Handbook of Water Resources in India: Development, Management, and StrategiesJohn Briscoe, R. P. S. Malik This handbook focuses on major water policy issues in India, the challenges and the critical measures that need to be addressed. It traces the development of policies in water and their management and has contributions by India's leading water specialists. |
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Government Policies and Programmes | 10 |
2 | 15 |
Perspective of the Planning Commission | 47 |
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