1st Edition
Politics and Policies for Water Resources Management in India
1. Water management in India: the multiplicity of views and solutions
M. Dinesh Kumar
2. Water resources development in India
Chandrakant D. Thatte
3. India’s water management debate: is the ‘civil society’ making it everlasting?
M. Dinesh Kumar and Chetan M. Pandit
4. Proposing a solution to India’s water crisis: ‘paradigm shift’ or pushing outdated concepts?
M. Dinesh Kumar
5. Water transfer from irrigation tanks for urban use: can payment for ecosystem services produce efficient outcomes?
L. Venkatachalam and Kulbhushan Balooni
6. The negative impact of subsidies on the adoption of drip irrigation in India: evidence from Madhya Pradesh
R. P. S. Malik, Mark Giordano, and M. S. Rathore
7. Managing water-related risks in the West Bengal Sundarbans: policy alternatives and institutions
Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Leonard Ortolano, and Tapas Paul
8. Techno-institutional models for managing water quality in rural areas: case studies from Andhra Pradesh, India
V. Ratna Reddy
9. Financial performance of India’s irrigation sector: a historical analysis
A. Narayanamoorthy
10. Solarizing groundwater irrigation in India: a growing debate
Nitin Bassi
Biography
M. Dinesh Kumar is Executive Director at the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, in India. He is a leading water resources expert with 28 years of experience undertaking research, action research, consultancy and training in the field of water, agriculture and energy. He has authored six books and five edited volumes on water resources, agriculture and energy, as well as over 170 research articles and papers.
