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Groundwater Law and Management in India - From an Elitist to an Egalitarian Paradigm (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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Groundwater Law and Management in India - From an Elitist to an Egalitarian Paradigm (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the existing nature
of India's groundwater laws. In the backdrop of the gravity of
groundwater crisis that threatens to engulf the country, the book
examines the correlation between the imperfections in the law and
water crisis and advocates a reform agenda to overhaul the legal
framework. It accomplishes this objective by examining how some of
the States and Union Territories regulate and manage groundwater
through the legal instrumentality against the backdrop of the two
conflicting paradigms: the "elitist" and the "egalitarian." The
book's fundamental premise is that despite being an extraordinarily
critical resource that supports India's burgeoning population's
ever-increasing water demands, groundwater is abused and
mismanaged. The key argument that it posits is that the elitist
paradigm must give way to an egalitarian one where groundwater is
treated as a common property resource. To place this message in
perspective, the book's introduction explains the dichotomy between
the two paradigms in the context of groundwater. This sets the
stage, after which the book is divided thematically into three
parts. The first part deals with some of the general groundwater
management concerns brought to the fore by the operation of the
elitist paradigm. Since water is constitutionally a State subject,
the second part analyses the groundwater legislations of different
States and Union Territories set against their unique
circumstances. As these laws do not dismantle the elitist paradigm
that interlocks groundwater rights to land rights, the next part
articulates the legal reform agenda where a case is made to
re-engineer groundwater laws to reflect a more sustainable basis.
The findings and arguments resonate with the situation in many
developing countries around the world due to which the book is a
valuable resource for researchers across disciplines studying this
area, and also for policy makers, think tanks, and NGOs.
Groundwater Management-Inter-state Water Conflicts-Aquifers-Water
Markets-Water Security-Water Law Reform-Groundwater Law-Water
Law-Sustainable Development-Hydrology
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