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03331aam a2200349Ia 4500 001 C119068CA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220317010139 008 220105s2021 si b 001 0 und d 020 $a 9811626162 020 $a 9789811626166 035 $a (OCoLC)1291033262 040 $a UEJ $b eng $c UEJ $d BDX $d OHX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a a-ii--- 050 4 $a KNS2522 $b .G76 2021 082 04 $a 343.54 $2 23 082 04 $a 343.540924 $2 23 245 00 $a Groundwater law and management in India : $b from an elitist to an egalitarian paradigm / $c Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan, Tony George Puthucherril, Sanu Rani Paul, editors. 264 1 $a Singapore : $b Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, $c [2021] 300 $a xxi, 358 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the existing nature of India's groundwater laws. In the backdrop of the gravity of groundwater crisis that threatens to engulf the country, the book examines the correlation between the imperfections in the law and water crisis and advocates a reform agenda to overhaul the legal framework. It accomplishes this objective by examining how some of the States and Union Territories regulate and manage groundwater through the legal instrumentality against the backdrop of the two conflicting paradigms: the elitist and the egalitarian. The book's fundamental premise is that despite being an extraordinarily critical resource that supports India's burgeoning population's ever-increasing water demands, groundwater is abused and mismanaged. The key argument that it posits is that the elitist paradigm must give way to an egalitarian one where groundwater is treated as a common property resource. To place this message in perspective, the book's introduction explains the dichotomy between the two paradigms in the context of groundwater. This sets the stage, after which the book is divided thematically into three parts. The first part deals with some of the general groundwater management concerns brought to the fore by the operation of the elitist paradigm. Since water is constitutionally a State subject, the second part analyses the groundwater legislations of different States and Union Territories set against their unique circumstances. As these laws do not dismantle the elitist paradigm that interlocks groundwater rights to land rights, the next part articulates the legal reform agenda where a case is made to re-engineer groundwater laws to reflect a more sustainable basis. The findings and arguments resonate with the situation in many developing countries around the world due to which the book is a valuable resource for researchers across disciplines studying this area, and also for policy makers, think tanks, and NGOs. 650 0 $a Groundwater $x Law and legislation $z India. 650 0 $a Water-supply $z India $x Management. 650 7 $a Groundwater $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00948235 651 7 $a India. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210276 700 1 $a Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, $e editor. 700 1 $a Puthucherril, Tony George, $e editor. 700 1 $a Paul, Sanu Rani, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230517010617.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C119068CA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search