00842pab a2200169 454500 180718b2001 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Reddy, V. Ratna Declining social consumption in India 2001 p.2750-751 21 Jul The declining trend in the use and provision of basic amenities needs immediate attention at the policy level. The main reason for this decline is the low efficiency in managing resources like drinking water, where distribution and transmission losses are high. Policy-making should also focus on demand-side aspects like increasing water use efficiency, recycling and promotion of water saving technologies. - Reproduced Drinking water - India Drinking water Economic and Political Weekly 49178 49178 49178 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 36, Issue no: 29 AR49606 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR