Financing the WASH Sector in India Cost of Provision and Budget Allocations

This paper attempts to estimate the fund requirements for the provision of water and sanitation services in rural and urban areas at the all India level as well as in the state of Andhra Pradesh. These estimates are compared with the actual budget allocations to the sector during the recent years. The analysis brings out three important issues: i) allocations towards WASH sector are not commensurate with requirements and allocations have been declining during recent the years both at the national and state level, ii) sanitation sector gets marginal allocations, and iii) budget allocations are biased in favour of infrastructure to the neglect of demand management and governance issues.[WASHCost - CESS Working Paper No.12]. URL:[http://www.cess.ac.in/cesshome/wp/WP-12-Financing%20the%20WASH%20Sector%20in%20India.pdf].