This book highlights the need for effective water governance in India given the fact that the country has been facing serious water stress in recent years. The water management in the country needs a serious scientific understanding coupled with the cooperative approach rather than a competitive one. It looks at current water regulations and underlines the need for overhaul of some laws to ensure that high water usage efficiency is attained, groundwater depletion is arrested and management of available resources is carried out in a disciplined manner. It also looks at the role of stakeholder engagement and pricing as a mechanism to manage demand in the wake of rapid population growth and industrialization.

Autorentext

Girish Chadha is a New Delhi-based business journalist-cum-entrepreneur. His engagement with water sector runs across several dimensions.  He has written extensively on global water issues in leading foreign publications and is the Editor of India Water Review, a multi-media news platform on water in India. Girish also overlooks efficient water usage practice for a fast-growing global organic foods company with projects across several geographies. 
Ashwin B Pandya is the Secretary-General of International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID). An M Tech in Structural Engineering from IIT-Delhi, Pandya has been a former Chairman of Central Water Commission. In his long distinguished career encompassing all aspects of water resources sector, Pandya has provided mentorship and led the large water resources engineering community towards a sustainable and rational development regime. Pandya has been engaged with several state governments, many countries and the World Bank in various capacities and is an advisor to the Indian Government on several flagship projects.

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Local governance and water management: Maximising availability through people-led initiatives.- Multi-stakeholder engagement in river basin management plan development: Experience from River Ramganga.- Inter-state water conflicts and its influence on transboundary water interactions: A case study of Brahmaputra River basin.- Decoding empowerment through participation in India: The case of women and waterscapes.- Pursuing water management & security through hydropower development Issues & challenges.- Integrated development of reservoirs and unified control for efficient flood moderation in Ganga and Brahmaputra basins.- Addressing drought devastation through policies and practices for prevention, mitigation and management.