INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT 2011 Water: Policy and Performance for Sustainable Development
2 INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT 2011 Water: Policy and Performance for Sustainable Development Three quarters of Indians live in water-stressed regions. The situation is worsening with growing demand and ineffi cient water usage while the availability of clean water is declining due to overexploitation of groundwater and pollution of water bodies. Climate change would exacerbate the problem. The widening water gap could have serious ramifi cations such as constrained INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT development, food shortages, and increased confl icts unless a new approach is taken towards eff ective water resource management (WRM). The India Infrastructure Report 2011 (IIR 2011) focuses on the theme of ‘Water: Policy and 2011 Performance for Sustainable Development’. The Report analyses: • the water situation in India, Water: Policy and Performance for • climate change and implications on WRM, • dimensions of confl icts related to water, Sustainable Development • the rights–policy–legal–institutional framework for the sector, • sectoral practices, policies, programmes, and institutions, and their eff ectiveness, • international experiences in achieving better water service delivery, and • techno-economic and regulatory aspects of water conservation. The Report is a collective eff ort of contributors affi liated to universities, NGOs, think tanks, and private and government agencies, coordinated by Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC). IIR 2011 will be an invaluable resource for policymakers, academics, researchers,
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