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

Report: Action plan of SWRPD for water sector
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/302930

Policy: National water policy 2002
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/254999

Feature: Rajasthan tackles drought
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/37121

Feature: Watered down governance
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/18003

Book: Dying Wisdom
http://csestore.cse.org.in/soe4.html

Film: Harvest of rain
http://csestore.cse.org.in/changing-currents-plumbing-the-rights-part-9....