Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) impact health, nutrition, and livelihood status of millions of Indians every day. Decentralized governance is a key strategy for enhancing efficiency, equity, and justice in this vital sector. Improving governance is not an option; it is in fact essential, given the enormous challenges faced by India. This volume critically examines the decentralization of governance in particular to the water and sanitation sector in rural India. The book showcases leading voices—including those of academians, practitioners, and policymakers—from various parts of India. It begins with an introduction to the basic core issues related to the subject, then details the present scenario in the country and in specific states along with practical examples for their resolution, moving on to broader aspects of good governance in the field, and finally gives implementable remedies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Aidan Cronin
Aidan Cronin is a civil and environmental engineer who works for UNICEF India. He formerly worked as a consultant, a senior research fellow at the Robens Centre, University of Surrey, and a water and sanitation advisor at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland. He has published extensively on water, sanitation, and health issues.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B S Bisht
Dr. B.S. Bisht (1st May, 1956) did his M.A. (Sociology) in 1977 from the univeristy of Mumaun. At first he joined as lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Kumaun University, Nainital on 14th April, 1978. Since then Dr. Bisht is actively engaged in the studies of the Tribes and Backward Communities of the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. Dr. Bisht specialized in the study of Tribes and Backward Communities. Other than the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Letters he has completed two major research projects sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi, and one minor research project sponsored by UGC, New Delhi, on the tribes and backward communities of Himalayan region of Uttarakhand in U.P., So far Dr. Bisht has studied all the five Scheduled Tribe Communities and two Backward Communities of Uttarakhand region. Dr.Bisht has organized three National Seminars and one conference on the different aspects of the tribes and backward communites. Publications of Dr. Bisht in the filed of Tribes and Backward Communities includes Uttarakhand ki Bhotiya Janjati; Raji: A tribe of Indo-Nepal Border of Uttarakhand; Tribes of India, Nepal, Tibet Borderland and Uttaranchal: Gramin Samudaya; Picharhi jati avam janjatiya Paridrashya. Dr. Bisht has contributed more than fifty research papers in the different reserach journals, edited volumes and News papers. He has also presented about twenty research papers in National/International Seminars/ Conferences. At present Dr. Bisth is Reader in Post Graduate Department of Sociology, Govt. M.B.P.C. College, Haldwani Nainital, (U.P.)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kush Verma
Kush Verma is the director general of the National Centre for Good Governance and a former Indian administrative service officer in Uttar Pradesh. He has published several papers in the fields of general administration, development, labor issues, and tourism.
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