International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC)

The draft State Water Policy of Rajasthan (2005) takes into account the requirement of utilising all available water resources, surface and ground, in a judicious and equitable, as well as sound economic manner.Read More

This document sketches out the procedure for regulation and enforcement of entitlements by the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority. As per the MWRRA Act (2005), the Authority is to determine the distribution of Entitlements for various Categories of Use and the equitable distribution of Entitlements of water within each Category of Use. 

It is required to establish a system of enforcement, monitoring and measurement of the Entitlement for the use of water to ensure that the actual use of water both, in quantity and type of use, are in compliance with the Entitlements as issued by the Authority. Read More

The Maharashtra Management of Irrigation Systems by Farmers Act (2005) was enacted with the following objectives to -Read More

• promote and secure equitable distribution of water amongst its members;
• maintain adequately the irrigation systems and ensure efficient, economical and equitable distribution and utilisation of water to optimise agricultural production;
• protect the environment;
• ensure ecological balance
• actively involve the members inculcating amongst them a sense of ownership of the irrigation system; and
• safeguard and promote the common interests of its members pertaining to irrigation and agriculture in the area of operation.

The Maharashtra Groundwater (Regulation for Drinking Water Purposes) Act, 1993 aims to regulate the exploitation of groundwater for the protection of public drinking water sources. Protection measures have been taken for public drinking water sources such as prohibition of construction of wells within certain limits.Read More