- Round of privatisations: Sheonath, Sangli, Indore, Pune,
- Reforms packages: WB Water Sector Restructuring loans in states like U.P., Rajasthan, M.P. Maharasthra and ADB loans
- PPP
- JNNURM, UIDSSMT
Anti-privatization Successes:- Attempts of IFIs, corporates, Government to create a myth of privatisation and commercialisation as the only solutions effectivelybusted
- Growing movement for making explicit the Right to Water
- Non-commercial, public, community based alternatives being evolved, re-discovered, shared
Challenges & Opportunities:
- Public systems still work, deliver, perform, innovate- Important to identify conditions under which they do this (and under which they don’t)- How to create these conditions
- Revival and strengthening of local systems
- Address the existing issues with public and non-commercial systems" Corruption, inefficiency, vested interests, disregard for users" Attraction for high cost schemes, long distance transfer, big dams based solutions" Lack of Transparency, Accountability, Participation" Issues of resource conservation and enrichment
- Changing values – move away from social responsibility, consideration for the poor and weak- Shift to water as a commercial good, and market based operation- Internalisation of commercialisation and privatisation- Creating the ethos of social responsibility
SOURCE:
Essential Services in Water and Sanitation: The Indian Experience Shripad Dharmadhikary, Manthan Adhyayan Kendra (March 2010)
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