| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| PART "A" - "CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF INFRASTRUCTURE" | | |
| Concept and Nature of Infrastructure | Dr. Sawalia Bihari Verma and Dr. Shib Kumari Singh | 1 |
| Infrastructure and Economic Development | Dr. Sawalia Bihari Verma and Potukuchi Thrambakam | 27 |
| Infrastructure Development: A View | R. Ganapathi and T.V. Seethalakshmy | 51 |
| PART "B" "A PROFILE OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN INDIA" | | |
| National Resource Management: A Kumaon Perspective | Dr. Tanmay Samajdar and Sanjay Kumar | 59 |
| Water Management | Syed Turabul Hassan | 69 |
| Techniques of Water Management and Conservation | Vandana Panwar | 92 |
| Watershed Management in the Tribal Areas | Devendra Prasad Pandey | 103 |
| Watershed Development: A Comprehensive Approach with Gender Concerns | Anita G. | 115 |
| Participatory approach for Watershed Development Programme - An Analysis | Dr. G. Bhaskar | 132 |
| Watershed Development Programme in India-Realities or Myths | B. Hemalatha, Y.V.R. Reddy | 141 |
| Watershed as a Sustainable Strategy of Livelihood | Dr. Chittaranjan Mishra | 151 |
| Watershed Development: Key to Agricultural Development | K.C. Mishra and Dr. R.C. Mishra | 160 |
| Watershed Development Approach for Sustainable Agricultural Development | C.S. Arneja, Sandeepika Khara | 166 |
| Managing Rural Water Resources: Role of Banks and PRLs | A.R. Patel | 182 |
| Initiatives in Promoting Water Resources in India | M.M.N. Saxena | 194 |
| PART "C" "WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES" | | |
| Implementing the Right to Water | Vasudha Pangare, Ganesh Pangare | 207 |
| Right to Water Safety Affordability and Accessibility Issues | Prof. K.J. Nath | 215 |
| Federating Micro Water Supply Schemes Towards Sustainability | Udayabhanu A.K. | 230 |
| People-Centric Approach in Reviving Small Water-Bodies | Ashish Mukhopadhyay, R. Goswami | 237 |
| The India Water Portal | Rohini Nilekani | 249 |
| Is Water a Social Good? | Amrit Pandurangi | 255 |
| Water and Eleventh Plan | | 260 |
| Enough Water for All | | 264 |
| Water Access and Citizens' Movement | G. Ananthakrishnan | 269 |
| PART "D" "WATER CRISIS ANDHUMAN SECURITY" | | |
| Water Woes | Parth J. Shah, H.B. Soumya | 275 |
| Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission | Dr. Sawalia Bihari Verma | 285 |
| Water for Sustainable Livelihood: Principles and Challenges | G. Sathis Kumar and S. Ramaswamy | 292 |
| Water Poverty - A Challenge for Present and Future | A.S. Khan | 306 |
| Water Crisis and Human Security: Global Efforts Imperative | Dhurjati Mukherjee | 317 |
| Coping with Water Scarcity | Board of Editors, Kurukshetra | 323 |
| Water Scarcity - Issues and Challenges | G. Paramasivan | 330 |
| Water Crisis in Himalayan Region: Grim Situation | Anil Joshi | 337 |
| Water Scarcity in rural India | Dusmanta Kumar Giri | 342 |
| PART "E" "INITIATIVES IN RURAL WATER SUPPLY" | | |
| New Approach to Prevent Water Scarcity | A. Chelladurai | 349 |
| Role of PRIs in Drinking Water Supply | S. Ponnuraj | 356 |
| Government Initiatives in Rural Water Supply | Dr. P. Siva Ram | 373 |
| Nationalization of Rivers in India | K. Perumalammal | 392 |
| Index | | 397 |
