This Act consists of 31 Sections. The State Government shall establish an Authority to be known as the Rajasthan Water Resources Regulatory Authority. Section 11 details powers, functions and duties of the Authority, including: (a) to determine the distribution of entitlements for various categories of use and the equitable distribution of entitlements of water within each category of use; (b) to enforce the decisions or orders issued under this Act; (c) to determine the priority of equitable distribution of water available at the water resource project, sub-basin and river basin levels during periods of scarcity; (d) to establish a water tariff system, and to fix the criteria for water charges both for irrigation and drinking water; etc. Additionally, the Act makes provisions, inter allia, for: the establishment of the State Water Board and the State Water Council, disputes and appeals, offences and penalties, etc.
الهند · 2013-09-13