A comparative analysis of two contrasting strategies in the implementation of Community Natural Resource Management (CNRM) programmes in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh This book examines whether the introduction of CNRM schemes in rural India made an impact on poverty alleviation. These programmes were implemented in various phases and manners in different states over the last two decades and their comparative performance as well as successes and failures are ...
The Politics of Water Resource Development in India: The Narmada Dams Controversy
This book deals with the politics of water resource development and management in India, with special reference to the Narmada river water dispute. It analyzes the politics of the inter-state river water dispute over Narmada in the context of Centre-State and inter-state relationships. Looking at the constitutional and legal mechanisms for resolving disputes among riparian states, it extends discussion on the upstream-downstream politics implicit in the battle ...