Comments on: Water Crisis in India, Is subsidizing water a sustainable solution?

By: alok

alok — Sun, 02 May 2010 07:46:39 +0000

Subsidy 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.

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China, Communism, Corruption and Earthquakes | Reason for Liberty — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:53:49 +0000

[...] 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 [...]

By: Ayesha

Ayesha — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:57:00 +0000

“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.

By: unpretentious_diva

unpretentious_diva — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:57:00 +0000

@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.

By: Sidhartha Dhar

Sidhartha Dhar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:35:00 +0000

I 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

By: nowwhoisit

nowwhoisit — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:59:00 +0000

nice post……th subsidy system might never reach the poor….but what ever does…..most policies end up benefiting those who are already doin well…..

By: Dragon

Dragon — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:50:00 +0000

i 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..

By: Dragon

Dragon — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:49:00 +0000

i 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..

By: Amiya Pandey

Amiya Pandey — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:26:00 +0000

quite interesting….

By: lonelyreddevil

lonelyreddevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:57:00 +0000

I 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.

By: Kaushal

Kaushal — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:24:00 +0000

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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.

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