Water and Rights


The present conpendium on Water and Rights is developed as a resource material meant for reseachers, students and trainers of water management. The compendium covers a wide range of issues related to water and rights. The readings are categirized under various sub-themes viz. (1) Introductional Law Context, (3) Water Rights and Legal Pluralism, (4) Water as a Human Right, (5) Right to Drinking Water, (6) Water Rights and Irrigation, (7) Water Rights and Groundwater, (8) Water Rights and Independent Regularity Authority, (9) Water Rights and Decentralisation, (10) Water Rights and Displacement, (11) Water Rights and Gender.