India Country Brief for Water Sector, 2009

India Country Brief for Water Sector – Prepared to be distributed as conference material during the JS-APMDD conference in Bangkok on Climate Justice and Alternatives to Water and Power sector privatisation, September – October 2009

Manthan has been partnering with Jubilee South – Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JS-APMDD) on water privatisation and reforms issues regularly in Asia. This includes writing and updating India Country Brief for water sector privatisation and reforms briefing to be used and distributed during their annual conferences on debt, development, climate justice and alternatives.

Manthan team members have been regularly involved in participating, as resource persons for presentations and also in preparing country briefs for the JS-APMDD conferences.

The country brief provides a bird’s eye view of the privatisation and reforms processes in the country. This brief includes various stages and aspects related to privatisation efforts in the country including status of privatisation and reforms projects in the country, role of the governments and international financial institutions, changes in laws and policies that have been brought about to facilitate private participation, involvement of private corporations, impacts of privatisation and the campaigns, movements and alternatives against the privatisation efforts.

India Country Brief Water Sector 2009