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India’s 2023-24 WASH Budget: Gaps in fund utilisation despite hike in budget allocation

Swarupa Das

  • 22 May 2023
  • Ircwash.com
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What does the 2023-24 budget mean for WASH? India has made commendable progress in the field of sanitation and water since the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and the Jal Jeevan Mission...

India’s 2023-24 WASH Budget: Gaps in fund utilisation despite hike in budget allocation

Swarupa Das

  • 22 May 2023
  • Ircwash.com
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What does the 2023-24 budget mean for WASH? India has made commendable progress in the field of sanitation and water since the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and the Jal Jeevan Mission...

Budget 2021-22 should provide for sustainable water supply, soaps under PDS

Trisha Agarwala

  • 28 January 2021
  • Down To Earth
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The upcoming budget for financial year 2021-2022 is unique not only because it is the first one after a pandemic was announced, but also because it will be India’s first paperless Budget...

Sanitation Budgets: The Road from Total Sanitation Campaign to Swachh Bharat Mission

Trisha Agarwala

  • 15 October 2020
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Given that WASH solutions are critical in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, the significance of prioritising WASH has substantially increased. This piece presents the genesis and number story of...

Decentralised Public Finance for WASH: Policy and Practice Learnings

Trisha Agarwala

  • 20 August 2020
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Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, IRC, and WaterAid India are jointly engaged in an initiative to track and analyse public spending for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) at the...

Towards Faster and Sustained Revival of Assam's Economy: A Note Submitted to Advisory Committee for Revitalisation of State Economy in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

CBGA

  • 15 August 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the long-standing lockdown that was implemented to mitigate the emergency, has given rise to an unprecedented challenge for the Union Government as well as the State...

Numbers on the Edge: Assessing India's Fiscal Response to COVID-19

CBGA

  • 29 May 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare our pre-existing fault lines and exposed the country to an unprecedented crisis. This situation calls for timely and bold policy measures by governments at all...

Enabling Environment for Water Security: Mapping the National and State Government Institutions in India

CBGA

  • 15 May 2020
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This fact sheet provides an overview of the Indian national and state level institutions in Odisha and Bihar engaging with water supply and resources, with a particular focus on rural. It is an...

Can India meet its new ambitions for sanitation and water?

Trisha Agarwala

  • 11 February 2020
  • IRC Wash
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India, once "vilified as the nation with the biggest population of open defecators in the world" declared it became open defecation free (ODF) in October 2019. This was the result of the Swachh...

Strengthening the Role of Rural Local Bodies in WASH Financing and Services

CBGA

  • 30 August 2019
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This policy brief is based on the discussions in a multi-stakeholder workshop on Public Financing for Water and Sanitation that was held on 25th March 2019 at New Delhi. Key stakeholders attended the...

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