RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE : WATER MANAGEMENT BY SAWALIA BIHARI VERMA, POTUKUCHI THRAMBAKAM & SHIB KUMARI SINGH [HARDCOVER]

Contents: Preface. I. Conceptual framework of infrastructure: 1. Concept and nature of infrastructure/Sawalia Bihari Verma and Shib Kumari Singh. 2. Infrastructure and economic development/Sawalia Bihari Verma and Potukuchi Thrambakam. 3. Infrastructure development: a view/R. Ganapathi and T.V. Seethalakshmy. II. A profile of water management in India: 4. National resource management: a Kumaon perspective/Tanmay Samajdar and Sanjay Kumar. 5. Water management/Syed Turabul Hassan. 6. Techniques of water management and conservation/Vandana Panwar. 7. Watershed management in the tribal areas/Devendra Prasad Pandey. 8. Watershed development: a comprehensive approach with gender concerns/Anitha G. 9. Participatory approach for watershed development programme: an analysis/G. Bhaskar. 10. Watershed development programme in India realities or myths/B. Hemalatha and Y.V.R. Reddy. 11. Watershed as a sustainable strategy of livelihood/Chittaranjan Mishra. 12. Watershed development: key to agricultural development/K.C. Mishra and R.C. Mishra. 13. Watershed development approach for sustainable agricultural development/C.S. Arneja and Sandeepika Khara. 14. Managing rural water resources: role of banks and PRLs/A.R. Patel. 15. Initiatives in promoting water resources in India/M.M.N. Saxena. III. Water supply schemes: 16. Implementing the right to water/Vasudha Pangare and Ganesh Pangare. 17. Right to water safety affordability and accessibility issues/K.J. Nath. 18. Federating micro water supply schemes towards sustainability/Udayabhana A.K. 19. People centric approach in reviving small water bodies/Ashish Mukhopadhyay and B. Goswami. 20. The India water portal/Rohini Nilekani. 21. Is water a social good/Amrit Pandurangi. 22. Water and eleventh plan. 23. Enough water for all. 24. Water access and citizens movement/G. Ananthakrishnan. IV. Water crisis and human security: 25. Water woes/Parth J. Shah and H.B. Soumya. 26. Rajiv Gandhi National drinking water mission/Sawalia Bihari Verma. 27. Water for sustainable livelihood: principles and challenges/G. Sathis Kumar and S. Ramaswamy. 28. Water poverty a challenge for present and future/A.S. Khan. 29. Water crisis and human security: global efforts imperative/Dhurjati Mukherjee. 30. Coping with water scarcity/Kurukshetra. 31. Water scarcity: issues and challenges/G. Paramasivan. 32. Water crisis in Himalayan region: grim situation/Anil Joshi. 33. Water scarcity in rural India/Dusmanta Kumar Giri. IV. Initiatives in rural water supply: 34. New approach to prevent water scarcity/A. Chelladurai. 35. Role of PRIs in drinking water supply/S. Ponnuraj. 36. Government initiatives in rural water supply/P. Siva Ram. 37. Nationalisation of rivers in India/K. Perumalammal. Index.