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.
The website http://www.gisdevelopment.net contains several research papers on using GIS in watershed development
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"Watershed Development in Maharashtra: Present Scenario and Issues for Restructuring the Programme" from SOPPECOM and the Forum for Watershed Research and Policy Dialogue
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"Watershed Development Porgrammes in Madhya Pradesh: Present Scenario and Issues for Convergence" from Gujarat Institute for Development Research and Forum for Watershed Research and Policy Dialogue"
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Understanding Processes of Watershed Development in India - A study anchored by WASSAN
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Discussing the key elements of sustainability pertaining to rural water management, but with greater focus on improving technical sustainability of the infrastructure, through innovations.
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Watershed Development Review: Issues and Prospects: a CISED Technical Report by Joy, Paranjape et. al.
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Reorienting the Watershed Development Programme in India: A Report from CISED, GIDR and SOPPECOM
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Equity in Watershed Development - A case study of Hivre Bazaar
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A preliminary look at the potential and desirability of using market-based approaches to provide watershed protection services in India from the points of view of making benefit-sharing more equitable and improving livelihoods.
  http://www.winrockindia.org/nrm/Final_policy_brief.pdf
Examining the process of change in the Government of Andhra Pradesh Rural Development Department (AP RDD) towards more participatory approaches in its watershed development programme.
  http://www.dfidindia.org/success/pdfs/ap_org_chan_ind.pdf
Overall impact evaluation study of the World Bank assisted Integrated Watershed Development project (Hill-II) in the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Uttaranchal
  http://www.teriin.org/projects/ES/ES2005SF21.pdf
Water Policy and Action Plan for India 2020: An Alternative
  http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/bkpap2020/10_bg2020.pdf
Watershed Development Policy and Livelihoods in Andhra Pradesh
  http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/projects/prp/pdfdocs/appolicy.pdf
Vetiver plants that have long been known to provide economical protection against soil and water loss, and more recently they have also been found to be useful for water purification are still rare in India.
  http://www.indiatogether.com/2006/may/env-vetiver.htm