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
... investment proposals rather than for comprehen- sive basin planning or resource management . There is no mechanism ... investments have rightly been accorded high priority in India's development plans . Expenditures on irrigation in In ...
... investment proposals rather than for comprehen- sive basin planning or resource management . There is no mechanism ... investments have rightly been accorded high priority in India's development plans . Expenditures on irrigation in In ...
Page xv
... investment without full corresponding achievement of coverage and service objec- tives ; increasing cost of future provision of services ; closure of various income - generating water uses and activities ; and continued high incidence ...
... investment without full corresponding achievement of coverage and service objec- tives ; increasing cost of future provision of services ; closure of various income - generating water uses and activities ; and continued high incidence ...
Page xvi
... investment activities will not be forthcoming . The role of government should be reoriented from one of provider and financier of services , to one of fa- cilitator and enabler . The overall orientation should be to- wards ...
... investment activities will not be forthcoming . The role of government should be reoriented from one of provider and financier of services , to one of fa- cilitator and enabler . The overall orientation should be to- wards ...
Page xix
... investments ) basin development plans for inter - state river basins , which would expand the scope for achieving ... invest- ment programs and management decisions , there is a need to fill the critical gaps in data availability and ...
... investments ) basin development plans for inter - state river basins , which would expand the scope for achieving ... invest- ment programs and management decisions , there is a need to fill the critical gaps in data availability and ...
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... investment of millions of farmers ( MOWR , 1996 ) . While continued availability of credit may be important , particularly for poor farmers who need to replace or upgrade existing wells , groundwater development by private farmers will ...
... investment of millions of farmers ( MOWR , 1996 ) . While continued availability of credit may be important , particularly for poor farmers who need to replace or upgrade existing wells , groundwater development by private farmers will ...
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