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IIM Bangalore study tracks Modi-era Gujarat water reforms

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC · How we work

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IIM Bangalore launched study “From Gujarat to India: Water Lessons” tracing reforms begun by Minister Narendra Modi in 2001.
The study was authored by Daniel W. Smith, Nitin Bassi and Parameswaran Iyer.
Gujarat’s 2001 reforms built a Narmada water grid, WASMO, Pani Samitis and over 76,000 check dams by 2013.
Union water-sector budget share rose from 0.8 % (2001-02) to 2.2 % (2025-26).
Rural safe-drinking water users increased by 464 million since 2000.

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IIM Bangalore launched study “From Gujarat to India: Water Lessons” tracing reforms begun by Minister Narendra Modi in 2001.
The study was authored by Daniel W. Smith, Nitin Bassi and Parameswaran Iyer.
Gujarat’s 2001 reforms built a Narmada water grid, WASMO, Pani Samitis and over 76,000 check dams by 2013.
Union water-sector budget share rose from 0.8 % (2001-02) to 2.2 % (2025-26).
Rural safe-drinking water users increased by 464 million since 2000.