This new water policy for Rajasthan presents the framework for sustainable development and management of water resources in the state. It focuses towards community-level empowerment and responsibility for water management.
The objectives of the state water policy are: to adopt a integrated and multi sectoral approach to the water resources planning, development and management on a sustainable basis taking river basin/sub basin as unit; and the water resources of the state shall be planned developed, managed with a river basin and sub basin as the unit adopting multi sectoral approach and treating surface and sub surface water with unitary approach.
See Also
Policy: Rajasthan state water policy , 2008
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/272114 [2]
Report: Action plan of SWRPD for water sector
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/302930 [3]
Policy: National water policy 2002
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/254999 [4]
Feature: Rajasthan tackles drought
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/37121 [5]
Feature: Watered down governance
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/18003 [6]
Book: Dying Wisdom
http://csestore.cse.org.in/soe4.html [7]
Film: Harvest of rain
http://csestore.cse.org.in/changing-currents-plumbing-the-rights-part-9.... [8]
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/rajasthan-state-water-policy-2010
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/272114
[3] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/302930
[4] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/254999
[5] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/37121
[6] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/18003
[7] http://csestore.cse.org.in/soe4.html
[8] http://csestore.cse.org.in/changing-currents-plumbing-the-rights-part-9.html
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/government-rajasthan
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-policy
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-conservation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-quality
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flood-control
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-management
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-supply
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pricing
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[21] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[22] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-management