The study concerns norms that have been established by the Government of India in order to attain a network of facilities to provide an acceptable level of water consumption within a stipulated time frame...
There are a large number of multi village water supply schemes (including regional schemes) in India. The prime motivation for setting up multi village schemes is based on the desire to provide full water...
The operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures incurred on rural water supply schemes in India is commonly much less than required and this has serious implications on their performance. This is one...
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are important performance management tools. They help in ascertaining whether the policies and programs are meeting the objectives. They can provide useful feedback information...
There is an impression that the willingness to pay (WTP) and affordability of rural households for water supply is not sufficient to cover the operation and maintenance (O&M) cost of supply. This has often...
In the last-one-and-a-half decades, there has been an annual average expenditure of about one billion United State (US) dollars in the rural water supply sector in India. This has led to an appreciable...
The prime objective of this study is to review the effectiveness of rural water supply schemes in different states in India. A total of 10 states have been covered in the study: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka...