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Water Programmes All that you wanted to know about water management schemes, but didn't know who to ask The Union budget of 2005-06 had given the impression that the United Progressive Alliance (upa) government had a plan to promote water conservation and management. With the 2006-07 budget round the corner, now is a good time to look at how serious was upa's water plan. Last year's performance in the water sector was characterised by two features: reduced allocations and slow progress. Several ambitious upa schemes - the national scheme for artificial recharge is a case in point - are yet to take off, reduced to arcane acronyms. Policy matters also gathered dust. With 2006-07 being the last financial year of 10th Five-Year Plan, the Union ministries of finance and water resources will need a magic wand to get anywhere close to meeting the goals laid down by the Planning Commission. Full text article available http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp? foldername= 060228&filename==anal&sid==1&sec_id==7 |
| Also see : Rainwater Harvesting, Water : News Articles |
