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Poverty is rampant and wide spread, making low general standard of living even after six decades of development efforts in India. It is a low income developing economy, facing the twin formidable problems of unemployment and poverty. It suffers from over population which shows no signs of containment. Population explosion has thrown to winds the gains of development plans and the policy-makers are baffled by the prospects of further increase in population. Apart ...
The twenty-six papers in this volume, presented at the 87th IEA Conference, address a host of issues pertaining to interlinking of rivers in India. Analyzing the objectives and plans of interlinking of rivers in the country, they offer an elaborate discussion on its feasibility, justification, rationale, present framework, problems and prospects, and costs and benefits. The socio-economic relevance of interlinking of rivers has also been examined.