Articles by Ramaswamy R Iyer

relevant, circumstance-specific measures, Water Resource Management:
but they do not spell out those measures. They are very good on the questioning of conventional wisdom and on challenging Some Comments RAMASWAMY R IYER Ihave read with great interest the scholarly and powerfully argued article on integrated water resource management (IWRM) and its applicability to India by Tushaar Shah and Barabara van Koppen (S and K) in the EPW (August 5, 2006). Their thesis is plausible, but only partly true, and is open to a number of questions.

Harsh towards NGOs Springs of Life: India

The manner in which the comptroller and auditor general is chosen at present is not such as to ensure the selection of an outstandingly able person of great independence and integrity. There is need for an open, objective and credible selection process. A selection committee similar to that laid down for the National Human Rights Commission should be prescribed for the position of CAG. A tentative composition is suggested in this article. It also presents a picture of the kind of CAG we need, proposes a widening of the field of choice and stresses the importance of the professional aspect in selection.

Indus Treaty:

The question whether Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan really require the quantities of water allocated to them under different earlier accords or whether they need still more, needs to be re-examined in an altogether different context. This paper suggests that the needs of all three states can be met with better water management that will not only ensure that the three states manage with less water than they project, it will make the dispute more manageable. But such a move cannot be left entirely to the government; instead civil society should take the initiative.