Manthan Adhyayan Kendra

About Manthan

Manthan Adhyayan Kendra is a centre to monitor, analyse and research water and energy related issues, with a special focus on the latest developments resulting from the liberalisation, globalisation and privatisation of the economy.

The Centre is located at Badwani, a district town in Madhya Pradesh in India, five kilometers from the banks of Narmada. While the focus of the work is on water and energy issues, this is in the larger context of equitable, just and sustainable development.

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The most recent articles

Tamil Nadu Information Commission Rules Tiruppur Water Supply Project as a Public Authority and hence RTI Will Apply

Thursday 17 April 2008 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
Text of the Tamil Nadu Information Commission’s Order and other details

Hindi Edition - Unravelling Bhakra Ordering Details

Saturday 2 February 2008 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
Hindi Edition of Unravelling Bhakra (Bhakra - Parat Dar Parat Ek Padtal) is now available. Read More.....

Brief Update of Water Sector Reforms Projects in Madhya Pradesh

Saturday 12 January 2008 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
This section includes brief updates about the Water Sector Reforms Projects on going in Madhya Pradesh. These projects have the funding of ADB and the World Bank and are involved in pushing commercialisation and privatisation in the state.

World Bank as a Knowledge Creator

Presentation to the Independent People’s Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India, New Delhi 21-24 Sept. 2007
Friday 28 September 2007 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
How the Bank uses Flawed Processes to Generate Unsound Knowledge for Promoting Disastrous Policies
Shripad Dharmadhikary, Manthan
The Knowledge Bank
In 1996, James Wolfensohn, then President of the World Bank, called for the World Bank to become a Knowledge Bank. The World Bank has always been engaged in producing knowledge. This knowledge has been produced and used to design, justify, plan and support policies, programs and projects all over the world. Wolfensohn formally recognised (...)

Hindi Edition

Friday 28 September 2007 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
Unravelling Bhakra is now available in Hindi. The Hindi edition is a abridged version of the original English and is published by Books for Change under the title Bhakra - Parat Dar Parat Ek Padtal.
Copies available from BFC or Manthan. Click on the icon for details of ordering. Pdf version or soft version is not available.

Report of Second Stakeholder Meeting by Afsar Jafri, Focus

Monday 11 June 2007 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
Afsar Jafri reports on the Second Stakeholders meeting held on 2-3 June 2007, by Castalia, consultants paid by the World Bank to design a pilot project for privatisation of water supply in the K East ward of Mumbai.

Preliminary Note on Tiruppur Water Supply Project

Monday 14 May 2007 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
This note on Tiruppur Water Supply and Sewerage Project attempts to provide basic on the ground information on India’s largest Public Private Partnership in water supply.

PAC Calls for Cancellation of Privatisation Contract of Sheonath Project

Tuesday 3 April 2007 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Chattisgadh Assembly has called for immediate cancellation of the contract of the Sheonath Water Supply privatised BOT Project. Details...

Findings and Recommendations of PAC (Hindi)

Tuesday 3 April 2007 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
Read the original Findings and Recommendations of the PAC in Hindi, in Pdf format.

Databases

Tuesday 13 February 2007 by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
Databases of Projects and Programs Involving Privatisation and Commercialisation

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