India
Hydro-power guidelines flawed - An article from India Together
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:37 PM"Hydro-power guidelines flawed", is a critique by Himanshu Thakkar, written in June 2006, of the recent guidelines from the Ministry of Power, that encourage private sector participation in the development of large hydro projects.
Data on river basins, water pollution, water quality, projects and financing from ministry of water resources
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:34 PMWebsite of Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India. contains summary or data on river basins, water resources, water pollution, water quality, projects and financing etc.
Centre absent from water projects - An article from India Together
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:31 PM"Centre absent from water projects", is a report by Himanshu Thakkar, written in May 2007, on the need for developing procedures to ensure that projects that have not been approved by either CWC or the Planning Commission do not get statutory clearances, so that such central agencies do not work more like agents for sub-optimal development.
Information on droughts and floods in India by ministry of water resources
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:24 PMFloods: In India, out of the total geographical area of 329 m ha., the flood prone area has been estimated as 45.64 m.ha. Heavy flood damages were experienced in the country during the monsoon of 1955, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2001 & 2004.
Unreasoned push for large storage projects - An article from India Together
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:23 PM"Unreasoned push for large storage projects", is a note by Himanshu Thakkar written in July 2006, on the central government's unreasoned preference for large multi-purpose storage projects, inspite of evidence and experience contrary to the same.
Dynamic ground water resources of India - A report by Central Ground Water Board
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:07 PMThe report presents the dynamic groundwater resources of India based on Groundwater Estimation Committee (GEC 97) report with base year as 2004. It identifies the areas where groundwater development is at low key and the areas where groundwater development is alarmingly high. The estimation for the individual state was jointly done by the groundwater wing of the State Government and the concerned Regional Office of the Central Groundwater Board.
Benchmarking and data book of water utilities in India by ministry of urban development and Asian Development Bank (2007)
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 04:00 PMWater supply is one of the five urban basic services being addressed by the Government of India under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) with support from Asian Development Bank (ADB) embarked on a Benchmarking and Water Utilities Data Book Project for 20 selected water utilities in India.
The ninth compendium of environment statistics by ministry of statistics and programme implementation (2007)
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 02:50 PMThe ninth compendium of environment statistics 2007, brought out by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), provides data on five core parameters - land/soil, water, bio-diversity, atmosphere and human settlements. These statistics can be used to understand various aspects of the environment, and to explain the impact of economic activities on sustainable development as a whole and the environment in particular.
Model bill to regulate and control the development of groundwater by Ministry of Water Resources (1992, 1996 and 2005)
Posted on 30 May, 2009 09:29 AMModel bill to regulate and control the development and management of ground water, 1992
Guidelines on swajaldhara by department of drinking water supply, ministry of rural development (2002)
Posted on 30 May, 2009 09:23 AMThe Swajaldhara Guidelines are an outcome of the Sector Reforms Project launched on a pilot basis in the year 1999-2000 and presently scaled up for the whole country from the Tenth Plan. Thus, if the village/block level Panchayati Raj Institutions or User Groups come forward and agree to adhere to the reform principles, water supply schemes can be taken up by them in those areas.