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1 Kumar, M. D.; Talati, J. 2000. Invisible, indivisible, irreversible groundwater depletion: Are there any parallels in India and Australia? Wastelands News, 16(1):15-16.
Groundwater depletion ; Environmental effects ; Tube wells ; Aquifers ; Artificial recharge / India / Australia / Gujarat / Mehsana District
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6288 Record No: H026960)
2 Shah, T.; Alam, M.; Kumar, M. D.; Nagar, R. K.; Singh, M. 2000. Pedaling out of poverty: social impact of a manual irrigation technology in South Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 36p. (IWMI Research Report 045) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.054]
Irrigation management ; Technology transfer ; Manual pumps ; Water lifting ; Low lift pumps ; Aquifers ; Poverty ; Irrigated farming ; Social impact ; Income ; Marketing ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Pricing / South Asia / India / Bangladesh / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.3 G570 SHA Record No: H027051)
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An assessment of the social impact of treadle pump technology for manual irrigation in eastern India, the Nepal Terai, and Bangladesh, South Asia's so-called "poverty square." Treadle pump technology can be a powerful tool for poverty reduction in this region. It "self-selects" the poor, and puts to productive use the region's vast surplus family labor. It is claimed that the treadle pump could raise the annual net household income by US$100, on the average.
3 Kumar, M. D.. 2000. Institutional framework for managing groundwater: A case study of community organisations in Gujarat, India. Water Policy, 2(6):423-432.
Groundwater management ; Aquifers ; Recharge ; Legal aspects ; Institutions ; Case studies ; Villages ; Watersheds / India / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H027072)
4 Kumar, M. D.. 2000. Institutions for efficient and equitable use of groundwater: Irrigation management institutions and water markets in Gujarat, Western India. Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, 10(1):52-65.
Groundwater irrigation ; Institutional development ; Organizational development ; Decision making ; Water market ; Water allocation ; Water delivery ; Water rates ; Water use efficiency / India / Gujarat / Mehsana / Patan District / Manund Village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5577 Record No: H027367)
5 Shah, T.; Alam, M.; Kumar, M. D.; Nagar, R. K.; Singh, M. 2000. Pedal pump and the poor: Social impact of a manual irrigation technology in South Asia. Paper presented at the Workshop on Poverty, Gender and Water in South Asia, Ahmedabad, India, Organised by IWMI, Colombo, and Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, 10-11 August 2000. 38p.
Manual pumps ; Irrigated farming ; Cropping systems ; Vegetables ; Potatoes ; Rice ; Poverty ; Social impact ; Income ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Gender / South Asia / India / Nepal / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 SHA Record No: H027607)
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6 Kumar, M. D.; Chopde, S.; Prakash, A. 1998. Banking on cooperation: A study of irrigation management institutions in Gujarat. Ahmedabad, India: VIKSAT Nehru Foundation for Development. x, 31p.
Irrigation management ; Institutions ; Organizations ; Water market ; Water rates ; Cost recovery ; Water use efficiency ; Income ; Operations ; Maintenance costs ; Economic impact ; Groundwater ; Water allocation ; Water delivery ; Public ownership ; Private ownership ; Tube wells ; Farmers' associations ; Villages ; Sustainability / India / Gujarat / Manund District / Mehsana District / Banaskantha
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G635 KUM Record No: H027654)
7 Kumar, M. D.; Mudrakartha, S.; Bhalani, D. L. 1999. Lessons from Viksat experience. In Farrington, J.; Turton, C.; James, A. J. (Eds.), Participatory watershed development: Challenges for the twenty-first century. New Delhi, India: OUP. pp.102-117.
Watershed management ; Development projects ; Sustainability ; Equity ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Forestry ; Legislation ; Villages ; Institution building ; Water user associations ; Training / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 FAR Record No: H028372)
8 Kumar, M. D.; Singh, O. P.; Singh, K. 2002; 2005. Groundwater depletion and its socio-ecological consequences in Sabarmati River Basin, India. In Sahuquillo, A.; Capilla, J.; Martínez-Cortina, L.; Sánchez-Vila, X. (Eds.). Groundwater intensive use: Selected papers, SINEX, Valencia, Spain, 10-14, December 2002. Lieden, Netherlands: A.A. Balkema. pp.319-330.
