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 xii
... lack of coordination between institutions , duplication of responsibility and responsibility gaps ; ( iii ) inadequate fostering of grass - roots institutions ; and ( iv ) lack of involvement of civil society - i.e . , local com ...
... lack of coordination between institutions , duplication of responsibility and responsibility gaps ; ( iii ) inadequate fostering of grass - roots institutions ; and ( iv ) lack of involvement of civil society - i.e . , local com ...
Page xiii
... lack of adequate application of other economic and finan- cial incentives at the sub - sector level , have also served as an obstacle to the smooth transfer of water between sec- tors and states . Furthermore , economic incentives for ...
... lack of adequate application of other economic and finan- cial incentives at the sub - sector level , have also served as an obstacle to the smooth transfer of water between sec- tors and states . Furthermore , economic incentives for ...
Page xiv
... lacks responsiveness to their needs . Low cost recovery , in turn , is linked to underfunding of the operations and ... lack of adequate pricing levels charged to consumers contrib- utes to the financial weakness of the agencies , and ...
... lacks responsiveness to their needs . Low cost recovery , in turn , is linked to underfunding of the operations and ... lack of adequate pricing levels charged to consumers contrib- utes to the financial weakness of the agencies , and ...
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... lacking . Co- operation between states sharing river basins has been lim- ited , and allocations of inter - state rivers ... lack of basin - wide coordination , poor prioritization of expenditures on projects , and inad- equate public ...
... lacking . Co- operation between states sharing river basins has been lim- ited , and allocations of inter - state rivers ... lack of basin - wide coordination , poor prioritization of expenditures on projects , and inad- equate public ...
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... lack the flexibility to enable administra- tors to respond to changing social , economic , environ- mental or resource conditions . Subsidy - based approaches to water provision are advocated in the NWP , in part con- tradicting other ...
... lack the flexibility to enable administra- tors to respond to changing social , economic , environ- mental or resource conditions . Subsidy - based approaches to water provision are advocated in the NWP , in part con- tradicting other ...
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achieve agencies agricultural Andhra Pradesh approach areas basin modeling central government CGWB cont cost recovery decentralization Detailed Matrix drinking water economic efficiency enable environmental establish farmers financial viability funding gram panchayats groundwater groundwater management Gujarat Haryana impact implementation improve incentives industrial initiatives institutional inter-state investment irrigation issues Karnataka legislation Maharashtra Matrix of Recommendations mechanisms medium term ment monitoring MOWR municipal NABARD NGOs organizations Orissa panchayats percent Planning and Management private sector problems programs Rajasthan Rajiv Gandhi RBOS Report Responsibility riparian river basin role rural water supply RWSS sector service delivery SGWOS Short term Short to medium stakeholders strengthening sub-sector supply and sanitation sustainability SWPO SWRB Tamil Nadu tariff tion tubewells Urban Water Supply Uttar Pradesh UWSS water allocation water markets Water Policy water quality Water Resources Water Resources Management water sector water service water user West Bengal World Bank WUAS