IRMA Water Centre
IRMA Water Centre
The study attempts to evaluate women’s ability to govern and their effectiveness in income generation and ensuring financial sustainability of all women water users associations (WUAs) promoted by West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation Project (WBADMIP). In-depth study of around ten WUAs in Bankura, Jhargram and Purulia districts would be conducted.
The following are the objectives of the study:
a. To analyse motivation and drivers of women’s participation in all women WUAs
b. To investigate women’s dependence on males in these WUAs
c. To evince women’s strategies to counter traditional gender norms
d. To assess women’s effectiveness in developing and following institutional procedures
e. To examine the income generation and empowerment of women
The study would be conducted during December 2023 to June 2024
Innovation Centre for Eco-Prudent Wastewater Solutions (IC-ECOWS)[1] is a consortium of National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and Institute of Rural Management Anand. The aim of IC-ECOWS is to explore the potential of selected Natural Treatment Systems (NTS) technologies aimed at wastewater treatment and recycling and assess their feasibility in terms of appropriateness and sustainability in urban, peri-urban and rural settings. The Centre’s endeavour will be to develop appropriate “Technology Packages” based on identified NTS technologies, which are suitable for different applications. IRMA is entrusted with the responsibility of socio-economic cost-benefit analysis of NTSs and developing business models for the technology providers. It is also responsible for dissemination of information regarding the NTS technology, its economic viability and management.