Rajasthan State Water Policy - State Water Resource Planning Department (2010)

The Rajasthan State Water Policy 2010, describes the critical status of water in Rajasthan in terms of:

• The growing imbalance between demand and supply of water
• Uncertainty in availability of water
• Inequity in access to water
• Low operational efficiency of water resource development projects
• Depleting groundwater resources and deteriorating quality of water
• High cost of service, low cost recovery and low level of expenditure
• Lack of ownership among stakeholders

The policy has evolved out of the earlier policy documents and intends to function from the new perspective of Integrated Water Resources Management, which is holistic and includes a bottom up approach.

The new policy document addresses issues related to:

• Water supply and development
• Integrated Water Resource Management
• Irrigation
• Water resources infrastructure
• Water conservation
• Water quality
• Environmental management
• Water pricing
• Legal enablement
• Capacity building
• Research
• Monitoring and evaluation of water policy and action plans

The original document in english and the hindi version of the document can be downloaded from the Water Resources Department (Government of Rajasthan) website.