by the Infrastructure Development Finance Company focuses on 'water' and seeks to 'evolve an appropriate policy framework from the perspective of rights, entitlements, and conflict resolution mechanisms'. The report aims to answer the following questions:

  • How clear is the strategic vision for water resource management and sustainable development?
  • How effective and equitable is the legal framework?
  • Given that only the supply-side approach will not help in meeting future demand, what legal, regulatory, institutional, and pricing mechanisms will be necessary to efficiently manage and restrain demand?
This information-rich report has data on various topics such as water resources in India (present and projections), irrigation, groundwater, rainfall, urbanization, water institutions, water infrastructure(urban and rural), water economics, and waste water.

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Politicians for reform - Proceedings of the State Water Ministers’ workshop on rural water supply policy reforms in India - Cochin (Kerala) - (1999)

This report by the Water and Sanitation Program provides the details of the proceedings of the workshop on rural water supply policy reforms in India held at Cochin, Kerala from December 7th to December 8th, 1999. The workshop was hosted by Government of Kerala and the Water and Sanitation Program, South Asia with the Government of India, The World Bank Institute and the World Bank.Read More

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Standing Committee on Rural Development - Eight report - Ministry of Rural Development (2009-2010)

This report by the Ministry of Rural Development is divided into the following sections:

Chapter I: Introduction

Chapter II:Status of implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee

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  • Expenditure by the Department of Drinking Water Supply from 2007-08
  • Share of the budgetary allocation of the Department to the GDP
  • Non-plan expenditure
  • Performance during the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12)
  • Preparedness for Twelfth (2012-17) Plan
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Problems of hill states and hill areas and ways to ensure that they do not suffer in any way because of their peculiarities - Report of the Task Force - Planning Commission

This report by the Task Force, constituted by the Planning Commission, Government of India in April, 2008, is an outcome of the need expressed by the Prime Minister of India for a fresh analysis of the problems of the hill states and hill areas of the country in a manner that suggests that these areas do not suffer in any way on account of their peculiarities.

Opinions have been expressed that the pace of development of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) has been slow when compared to the rest of the country. At the same time, its fragile nature and difficulty of taking up conventional development initiatives has not been appreciated. In this report, arguments have been presented recommending reshaping of policies to bring in the “mountain perspective” for the IHR, in the national planning. Emphasis has also been laid on developing norms for good governance and for harnessing social capital at the grassroots.

Map of the Indian Himalayan States

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Jalanidhi-2 programme of the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency – Report on environmental assessment and environmental management framework

This report deals with environmental assessment and environmental management framework for the World Bank supported Jalanidhi-2 programme of the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (KRWSA), an important player in rural water supply and sanitation sector of the state.

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Thiruvananthapuram, KL, India
Latitude: 8.487495, Longitude: 76.948623

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Regional plan for Goa - Interim report by the task force - Government of Goa (2008)

This interim report is an outcome of the initiative undertaken by the Government of Goa to prepare a broad based Regional Plan for Goa for the prospective horizon year 2021 AD. The Government of Goa notified a Task Force to develop this plan, which comprised of members of the government, architects, conservationists, and members of the Chambers of Commerce.Read More

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Institutionalization of users' level - Water quality monitoring and surveillance in Gujarat - A report by WASMO

WASMOThis report by the Water and Sanitation Management Organization (WASMO) presents the impact of the Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance (WQM&S) Programme implemented in Gujarat, which focused on community involvement in assessing and evaluating water quality.

It has been found that waterborne diseases due to contaminated drinking water are rampant in the state of Gujarat along with chronic illnesses associated with the presence of chemical contaminants in the drinking water. Community involvement in managing water quality has been identified as an important step to deal with this situation. Read More

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Urbanization and intersectoral competition for water – A report by Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The report by Paul P Appasamy and Ruth Meinzen Dick deals with urbanization and intersectoral competition for water founded on the view that stereotypical images of “thirsty cities” that equate urban demand with “drinking water” or factories, and rural water supply with irrigation do not adequately portray the water uses in each area.

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Chennai, TN, India
Latitude: 13.060422, Longitude: 80.249583

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The political economy of sanitation - How can we increase investment and improve service for the poor? – A report by Water and Sanitation Program

CoverThis report presents the results of a study on the political economy of sanitation in Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Senegal that was conducted by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) and the World Bank. This global study attempts systematically to understand and thus help practitioners manage the political economy of pro-poor sani­tation investments and service provision.

It aims to provide practical advice to multi-lateral agencies and sanitation practitioners to help them better manage stakehol­der relations and effectively maneuver within the complex institutional relationships of the sanitation sector in order to enhance the design, implementation, and effectiveness of operations that provide pro-poor sanitation investments and services. The ultimate goal is to improve health and hygiene outcomes.

This study follows current approaches to political economy - interdisciplinary inquiry drawing upon social and political theory and economic principles - to understand how poli­tical actors, institutions, and economic processes influence each other. This study’s conceptual framework combines a diagnostic component with a typology of actions to help translate analytical findings into more effective support to operations and investments.

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Alternate management approaches for village water supply systems - Case studies from Maharashtra - A field note by WSP

This field note by the Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) documents some of the alternate approaches for Operation and Maintainance (O&M) of rural water supply that are already in practice in various parts of Maharashtra, in a context where the state government agencies responsible for construction and management of rural water supply systems have been found to be facing limitations in O&M arrangements.

The traditional approach to provision of rural water supply in India has been supply driven, with emphasis on norms and targets and on construction and creation of assets, but with very little concern for sustainable arrangements for better management and maintenance of the facilities built. The viewpoint that users are ‘beneficiaries’ rather than empowered stakeholders among the service providers has led to alienation of the users. Read More

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