Water Demand Management Issues in Pricing and Cost Recovery

• Completion date जनवरी., 1997
• Sponsor Planning Commission
• Project leader Rita Pandey
• Focus

  The conventional conclusion is that water charges should be revised upwards so that they reflect the social cost of water use. Effluent tax which addresses the issue in water conservation and environmental protection should also be implemented alongwith the rational price of water, for use of water as a receptacle for pollution. The paper was presented at the international seminar on Water as a Social Good.