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Democratisation of water management - The experience of Tamil Nadu with governance reforms

Through these three papers, the authors argue that the solutions to the global water crisis do not lie in investing more and more money into the water sector or in the introduction of better technology. Nor is the introduction of the private sector and the reduction in the role of the government going to help. Rather, the time has come to introduce changes at the basic or the fundamental level in the way in which the water sector functions.

There is an urgent need to bring about reforms in governance by moving towards decentralisation and democratisation, leading to  involvement of people from all the sections of the society, who know and understand that they are responsible for the system and its functioning, as well as by introducing principles of equity and social justice. The papers demonstrate the successful implementation of this approach by describing the experience of Tamil Nadu at democratising water management through introduction of reforms at the level of governance, through involvement of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD).Read More

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Democratisation of water management - Establishing a paradigm shift in the water sector - The Tamil Nadu experiment with governance reform (2006)98.78 KB
Democratisation of water management as a way to reclaiming public water - TheTamil Nadu experience - V Suresh - Pradip Prabhu (2007)272.41 KB
Solution for the water crisis - Democratisation not privatisation - Promising stories from Tamil Nadu (India) - V Suresh (2007)28.24 KB
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Women and water - A collection of papers - Economic and Political Weekly - Volume XLVI - Number 18 - April 30 (2011)

These five papers on Women and Water published in the Economic and Political Weekly, examine the relationship of women to water in the context of the new decentralised  governance structures that are based on the assumption that domestic water supply is the legitimate domain of women and thus power and authority needs to be granted to women to manage water resources.

However, there is a very little understanding of how this has benefited women and what are the challenges experienced during the process of implementation or the outcomes gained from these processes, in the context of the Indian society that continues to propogate patriarchal values and is based on structures that are inherently hierarchical and inequitable.

Some of the papers dwell on and explore the inherent biases in the literature and make an attempt to understand their implications for women in managing water resources, while some of the papers share case studies on the outcomes of the implementation of the decentralised water management policies at the village level.Read More

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Women and water - Issues of gender, caste, class and institutions - Maithreyi Krishnaraj - EPW (2011)58.56 KB
Women and decentralised water governance - Issues, challenges and the way forward - Seema Kulkarni - EPW (2011)186.77 KB
Questioning masculinities in water - Margreet Zwarteveen - EPW (2011)278.37 KB
They are not of this house - The gendered costs of drinking water’s commodification - Kathleen O'Reilly - EPW (2011)134.39 KB
Caste, gender and the rhetoric of reform in India’s drinking water sector - Deepa Joshi - EPW (2011)181.05 KB
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A world without water – A documentary film by Brian Woods

The film produced by Brian Woods of True Vision TV explores the future of the world’s water supply indicating how the world is running out of its most precious resource. Woods builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on the disturbing picture of the battle for its ownership and the commoditization of the resource. The film raises the question of whether water should be a human right or a tradable commodity.Read More

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Jaipur, RJ, India
Latitude: 26.917000, Longitude: 75.817000

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Independent water regulatory authorities in India - Analysis and interventions - A compendium of analytical work by PRAYAS

This compendium by PRAYAS includes the outcome of an analysis and advocacy based study on water regulation in the context of Water Sector Reforms (WSRs), which have led to the establishment of Independent Regulatory Authorities (IRAs) in the water sector through the enactment of laws at the state level. Read More

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Independent water regulatory authorities in India - Analysis and interventions - A compendium of analytical work by PRAYAS (2006-2009)6.29 MB
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Groundwater management in Andhra Pradesh - Time to address real issues – A report by Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy

This report by Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy attempts to address issues related to groundwater management in Andhra Pradesh. With 49 per cent of the total irrigation from groundwater, the state of Andhra Pradesh accounts for 5.3 per cent of the net groundwater irrigated area in the country. While the state remains as one of the largest exporters of rice, with paddy accounting for nearly 70 per cent of the state’s total irrigated area, groundwater depletion poses serious challenges to not only the agricultural production and rural livelihoods, but also to the nation’s food security.

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Anantapur, AP, India
Latitude: 14.670709, Longitude: 77.590744

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Socio-economic implications of depleting groundwater resource in Punjab: A comparative analysis of different irrigation systems - An EPW paper

This article in the Economic and Political Weekly is based on a comparative analysis of different irrigation systems. It argues that while the consequences of negative groundwater draft have mostly been viewed as an ecological disaster, the externalities of groundwater depletion pose greater concern for socio-economic equity in the access to this resource.

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Socio-economic implications of depleting groundwater resource in Punjab: A comparative analysis of different irrigation systems - An article by Anindita Sarkar in EPW (2011)164.94 KB

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Amritsar, PB, India
Latitude: 31.630890, Longitude: 74.871552

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The wealth of waste: The economics of wastewater use in agriculture - A report by FAO

This report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) deals with the economics of wastewater use in agriculture. It presents an economic framework for the assessment of the use of reclaimed water in agriculture, as part of a comprehensive planning process in water resource allocation strategies to provide for a more economically efficient and sustainable water utilization. Read More

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Review of right to water: Human rights, state legislation, and civil society initiatives in India

This study by CISED is a review of the rights discourse in the context of water, based on academic and popular literature on rights and civil society initiatives as well as government documents regarding water and related subjects. It engages with the idea of rights (and the right to water) to bring questions of social justice and equity to the forefront.Read More

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Bangalore, KA, India
Latitude: 12.971599, Longitude: 77.594563

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National Water Mission - National Action Plan on Climate Change - Volume I and II - Ministry of Water Resources (2009,2008)

This comprehensive mission document by the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) highlights the objective of the National Water Mission, which is to conserve water through minimising wastage and ensuring equitable distribution of water across and within states through integrated water resources development and management. The document is presented in two volumes.Read More

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National Water Mission Under National Action Plan on Climate Change - Vol I - Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) 2009.pdf722.36 KB
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A framework for India’s water policy - Economic and Political Weekly

This article published in the Economic and Political Weekly begins by arguing that India’s annually renewable water resources are finite and are subject to uncertain climatic variability and that these resources need to be systematically monitored and managed to meet the needs of a diverse society.Read More

India will thus benefit from a unifying national water policy that combines scientific knowledge of India’s water resource systems with the nation’s democratic ideals so as to achieve an equitable sharing of this vital resource among all segments of society.

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