participatory irrigation management in Andhra Pradesh

307 Pages·2010·13.88 MB·English

THE POLITICS OF POLICY
Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra
Pradesh
BALA RAJU NIKKII
Propositions
1. Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh is designed
to transfer irrigation management functions including the financing
of irrigation works from irrigation agency to the users. Its
proponents stress that this aspect has to be made very clear when
the process of transfer is introduced. This is precisely what is not
being informed to users under the Andhra Pradesh irrigation
reforms. (This Thesis)
2. The critical thing to understand is not where the seed comes from,
but what makes the soil fertile. (John Kingdon, 2002, Agendas,
Alternatives, and Public Policies. John "Wiley). The critical thing to
understand is not only where a policy comes from, but also what
makes this policy translate on the ground in what ways and in which
directions. {This Thesis)
3. There can be no one definition of policy analysis (Aaron Wildavsky,
1979:15, Speaking Truth to Power The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis,
Little Brown)
4. Policy analysis is where the daily concerns of ordinary people
interface with the most fundamental questions about the nature of
reality and knowledge. (Goktug Morcol, 2002. A New Mind for Policy
Analysis, Greenwood Publishing Housej
5. Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) cannot become a reality
nor can it become self-sustaining without restructuring of the state
irrigation departments, and the bureaucracy is unlikely to initiate
such change. (K.JLSingh,2000. Participatory Irrigation Management:
Paradigm for the 21st Century, Rawat Publications).
Reform should be neither too fast nor too slow. In some cases,
reforms have been more successful on paper than on the ground.
Hasty handover and speedy reforms, as in Andhra Pradesh, tend to
deny new institutions the time they need to mature and become
sustainable. (Asian Development Bank, Final Synthesis Report 2005:
31-32).
Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood
phenomena on earth.
(James Macgregor Burns, leadership, 1978,
Harper and Row Publishers)
Propositions attached to the thesis:
The Politics of Policy:
Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh
Bala Raju Nikku
Wageningen University
Monday 18 December 2006
THE POLITICS OF POLICY
Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra
Pradesh
BALA RAJU NIKKU
Promotor:
Pro£ Dr. Linden F. Vincent, Hoogleraar in de Irrigatie en
Waterboukunde, Wageningen Universiteit
Co-promotoren:
Dr. Peter P. Mollinga, Associate Professor, ZEF, University
of Bonn, Germany
Dr. Dik Roth, Universitair Docent, Leerstoelgroep Recht en
Bestuur, Wageningen Universiteit
Promotiecomrnissie:
Prof. Dr. L.E. Visser, Wageningen Universiteit
Prof. Dr. R. Parthasarathy, Gujarat Institute of Development
Research, India.
Dr. J. Oorthuizen, Learning For Change, Wageningen.
Dr. I. van der Molen, Universiteit Twente.
Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd binnen de onderzoeksschool
CERES
THE POLITICS OF POLICY
Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh
BALA RAJU NIKKU
Proefschrift
Ter verlmjging van de graad van doctor
op gezag van de rector magnificus
van Wageningen Universiteit
Prof. Dr. MJ. Kropff
in het openbaar te verdedigen
op maandag 18 december 2006
des namiddags te 13:30 uur in de Aula
THE POLITICS OF POLICY: Participatory Irrigation
Management in Andhra Pradesh. Wageningen University.
Promoter: Professor L.F. Vincent,-Wageningen:
Bala Raju Nikku 2006. p. 284.
ISBN 90-8504-543-6
Copyright© 2006, by Bala Raju Nikku, Kathmandu, Nepal
This thesis will also be published by Orient Longman,
Hyderabad, India in the Wageningen University Water Resource
Series.
Dedicated to
My late Grandfather
My Parents: Ramulamma and Harisatyanaryana Nikku
My mother in law Pramila Udas
And to my Teachers
Contents
List of figures m
List of tables viii
List of maps x
List of boxes xi
Glossary xü
Abbreviations xiv
Preface xvi
1 Introduction 1
2 Understanding Policy Processes 16
A Conceptual Framework
3 Legislation and Policy 48
The Emergence of Participatory Irrigation Management
4 Madfaira Branch Canal 82
The Social Organisation of an Irrigation System
5 Maintenance and Rehabilitation 106
An Anna of Policy Contestation
6 The Myth of Irrigation Expansion 146
7 Joint Azmoish 174
An Arena of Irrigation Revenue Generation
8 Bureaucracy and Irrigation Reform 211
Public Duties and Social Settings
9 Conclusions 238
Epilogue 247
References 256
English Summary 281
Curriculum Vitae 284
m
Figures
2.1 Analytical Framework 39
3.1 Organisational Structure of the Irrigation Department 63
3.2 The Channels of Communication 72
4.1 WUA Structure 87
5.1 Une Diagram of Punyapuram Major 124
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