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23
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Rahiman Paani Rakhiye!
Bin Paani Sab soon!!
Paani Gaye naa oobre!
Moti, Manas, Choon !!
Bin Paani Sab soon!!
Paani Gaye naa oobre!
Moti, Manas, Choon !!
In our lives, water is priceless. Sans water, pearls, humans and lime have no existence.
In 1991-1992, under the prime minister ship of Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, India adopted liberalization of economy. India was suffering impending international defaults and was under huge economic crisis. But P.V Narasimha Rao, who was also popular as Modern Chanakya because of his ability to steer through economic and political crisis gave a new path to India.
Since then, we have had surged a great path in economic and financial development during the last 2 decades. The technology, the usage, the production everything has been increased and hence the progress. Employment is being created and individual freedom is being achieved.
Prior to it, the general resources such as water or oil were freely obtainable in profusion and no price was attached to it but now it is not so.
Now a day, when you look at the accessing, cleaning and transporting processes of water, the cost of water becomes obvious, the water is a cost-effective good now.
As a matter of fact, there is no shortage of water. But is that water drinkable? That is the main question. Fresh uncontaminated water is no longer available in ample amounts. Pollution makes it unhygienic. So, in order to make it consumable again, it needs to be processed and cleaned. And there comes the cost.
Water is an important resource and one cannot live without it. Yet, there is also a hidden fact, that a thing unearned never gets its proper value. Progress is a long-term concerning issue. In India, the government gives free subsidized electricity to farmers to pump water. The net result is that the water-sources begin to get exhausted as more water is pumped than what is needed. After some time, the sources desiccated up, and now, costs involving water are higher. It is a fact that subsidies and taxation never works positively in long-term notions and this is just an example.
Water is no more a sustainable free source, and hence neither It is not sustainable to keep giving free water to people. We have to learn and make the masses understand that common procedures are not sustainable. Water can be provided free, but it won’t be processed properly, and that may cause health hazards. For maintaining hygiene and health precautions and safety, proper water orientation and processing is needed and it surely includes costs.
We need to learn from the experience of nations like The Philippines, Cambodia and Thailand that even the underprivileged are becoming conscious of the benefits and reimbursement of sustainable solutions. We need to convince people that it is better to pay than get everything for free.
There is also another view for this fact that free-water provisions are unsustainable, but they are unhelpful, non-working and in fact more consuming.
Even though water contribution is highly subsidized practically in almost all cities of India, very few Below Poverty Line (BPL) families actually have water connections in their houses, most of BPL people don’t even have a permanent household, i.e. even though government provides subsidy schemes for the poor, but poor are unable to get any use of it, While upper income families gets advantage from these subsidies system although they could have paid for the water righteously. Since they gets subsidized water, they never understands the real value of it and spends it profusely, on the other hand BPL people remains dependent on the NagarPalika free-water supply tanks or bring water from public water posts, water tankers, or public wells or rivers or fountains. Often these people are strained to buy water from private vendors too. Unfortunately, even wherever this water is provided without any charge, we over and over again undervalue the factual cost paid by the poor in obtaining it. The women from far away come to get water from the free service tankers of free-waterline posts. That is just a work for no price. In fact at the name of providing free water, we cause them to loose their precious time in which they might have done some other labor to earn money.
As a matter of fact, all this subsidy system never reaches to help the poor.
It is better if we remove subsidies from water and learn that it is better to pay for it rather than get it for free. If people will pay for it without subsidies, they will understand the real cost of it and will take it as a costly good and use it with wisdom of conservation.
Since then, we have had surged a great path in economic and financial development during the last 2 decades. The technology, the usage, the production everything has been increased and hence the progress. Employment is being created and individual freedom is being achieved.
Prior to it, the general resources such as water or oil were freely obtainable in profusion and no price was attached to it but now it is not so.
Now a day, when you look at the accessing, cleaning and transporting processes of water, the cost of water becomes obvious, the water is a cost-effective good now.
As a matter of fact, there is no shortage of water. But is that water drinkable? That is the main question. Fresh uncontaminated water is no longer available in ample amounts. Pollution makes it unhygienic. So, in order to make it consumable again, it needs to be processed and cleaned. And there comes the cost.
