Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

V. Ratna Reddy ¹, J. S. Rathore ¹, R. L. Jogi ¹, J. P. Sharma ¹, G. S. Rathore ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, IN

Abstract

The policies for water management at village level are not necessarily confined to irrigation water but also affect significantly the problem of drinking water especially in the water scarce region. Institutional and market approach to dealing with the problems of water scarcity have been discussed in the literature. The present paper analyses the institutional foilures and problems of water markets in the water scarce region of Rajasthan. The paper essentially addresses to this question by taking villages as a unit for water management. Rural Rapid Appraisal (RRA) method, group interviews, individual interviews and the transect walks are used as tools of analysis apart from the empirical method of analysis. Thus the paper traverses in an analytical domain beyond the usual empirical work. Here an attempt is made to combine the methodologies beyond the broad discipline of economics. The focus of the analysis is on Rajasthan villages and the paper concludes that a blanket price policy may prove hamiful in a welfare oriented approach of provision of water. It is further argued that a differential pricing policy may be followed and this should be related to the availability of water or scarcity value of water.

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R. S. Deshpande , V. Ratna Reddy

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Experience of agricultural development in the country suggests wide regional differentials in the growth performance, along with a serious neglect of the balance of ecosystem. Large portions of Maharashtra situated on the Deccan Plateau are the fragile eco-regions by passed by technology. These areas contribute a sizable share to the food grain economy of the state.

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V. Ratna Reddy

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The present paper makes an attempt to estimate the demand for water in the three major sectors at a dis aggregate level. Besides, the extent of shortages in residential water supplies in urban as well as rural areas is analysed in the light of financial and other constraints. It is observed that in most of the districts the present shortages in urban areas are due to the policies pertaining to pricing, supply regulations, etc. rather than due to the supply constraints . Whereas the shortages in rural areas are of quantitative as well as qualitative nature. Very few villages are covered with piped water supplies and the quality of water available is very poor in most of the villages. In number of villages water shortages have led to the development of water markets and villagers pay much higher rate for water when compared with their urban counter parts.

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V. Ratna Reddy

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The problems of most of the LDCs originate from lack of understanding and clear perspective in developmental strategies at the policy making level. The failure of these economies in boosting their economic growth can mainly be attributed to their imitative strategy of development.

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V. Ratna Reddy

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It is an established fact, by now that the scope for absorbing the growing labour force through expansion of manufacturing industries and production services in LDCs is limited and hence a large part of the additional labour force will have to be absorbed within the agricultural sect.or itself.

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V. Ratna Reddy

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Surplus or redundant labour in agriculture, which is a typical characteristic of developing countries, is believed to be one of the causes of or consequence of economic backwardness. A major portion of this surplus comes from rural areas. Most of the developing countries suffer from excess population growth, and the quantum of labour surplus varies from region to region depending on the structural characteristic of the region.

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