Low-flows and livelihoods (R8171)

1. Low-flows and livelihoods (R8171) POLICY OBJECTIVES

2. Review of Project • Policy background • water • watershed • forest and water • Activities and outputs of the project • Broad policy objectives • Identified • Potential RAPID Workshop

3. National Water Policy • The National Water Policy of India although recommends the integrated watershed management as well as integrated river basin planning and management • However, the implementation is either faulty or totally missing RAPID Workshop

4. Watershed Management Programmes • Does not follow sound scientific basis to identify the requirements of the local areas • Does not take into consideration the inter-linkages between the watersheds • Does not have any evaluation process to assess the level of fulfillment of set objectives • Does not have any mechanism of generating alternative scenarios • No mechanism of integration between departments • No way of sustainability assessment RAPID Workshop

5. Forest and Water • Indian forestry and water sectors have firm beliefs • every forest increase water availability • forest attract rain • Contrary to forest hydrology research • in most cases forest consume water • no link with rain at local level • Forest and water beliefs base policy and practice • water, forestry, watershed policy documents • wrong interventions in watershed near closure RAPID Workshop

6. Unified Framework: the only answer • Creation of an unified framework for water-related information • Shall map the areas starting from micro-watersheds to river basin level • Modelling shall provide the assessment of water quantity in space and time • Local participation and consensus through scenario generation and sustainability assessment RAPID Workshop

7. Unified Framework the only answer…. • The unified framework shall • Provide opportunity for integration of information pertaining to line departments • Act as a tool for legislation for actions taken by stake holders at various levels • Sustainability assessment at local and higher levels RAPID Workshop

8. Corroboration • World Bank: has recommended the similar approach in their water policy on India • KAWAD and APRLP: also recommends that an integrated approach needs to be implemented RAPID Workshop

9. R-8171 Project • Research Funded under the FRP (DFID) • Lead Collaborators: CLUWRR, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and IIT Delhi • Other Partners: WII, RRL-Bhopal, NIT-Hamirpur, Sandesh (NGO) • Support organisations: CSTE, Shimla; NRDMS, DST • Low Base Flows and Livelihoods in India • Providing scientific backup to the local level planning • GIS based dissemination tools (Web-based) • Socio-economic: livelihoods, institutions and policy RAPID Workshop

10. Pilot Watershed in HP/MP • Provide scientific backup to the local level planning • Create framework on the pilot level • Generate water resource information • Integrate socio-economic information • Develop GIS based dissemination tools RAPID Workshop

11. Pilot watershed - Himachal Pradesh 4000 ha Watershed of Interest – Hamirpur with sub watershed with Drainage RAPID Workshop

12. Watershed of Interest – Madhya Pradesh RAPID Workshop

13. Dudhi ( 60 ha - treated) – Bewas (75 ha - untreated) Watersheds RAPID Workshop

14. Socio-economic Component • Watershed Case Studies (HP/M) • water, forest and livelihoods in watershed project • institutional framework in pilot areas • Forest and water narratives • Institutional and policy analysis • state level institutions and policies • central level institutions and policies • donor policies RAPID Workshop

15. Pilot Watershed. Improved biophysical understanding of water resources and livelihoods (GIS) Policy & Institutions. Tracing of water policies & investigation of institutional practices Dissemination Tool. Demonstration of policy based scenarios & evaluation DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHANISM FOR POLICY ACTION RAPID Workshop

16. Strategy for Policy Action • Promotion of the general philosophy (institutions, public) • Showcase the above strategy on pilot scale but using the existing institutional structure at ALL levels • Two pilot watersheds have been taken in two states (MP and HP) • Framework for integration and dissemination of information for the pilot area • Tools for resource assessment and evaluation of watershed interventions on livelihoods • Capacity building project partners (NGO /NIR, RRL technology) • Institutional research (understanding and involving) • watershed/block/district/state/centre • Web base tools for dissemination • Convergence with other projects into a base-line technology RAPID Workshop

17. Centre and HP RAPID Workshop

18. Broad Policy Objectives • Integrated framework for water-related information at all levels • Address the problem of departmental coordination • Review sectoral policies and introduce legislation when necessary • forest and water • scientific basis of watershed interventions • groundwater and recharge RAPID Workshop

19. Areas for Policy Objectives • Centre • Himachal Pradesh • Madhya Pradesh • Donors • International organisations RAPID Workshop

20. Strategy for Policy Action • Promotion of the general philosophy (institutions, public) • Showcase the above strategy on pilot scale but using the existing institutional structure at ALL levels • Two pilot watersheds have been taken in two states (MP and HP) • Framework for integration and dissemination of information for the pilot area • Tools for resource assessment and evaluation of watershed interventions on livelihoods • Capacity building project partners (NGO /NIR, RRL technology) • Institutional research (understanding and involving) • watershed/block/district/state/centre • Web base tools for dissemination • Convergence with other projects into a base-line technology RAPID Workshop

21. Thank You RAPID Workshop