Groundwater depletion ; Aquifers ; River basins ; Social aspects ; Water use ; Ecology ; Soil salinity ; Water market ; Water quality ; Health ; Water requirements ; Groundwater irrigation / India / Sabarmati River Basin / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G200 KUM, 631.7.6.3 G000 SAH Record No: H031927)
9 Kumar, M. D.; Ballabh, V.; Talati, J. 2002. Augmenting or dividing?: Surface water management in the water scarce river basins of Sabarmati. In Thatte, C. D.; Mathur, G. N.; Chawla, A. S. (Ds.), Water for human survival: Proceedings of IWRA International Regional Symposium, New Delhi, India, November, 27-30, 2002. New Delhi, India: Central Board of Irrigation and Power. Vol.II. 13p.
River basins ; Water management ; Irrigation management ; Runoff ; Water governance ; Water supply ; Water allocation ; Performance evaluation ; Irrigation programs ; Conflict ; Water distribution / India / Sabarmati River Basin / Narmada / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 KUM Record No: H031928)
10 Kumar, M. D.; Singh, O. P. 2001. Market instruments for demand management in the face of scarcity and overuse of water in Gujarat, Western India. Water Policy, 3:387-403.
Irrigation water ; Pricing ; Water scarcity ; Water allocation ; Groundwater ; Pumping ; Energy consumption ; Water demand ; Irrigation canals ; Water policy / India / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6535 Record No: H032816)
11 Kumar, M. D.. 2003. Food security and sustainable agriculture in India: the water management challenge. Colombho, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 36p. (IWMI Working Paper 060) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.190]
Sustainable agriculture ; Food security ; Water management ; Water scarcity ; Groundwater depletion ; Waterlogging ; Salinity ; Soil degradation ; Water use efficiency ; Productivity ; Equity ; Irrigation water ; Pricing / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H033990)
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12 Kumar, M. D.; Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Trivedi, Kairav; Singh, O. P.; Sikka, Alok K.; van Dam, Jos C. 2009. Water productivity improvements in Indian Agriculture: potentials, constraints and prospects. In International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India Series 5. Proceedings of the Second National Workshop on Strategic Issues in Indian Irrigation, New Delhi, India, 8-9 April 2009. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.163-174.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042692)
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13 Kumar, M. D.; Dhungel, D. N.; Mirza, M. M. Q.; Suhardiman, Diana. 2016. Institutions and policies governing water resources management in the Ganges River Basin. In Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.241-254. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
Water resources ; Water governance ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water supply ; International waters ; Institutional development ; Water authorities ; Agencies ; Land policies ; Property rights ; Energy resources ; Price policies ; Centralization ; Decision making / Nepal / India / Bangladesh / Ganges River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047817)
14 Bassi, N.; Kumar, M. D.. 2017. Water quality index as a tool for wetland restoration. Water Policy, 19(3):390-403. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2017.099]
Water quality ; Monitoring ; Assessment ; Wetlands ; Lake restoration ; Water resources ; Anthropogenic factors ; Wastewater ; Pollutant load ; Faecal coliforms ; Temperature ; pH ; Dissolved oxygen ; Turbidity ; Total dissolved solids ; Phosphates ; Nitrates ; Urban areas ; Land use / India / Delhi / Lake Bhalswa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048185)
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Worldwide, wetlands are subjected to increasing anthropogenic pressures resulting in loss of their hydrological and ecological functions. Such impacts are more pronounced in the case of wetlands in urban areas which are exposed to land use changes and increased economic activities. In many Indian cities, natural water bodies such as lakes are heavily polluted due to runoff from farmlands in urban and peri-urban areas and discharge of untreated domestic and industrial wastewater. The major constraint for restoring such water bodies is difficulty in devising a concrete action plan for analysing different sets of water quality parameters. Hence, a water quality index (WQI), which is a tool to analyse large amounts of data on different water quality parameters, is computed for one of the biggest natural lakes in the metropolitan city of Delhi. The mean WQI of the lake was estimated to be 46.27, which indicates a high level of water pollution. The paper discusses how these findings can be used for informing policies on management of wetlands. The paper also suggests establishment of a community based water quality monitoring and surveillance system, backed by infrastructural support from the State, in order to restore the wetlands in urban areas.
