Title | Financing the WASH sector in India: cost of provision and budget allocations |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | V. Reddy, R, Jayakumar, N |
Secondary Title | WASHCost-CESS Working Paper |
Volume | 12 |
Pagination | 33 p.; 22 fig.; 4 tab. |
Date Published | 2011-05-01 |
Publisher | WASHCost team, Hyderabad, IN |
Place Published | Hyderabad, India |
Keywords | access to sanitation, india andhra pradesh, rural areas, sanitation services, urban areas, use of facilities, WASHCost, water supply services |
Abstract | This paper attempts to estimate the fund requirements for the provision of water and sanitation services in rural and urban areas at the all India level as well as in the state of Andhra Pradesh. These estimates are compared with the actual budget allocations to the sector during the recent years. The analysis brings out three important issues: allocations towards WASH sector are not commensurate with requirements and allocations have been declining during recent the years both at the national and state level, sanitation sector gets marginal allocations, and budget allocations are biased in favour of infrastructure to the neglect of demand management and governance issues. It is argued that the present allocations are not sufficient to deal with the challenges at hand. There is need for a paradigm shift in terms of mainstreaming sanitation rather than tagging it with drinking water. A balanced approach of allocation of sufficient resources with appropriate composition coupled with integrating supply and demand aspects at the policy level is necessary for ensuring water security at the household level and other levels. [authors abstract] |
Notes | With bibliography on p. 29 - 30 |
Custom 1 | 822 |