Public private partnership in irrigation in india?

Question

about private participation in taking up construction and maintanence of Irrigation projects.

Answer 1

This is a very important point. In general, the private sector will not help the poor because they can't afford market costs. This is where the public sector has to come in.

If there has to be a public-private partnership, say, in water or power or irrigation or public health, it must assure access to the poor.

A lot of these public-private partnerships are not well designed. They presume the poor can pay what they can't afford. I would like to see public-private partnerships use public finance to subsidise free provisions of central needs so that the poor aren't left with nothing or in a desperate situation.

A true public-private partnership uses expertise, technology and management practices of the private sector, but uses public finance to ensure universal access to the most desperately poor people.

in India its still in nascent stage.. and mainly works of BOT ( Build,Operate,Trasnfer )basis..

Answer 2

can you please be specific..