15 Kumar, M. D.; Pandit, C. M. 2018. India’s water management debate: is the ‘civil society’ making it everlasting? International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(1):28-41. (Special issue: Politics and Policies for Water Resources Management in India). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1204536]
Water management ; Civil societies ; Water supply ; Domestic water ; Water use ; Water harvesting ; Traditional methods ; Irrigation systems ; Water pricing ; Groundwater ; Canals ; Dams ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Energy / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048473)
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This article discusses the bias of the growing constituency of civil society activists in India against conventional water management solutions implemented by the government, and the ‘alternatives’ they champion, which force the government to enter into an endless debate with these groups. The article goes into the fundamental reasons for this bias, and identifies four types of civil society activist: ‘professional’, ‘ideologue’, ‘romantic’ and ‘doomsday prophet’. The article also argues that water bureaucracies in India should adopt evidence-based policy making, subjecting the ‘alternatives’ to the same degree of scrutiny as the conventional ones, to end the policy dilemma, while enhancing the overall quality of design, execution and management of projects for better outcomes.
16 Kumar, M. D.. 2018. Proposing a solution to India’s water crisis: ‘paradigm shift’ or pushing outdated concepts? International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(1):42-50. (Special issue: Politics and Policies for Water Resources Management in India). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1253545]
Water scarcity ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Groundwater ; Aquifers ; Dams ; River basins ; Organizations ; Water authorities ; Water user associations ; Committees ; Communal irrigation systems ; Irrigation canals ; Irrigation efficiency / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048476)
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This article is a critique of the report of the committee chaired by Dr Mihir Shah on restructuring the Central Water Commission and Central Ground Water Board of India. It shows that the recommendations of the committee are not based on any sound understanding of the federal nature of water administration in India, water-sector performance or the problems confronting it. The ‘paradigm shift’ in the suggested approach to water management is based on flawed analysis of the performance of surface irrigation systems and outdated concepts of irrigation efficiency, and reflects the professional bias of its members against large water infrastructure and wishful thinking about what schemes like aquifer mapping can achieve.
17 Kumar, M. D.. 2018. Water management in India: the multiplicity of views and solutions. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(1):1-15. (Special issue: Politics and Policies for Water Resources Management in India). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1351333]
Water management ; Water policy ; Government policy ; Water resources ; Groundwater ; Water supply ; Civil societies ; Advocacy ; Political aspects ; Bureaucracy ; Social sciences / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048482)
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There is very limited scientific evidence to support some of the ideas in the water sector that guide India’s government policies in these sectors. Further, the interdisciplinary perspective required for the design of economic instruments, institutions, and laws and regulations to implement existing policies is lacking in social scientists. This article discusses the growing debate on water management options for India, the tone and tenor of policy debate and the inconsistency. It summarizes 10 scholarly articles from various authors which reflect the multiplicity of views on water issues and solutions for water management in the country.
18 Kumar, M. D.; Reddy, V. R.; Narayanamoorthy, A.; Bassi, N.; James, A. J. 2018. Rainfed areas: poor definition and flawed solutions. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(2):278-291. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1278680]
Rainfed farming ; Irrigated land ; Watershed management ; Development programmes ; Irrigation schemes ; Catchment areas ; Runoff ; Arid zones ; Groundwater ; Crop production ; Economic aspects / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048507)
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This article questions the criterion used by government of India to classify agricultural areas into ‘rainfed’ and ‘irrigated’, merely on the basis of percentage of area under irrigation, in spite of the vast differences in the biophysical and socio-economic characteristics between areas classified as ‘rainfed’. This criterion fails to consider the agro-climate and hydro-meteorology of the area, which decide whether crops can be grown under rainfed conditions or require irrigation. Watershed development interventions, which are usually prescribed for agricultural development of rainfed areas, are bound to fail when rainfall is low and aridity is high, and strategically, interventions should be based on agro-ecology and hydro-meteorology.
19 Kumar, M. D.. 2018. Institutions and policies governing groundwater development, use and management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. In Villholth Karen G.; Lopez-Gunn, E.; Conti, K.; Garrido, A.; Van Der Gun, J. (Eds.). Advances in groundwater governance. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press. pp.443-461.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: PendingH048560)
20 Kumar, M. D.. 2018. Institutions and policies governing groundwater development, use and management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. In Villholth Karen G.; Lopez-Gunn, E.; Conti, K.; Garrido, A.; Van Der Gun, J. (Eds.). Advances in groundwater governance. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press. pp.443-461.
Groundwater development ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water governance ; Water policy ; Water institutions ; Water use ; Water law ; Water rights ; Water level ; Corporate culture ; Landscape ; Eelectricity supplies ; Agricultural sector ; Subsidies ; Resource depletion / India / West Bengal / Punjab / Uttar Pradesh / Indo-Gangetic Plains
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048560)
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