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The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution.This world day for water was to be observed starting in 1993, in conformity with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development contained in chapter 18 (Fresh Water Resources) of Agenda 21.

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  1. Satellite-based estimates of groundwater depletion in India. NATURE 2009, August 
  2. Water institutional reforms: theory and practice - Saleth 
  3. Towards a New Water Institution: Economics, Law, and Policy - Saleth 
  4. Water: A Critique of Three Concepts - Iyer 
  5. Some Constitutional Dilemmas - Iyer 
  6. The New National Water Policy - Iyer
  7. Macro-scale water scarcity requires micro-scale approaches - Falkenmark et. al.
  8. Water laws and economic transfers of water - Trelease
  9. Right to Water: Some Theoretical Issues
  10. The Right to Water under the Right to Life: India

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