Initiating and Sustaining Water Sector Reforms: A SynthesisWorld Bank Publications, 1999 - 138 pages Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource in India. India faces an increasingly urgent situation with its finite and fragile water resources being stressed and depleted while various sectoral demands are growing rapidly. 'Initiating and Sustaining Water Sector Reforms' offers detailed solutions to this complex and important concern. |
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Page xiii
... charges provide little incen- tive to conserve either water or power . Additionally , the ap- plication of agricultural pricing and marketing policies has distorted cropping patterns , and thereby water use . The net effect of these ...
... charges provide little incen- tive to conserve either water or power . Additionally , the ap- plication of agricultural pricing and marketing policies has distorted cropping patterns , and thereby water use . The net effect of these ...
Page xiv
... charged to consumers contrib- utes to the financial weakness of the agencies , and failure to levy rates based on O ... charges for water service delivery . Significant restructuring is thus required of the insti- tutional and financial ...
... charged to consumers contrib- utes to the financial weakness of the agencies , and failure to levy rates based on O ... charges for water service delivery . Significant restructuring is thus required of the insti- tutional and financial ...
Page xviii
... charged volumetrically , with any subsidies being explicit and well - targeted . This is a pre - requisite to ... charge volu- metrically to establish incentives for groundwater and power conservation ; • remove agricultural price and ...
... charged volumetrically , with any subsidies being explicit and well - targeted . This is a pre - requisite to ... charge volu- metrically to establish incentives for groundwater and power conservation ; • remove agricultural price and ...
Page 7
... charge- Rs . 3.62 Actual supply cost of water- Rs . 5.58 Groundwater from Own Wells ( individual house ) 6.61 Water Supply through Metro Tankers 20 Water Supply through Private Tankers 0 5 10 15 20 25 Unit cost ( Rs / cum ) 30 30 35 40 ...
... charge- Rs . 3.62 Actual supply cost of water- Rs . 5.58 Groundwater from Own Wells ( individual house ) 6.61 Water Supply through Metro Tankers 20 Water Supply through Private Tankers 0 5 10 15 20 25 Unit cost ( Rs / cum ) 30 30 35 40 ...
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... charge and extraction as a basis for targeting development finances . While this is a valuable mechanism for cross - check- ing data from different sources , it is also a relatively ineffi- cient use of scarce resources . The cost of ...
... charge and extraction as a basis for targeting development finances . While this is a valuable mechanism for cross - check- ing data from different sources , it is also a relatively ineffi- cient use of scarce resources . The cost of ...
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