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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 40
Page xi
... resulting from rising incomes , urbanization and rapid industrialization . Industrial needs will be a high economic priority ; agriculture — with two - thirds of production dependent on irrigation and accounting for 83 percent of ...
... resulting from rising incomes , urbanization and rapid industrialization . Industrial needs will be a high economic priority ; agriculture — with two - thirds of production dependent on irrigation and accounting for 83 percent of ...
Page xiii
... resulting in inadequate funding of operations and maintenance , poor water service by providers , and service dissatisfaction and water - use inefficiencies on the users end . The absence of appropriate direct water pricing , and lack ...
... resulting in inadequate funding of operations and maintenance , poor water service by providers , and service dissatisfaction and water - use inefficiencies on the users end . The absence of appropriate direct water pricing , and lack ...
Page xiv
... result is a sector that has become unsustainable . This general vicious circle syndrome is evident in all three ... resulting in low cost recovery and ensuing political pressure by farmers not to pay for a service that lacks ...
... result is a sector that has become unsustainable . This general vicious circle syndrome is evident in all three ... resulting in low cost recovery and ensuing political pressure by farmers not to pay for a service that lacks ...
Page 2
... resulting in a role reversal between the industrial and agri- cultural sectors as regards their relative contributions to the economy . Although agriculture remains the major employer in India's economy - with about 67 percent of the ...
... resulting in a role reversal between the industrial and agri- cultural sectors as regards their relative contributions to the economy . Although agriculture remains the major employer in India's economy - with about 67 percent of the ...
Page 11
... result , civil society institutions in the water sector are weakly developed or non - existent . Local government admin- istrations , such as the relatively recently activated panchayat ( village level ) institutions , are also still ...
... result , civil society institutions in the water sector are weakly developed or non - existent . Local government admin- istrations , such as the relatively recently activated panchayat ( village level ) institutions , are also still ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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