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Water is no more a sustainable free source, and hence neither It is not sustainable to keep giving free water to people. We have to learn and make the masses understand that common procedures are not sustainable. Water can be provided free, but it won’t be processed properly, and that may cause health hazards. For maintaining hygiene and health precautions and safety, proper water orientation and processing is needed and it surely includes costs.
We need to learn from the experience of nations like The Philippines, Cambodia and Thailand that even the underprivileged are becoming conscious of the benefits and reimbursement of sustainable solutions. We need to convince people that it is better to pay than get everything for free.
water1
There is also another view for this fact that free-water provisions are unsustainable, but they are unhelpful, non-working and in fact more consuming.
Even though water contribution is highly subsidized practically in almost all cities of India, very few Below Poverty Line (BPL) families actually have water connections in their houses, most of BPL people don’t even have a permanent household, i.e. even though government provides subsidy schemes for the poor, but poor are unable to get any use of it, While upper income families gets advantage from these subsidies system although they could have paid for the water righteously. Since they gets subsidized water, they never understands the real value of it and spends it profusely, on the other hand BPL people remains dependent on the NagarPalika free-water supply tanks or bring water from public water posts, water tankers, or public wells or rivers or fountains. Often these people are strained to buy water from private vendors too. Unfortunately, even wherever this water is provided without any charge, we over and over again undervalue the factual cost paid by the poor in obtaining it. The women from far away come to get water from the free service tankers of free-waterline posts. That is just a work for no price. In fact at the name of providing free water, we cause them to loose their precious time in which they might have done some other labor to earn money.
As a matter of fact, all this subsidy system never reaches to help the poor.
It is better if we remove subsidies from water and learn that it is better to pay for it rather than get it for free. If people will pay for it without subsidies, they will understand the real cost of it and will take it as a costly good and use it with wisdom of conservation.
A supportive paper presentation for my debate is Here
Recent progress on the issue of Global warming…
Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change (CSCCC) suggested a different outlook towards the global warming issue and urged all the governments around the world to eradicate subsidies and taxes on agriculture and forestry, and privatize the Government-owned land and water resourced. CSCCC termed the IPCC as “alarmist” and “heavily biased”, the report urged the governments to curb restrictions on rights of property and barriers to free enterprises and entrepreneurship and remove licensing systems completely.
CSCCC is well known to educate the public whole round the world about economics and science of climate change, suggested that such steps will make people richer and hence will increase their capacities to adapt with climate changes.
Representing the real strong correlation between prosperity and health and clean environment, CSCCC argued that preeminent way to reduce the susceptibility of public against potentially harmful aspects of climate change is to allow them to get rich and avail themselves all the measures a rich can afford.
The report was unconfined by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who is closely concerned with India’s efforts to come up with a National Action Plan on climate change under the order of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Clearly disturbing in the group of people who were demanding widely-accepted idea on the issue, Montek wondered aloud whether more than 2,500 scientists in the IPCC could go so horribly wrong as the current report made them out to be.
Read the original news Here at Indian Express
Here, Swaminatahn A.Aiyar discusses in Times of India how Government is Wasting $50 bn on major irrigation. The article clearly shows how government for the politcian’s corruption uses public money for shear wastage. I have allready mentioned. remove subsidies, remove government from water resources.
Water problem will improove itself.
all problems including Global Warming are majorly because of Government.
CSCCC is well known to educate the public whole round the world about economics and science of climate change, suggested that such steps will make people richer and hence will increase their capacities to adapt with climate changes.
Representing the real strong correlation between prosperity and health and clean environment, CSCCC argued that preeminent way to reduce the susceptibility of public against potentially harmful aspects of climate change is to allow them to get rich and avail themselves all the measures a rich can afford.
The report was unconfined by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who is closely concerned with India’s efforts to come up with a National Action Plan on climate change under the order of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Clearly disturbing in the group of people who were demanding widely-accepted idea on the issue, Montek wondered aloud whether more than 2,500 scientists in the IPCC could go so horribly wrong as the current report made them out to be.
