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Learn more about India by exploring the home page for the NBR special, "India's Promise."

• India's Promise Special

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• The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) (PDF Document)
  Also known as the Tata Energy Research Institute, TERI is a non-profit science and policy research organization headquartered in New Delhi. This links to a 1997 article titled, "India's water crisis: avenues for policy and institutional reform."
• Halosource
  Halosource is a bioscience firm that provides systems for making water safe, controling infections, and improving wound healing. The company has installed its safe water solutions in India. Halosource's Director of Drinking Water, Duane Dunk, is interviewed in Darren Gersh's report.
• India Infrastructure Report 2006
  This study is a publication of Oxford University Press India. It examines governance and development issues in India and includes a look at the nation's water, sewage, and municipal solid waste management. A summary of the report is offered free-of-charge. The complete report must be purchased.
• India's Department of Drinking Water Supply
  The Department of Drinking Water Supply is part of India's Ministry of Rural Developent. The ministry's website offers data about the country's drinking water situation. In addition, it also offers resources to assist the various Indian states with their efforts to improve the quality of their drinking water.
• India's Planning Commission
  The Planning Commission of the Government of India determines priorities for the most efficient utilization of the nation's resources. The agency's Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, is interviewed in Darren Gersh's report.
• Rainwaterharvesting.org
  Rainwaterharvesting.org is the website of the Center for Science and Environment, a non-governmental organization based in New Delhi. The group promotes "the revival of tradtional system of water harvesting." This links to the groups analysis of the Yamuna River's pollution problems.
• The World Bank
  The World Bank "helps to improve the safety net systems of developing countries through technical assistance, knowledge dissemination and direct lending." This links to a World Bank report titled, "India's Water Economy: Bracing for a Turbulent Future."
• Yamuna Action Plan
  The Yamuna Action Plan is a project of India's Ministry of Environment & Forests. It is a plan "for water pollution abatement and conservation of the river Yamuna" in India. The Yamuna is profiled in Darren Gersh's report.

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