Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority an Assessment 33 2 0 1 2
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the forefront of institutional reform in the water sector. It was also the first to significantly raise irrigation service fee on public irrigation systems. The Maharashtra State Water Policy of 2003 was a landmark of sorts. In 2005, the state passed two important pieces of legislation: one, Maharashtra Management of Irrigation Systems by Farmers (MMISF) Act, and two, Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) Act followed by a US$ 325 million loan from the World Bank to ground the above reform initiatives. Of all these, the MWRRA experiment has been closely watched by other states as well as by the civil society.
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