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100 _aHilmer Bosc
100 _aJoyeeta Gupta
245 _aWater Property Rights in India
246 _aEPW
_fVol.59; No.29 -
_g20 July 2024
_hpp. 61-68
520 _aAs Indian states continue to revise and reform their water laws in response to the escalating water crises, property rights in water instruments and their effect on water governance gain importance. Based on the examination of 153 law and policy documents shortlisted to 64, it is found that (i) India has a plural governance model with provincial water statutes; (ii) these laws avoid addressing the underlying landownership-related groundwater and riparian rights, and instead perpetuate water rights linked to the land through a registration process; (iii) new state-issued permits provide quasi-property rights to permit holders but how this relates to point (ii) is unclear; and (iv) as most water is over-allocated, reallocating water will be challenging, given the above property rights system.
630 _aPOL
650 _aIndia
650 _aWater Property Rights
650 _aIndian states
650 _aWater laws
856 _uhttps://www.epw.in/journal/2024/29/special-articles/water-property-rights-india.html
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