Interlinking of Rivers in India : Costs and Benefits
Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Interlinking of rivers in India: objectives and plans/G. Karunakaran Pillai. 2. A bird's eye view on interlinking of rivers in India/Narendra Prasad. 3. Interlinking of Indian rivers: a viewpoint/Shashi Bala Jain. 4. Does river linking imply investment in natural capital?/Nirmal Chandra Sahu. 5. Interlinking of rivers: need of the hour/Krishna Nand Yadav. 6. Interlinking of rivers in India: an appraisal/Kuldip Kaur and Kushwinder Kaur. 7. Interlinking of rivers: challenges of destiny/Ram Naresh Thakur. 8. Interlinking of rivers in India: rationale, benefits and costs/P.N. Sharma and Anju Kumari. 9. Interlinking rivers in India: costs and benefits/V. Madhava Rao. 10. Interlinking of rivers in India: justification, benefits and costs/Tapan Kumar Shandilya. 11. Feasibility of interlinking rivers/Nidhi Sharma. 12. Interlinking of rivers: a feasibility study and an alternative plan/V.P. Tripathi and Arun Bhadauria. 13. Modelling of rivers networking under cost framework/Kumar Ratnesh. 14. Linking rivers: from dividend to disaster/A. Ranga Reddy, K.H. Reddy and P. Subramanyachary. 15. Interlinking of rivers in India: dream or reality/B. Syamala. 16. Interlinking of Indian rivers: a big dream of little logic/Manju Singh and Divya Singhal. 17. Water crisis in India: is linking of rivers a solution?/A. Munian. 18. Expansion of irrigation and rural development: the socio-economic relevance of interlinking of rivers/A.R. Veeramani and K. Ramesh. 19. Flood control and interlinking of rivers/A.K. Choudhury and N.C. Sahu. 20. Problems and prospects of interlinking of rivers in India/Bikrama Singh. 21. Interlinking of rivers in India: problems and prospects/H.H. Uliveppa and M.N. Siddingappanavar. 22. Interlinking of Indian rivers: interstate water disputes/Anju Kohli. 23. Linking of major rivers: the case for mighty Brahmaputra/Debotpal Goswami. 24. Interlinking of rivers: a case study of Mahadayi and Malaprabha in the Western Ghats/S.S. Masali and V.V. Karjinni. 25. Mahanadi-Godavari basin link: a benefit analysis/Sandhyarani Das and R.P. Sarma. 26. Economic thought on dryland farming in India/S. Rengarajan. Index.
"Interlinking of Rivers in India is an addition to the series of title arising out of IEA theme-wise conference papers. The present volume consists of 25 articles contributed for the eighty seventh IEA conference at Varanasi. These articles present the considered view on interlinking of rivers in India by the members of the Indian economic association, who come from different parts of the country. The volume, therefore, presents the opinion and wide spectrum of views of our distinguished members. The volume reflects aspects like evaluation of the concept, the present framework, rationale of the plan, socio-economic problems and prospects and cost and benefits, etc. of interlinking of rivers in India.
The book throws sufficient light on the interlinking of rivers in India which may be helpful for researchers, policy-makers as well as planners for its better understanding and implementation." (jacket)
