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Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Act, 2016 [Act No. VIII of 2017].

Country/Territory
India
Territorial subdivision
Maharashtra
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority Act, 2005.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Governance Groundwater Institution Freshwater resources management
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

This Act amends the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority Act, 2005 (Act). It empowers the government to appoint a Committee to exercise the powers, functions and duties of the Authority when the Authority is not reconstituted under sub-section (5) of section 3 of the Act. The Act is further amended in respect of composition and qualification of the Chairperson, Members and special invitees of Authority inter-alia requiring a groundwater management expert as a Member and at least one special invitee shall be a woman. The constitution of Selection Committee, for appointment of the Chairperson and Members is also amended.

Full text
English
Website
www.indiacode.nic.in

References - Legislation

Amends

Maharashtra Water Resource Regulatory Authority Act 2005.

Legislation | India | 2005

Keyword: Institution, Water supply, Freshwater resources management, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX