1st Edition
Water Justice and Groundwater Subsidies in India Equitable and Sustainable Access and Regulation
Introduction
1. Charting the Future for Effective Water Governance: Conceptualising Water Justice
2. Subsidies and Groundwater Access in India: From Assuring Water Security to Challenging Social Equity and Environmental Sustainability
3. Changing Role of the State in the Drinking Water Sector and the Subsidies: Case Study from Kerala
4. Subsidies, Groundwater Conservation, and Equitable Access and Allocations: Case Study from Rajasthan
5. Subsidies and Realisation of the Fundamental Right to Water: Balancing Rights-Duties in Judicial and Executive Discourse
6. Articulating the Water Justice Approach in Groundwater Regulation: Balancing the Human Water Demands and Rights of Nature
7. Conclusion: Balancing Water for Human Rights and Ecosystems: Assuring Equity and Sustainability through Water Justice
Biography
Gayathri D. Naik is an assistant professor at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. She holds a PhD in Water Law and Policy from SOAS University of London, UK, on the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship.