Read the original news Here at Indian Express
Here, Swaminatahn A.Aiyar discusses in Times of India how Government is Wasting $50 bn on major irrigation. The article clearly shows how government for the politcian’s corruption uses public money for shear wastage. I have allready mentioned. remove subsidies, remove government from water resources.
Water problem will improove itself.
all problems including Global Warming are majorly because of Government.
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1 views13 Responses to “Water Crisis in India, Is subsidizing water a sustainable solution?”
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kekedascully Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:08 pmHis blog has information that lead us to reflect much.
kekedascully Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:16 pmCorrection:
Your blog has information that lead us to think much about the things we see and know that suppose.
Kaushal Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:54 pmI heard a story in my childhood about Ant and Grasschopper. Ant work hard to save and build reserves when there is plenty of food available and Grasschopper enjoy the fun all the time without worrying about tomorrow.
When winter came, Ant had enough to keep her alive but grasschopper had nothing to survive.
We are living in society where people have sympathy for grasschopper’s current condition, without thinking about why he is in such condition.
lonelyreddevil Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 pmI think we are not in a position where we can remove all subsidies. Though the economy is doing pretty well, the poor never seem to get the benefits.
Amiya Pandey Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:56 pmquite interesting….
Dragon Says:
April 24th, 2008 at 8:19 ami go by pou..water is elixir..and its important for us to use it wisely.the day is not far when there will be war of the worlds for water.Already there is one between Karanataka and Tamil Nadu..
nice one..
Dragon Says:
April 24th, 2008 at 8:20 ami go by pou..water is elixir..and its important for us to use it wisely.the day is not far when there will be war of the worlds for water.Already there is one between Karanataka and Tamil Nadu..
nice one..
nowwhoisit Says:
April 24th, 2008 at 9:29 amnice post……th subsidy system might never reach the poor….but what ever does…..most policies end up benefiting those who are already doin well…..
Sidhartha Dhar Says:
April 24th, 2008 at 12:05 pmI live in the North Eastern part of the country. Here water is in plenty. I got the shock of my life when I visited Delhi and saw people buying water. In NE there is no concept of buying water. It is outrageous here.
Many problems regarding water could be solved if the river linking project gets through. Its just like the electricity grid. You take water from here and transfer it to places that are deficient.
I hope the Government can push it forward. But there are many environmental issues regarding this. They all need to be sorted out before anything can be done.
A very nice post
SId
unpretentious_diva Says:
April 24th, 2008 at 12:27 pm@sidharth
even in North east, the water is being provided as subsidized good.
If subsidies will be removed, the service charges of providing drinkable water to your house will surely be taken.
Services are NOT free.
Ayesha Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 3:27 pm“Lack of safe water and adequate sanitation is the world’s single largest cause of illness,” it says, and “can spread such diseases as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis, polio, trachoma and tapeworms — many of which can be fatal to people in the developing world.”
And there are other water-associated diseases, such as malaria and filariasis, that affect vast populations worldwide. Malaria alone kills more than one million people every year.
The UN warns that increased urbanisation is also placing an enormous strain on existing water and sanitation infrastructure.
China, Communism, Corruption and Earthquakes | Reason for Liberty Says:
February 5th, 2009 at 1:23 pm[…] of corruption; communism-socialism is synonym of disaster. We have specifically shown how all the major scarcity of water in India is only because of government’s ill big-projects and unethical tax-subsidies cycles. We have […]
alok Says:
May 2nd, 2010 at 2:46 amSubsidy is resulting in total wastage of free rain water and water shortage.We have not done any thing for harvesting. Look at LPG subsidy also .We get RS 900 subsidy on one cylinder of LPG if its petrol equivalent cost is considered. Due to this subsidy we are not using free solar thermal energy during sunny hours and induction heating which costs 50% of subsidized LPG .Subsidies and mismanagement of subsidy are hollowing out Indian economy.Energy and water subsidies are Rs. 4.1 lac crore per year. 68000 crore on power, 82000 crore on petroleum products and additinal 60000 crore on LPG as per my calculations , 1 lac crore on domestic and business water 1 lac crore on agricultural water. subsidiy on agricultural water eve should be given to those who do something for rain water harvesting depanding on area of land they possess as one having more land should harvest more water in volume.energy and water subsidies are whooping Rs 1100 crore per day.