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The Groundwater Model Bill: Rethinking regulation for the primary source of water [1]

Groundwater is now the main source of water for all major water uses in India and needs to be given greater policy attention. The fact that it is a politically sensitive topic because any reform will affect some powerful constituencies cannot be an excuse anymore for lack of action. Inaction only increases existing inequalities in access to groundwater by progressively reinforcing the power of bigger landowners at the expense of other water users.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2012
Philippe Cullet [2]
Economic and Political Weekly [3]
47
45
40-47
Tags:
Groundwater [4], Legislation [5], Water Policy [6], India [7], Water Management [8], Groundwater Irrigation [9], Agriculture [10]
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