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Water Rights System for India
Water scarcity in India cannot be tackled without establishing binding water withdrawal limits through a system of enforceable water rights at various scales.
Water in India-managing uncertainty
Water is a deeply contested resource because of its multiple uses, meanings and governance regimes. Its fluidity makes it hard to govern and manage. Old and new challenges need to be confronted as cli...
Water Cycle-India
Water flowing into the sea constitutes a major portion of India’s water balance. There is a need to efficiently conserve the resource.
Variability in Groundwater Level
Groundwater is the largest freshwater storage, but its high abstraction rate for fulfilling the demands of ever increasing population, industrial and agricultural sectors has been leading to its signi...
Flood Hazard Evaluation and Satellite Data
Flood hazard zonation is one of the most important non-structural measures, facilitating appropriate regulation and development of floodplains and thereby reducing the flood impact. Satellite remote s...
India Needs Dams?
Dams are an important component of water resource development, particularly needed for a country like India. However, these are to be constructed and managed in such a way that the adverse impacts are...
In Quest of Cooperation: Inter-State River Water Conflicts in India
The threat of scarcity, distribution and quality of water, a finite, natural resource, has made its relationship with conflict. This is an area of continued interest and debate in both the policy lite...
Access to Tap Water
The profile based on 2011 Census suggests that access to tap water, presumably a safe source, is a distant dream to many as only 44 per cent of population can avail it.
Water ATMs: A Boon or Bane?
Policy failures have resulted in millions of Indians living without adequate access to safe drinking water. Water ATMs have the potential to ensure easy and cost-effective access. However, a careful c...