the states can find a platform to settle their differences away from the pushes and
pulls of local exclusivist influences.
When it comes to financing, being a developing country, India has great
demands on its available resources, in which the water sector also has to compete.
The share of finances of the states under their own budgets is considerably higher
than the finances at the Union level. However, the Union has the responsibility to
ensure that the last-mile shortages in finances do not deprive beneficiaries of water
programmes from the intended benefits. Implementation of projects are affected by
a large number of factors, especially land availability and interaction with other
utilities as well as acceptance of proposed developmental plans by the beneficiaries
as well as displaced persons. A coordinated governance regime is required in which
better consultative processes on the investment plans of individual states are discussed and dovetailed into the national-level financial perspectives.
Together in both the volumes, we have covered governance issues at state and
Federal levels, utilization and deployment of water resources for various purposes
like hydropower, rejuvenation and drinking water supply, investments for development of irrigation and water supply. We also covered issues arising out of
environment-related disasters like droughts and floods and issues of wetlands and
river rejuvenation, groundwater management. Water availability being stochastic in
nature, the role of data management in planning for water resources is also covered
in the volumes.
It is hoped that through the two volumes, a strong narrative on some of the
several issues related to water governance and management will emerge to foster
further dialogue, research and policy review. It is also expected that the two volumes are able to deliver mature and diverse views on the many issues related to
water governance and management.
The editors would once again like to thank Dr. Loyola D’Silva and Prasanna
Kumar Nayaransamy of Springer for their support in bringing out this volume.
New Delhi, India
February 2021
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Ashwin B. Pandya
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pulls of local exclusivist influences.
When it comes to financing, being a developing country, India has great
demands on its available resources, in which the water sector also has to compete.
The share of finances of the states under their own budgets is considerably higher
than the finances at the Union level. However, the Union has the responsibility to
ensure that the last-mile shortages in finances do not deprive beneficiaries of water
programmes from the intended benefits. Implementation of projects are affected by
a large number of factors, especially land availability and interaction with other
utilities as well as acceptance of proposed developmental plans by the beneficiaries
as well as displaced persons. A coordinated governance regime is required in which
better consultative processes on the investment plans of individual states are discussed and dovetailed into the national-level financial perspectives.
Together in both the volumes, we have covered governance issues at state and
Federal levels, utilization and deployment of water resources for various purposes
like hydropower, rejuvenation and drinking water supply, investments for development of irrigation and water supply. We also covered issues arising out of
environment-related disasters like droughts and floods and issues of wetlands and
river rejuvenation, groundwater management. Water availability being stochastic in
nature, the role of data management in planning for water resources is also covered
in the volumes.
It is hoped that through the two volumes, a strong narrative on some of the
several issues related to water governance and management will emerge to foster
further dialogue, research and policy review. It is also expected that the two volumes are able to deliver mature and diverse views on the many issues related to
water governance and management.
The editors would once again like to thank Dr. Loyola D’Silva and Prasanna
Kumar Nayaransamy of Springer for their support in bringing out this volume.
New Delhi, India
February 2021
Girish Chadha
Ashwin B. Pandya
xii
Introduction