Contents
Undertaking i
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract vii
Table of contents ix
List of figures xv
List of tables xvii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.1.1 MDGs: The predecessor 2
1.1.2 Defining localization 3
1.2 SDG 6 and Global Monitoring 3
1.3 Urbanisation and SDG 6: India 4
1.3.1 Focus on water and sanitation: India 5
1.3.2 Schemes related to WaSH in India 7
1.3.3 Data deficit? 7
1.4 Localization as a solution 9
1.5 Aim 9
1.6 Central Research Questions 9
1.7 Objectives 10
1.8 Methodology 10
1.9 Limitation 11
1.10 Scope 11
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 12
2.1 Cases: Additional data for SDGs 13
2.2 Mandatory disaggregation to progress towards SDGs 14
2.3 4 steps of localization 15
2.4 International cases 17
2.5 Cases from Indian states 19
2.6 Conclusion 20
3 SDG 6: TARGETS AND INDICATORS 22
3.1 Tier classification of SDG 6 targets 22
3.2 Data deficit or data to ‘just fit’ 25
3.3 SDG India: Baseline Report 25
3.4 Convergence 27
3.5 Role of Indian states towards SDGs 31
3.6 SDG 6: Data disaggregation 31
3.6.1 Data audit for 6.1.1 31
3.6.2 Data audit for 6.2.1 32
3.6.3 Data audit for 6.3.1 32
3.7 Roadmap to localize SDG 6 34
4 SDG 6 IN MAHARASHTRA 35
4.1 Site: Urban Maharashtra 35
4.2 State plan for SDG 6 35
4.3 SDGs in Maharashtra: A hopeful future 36
4. Water-Sanitation timeline in Maharashtra 36
4.5 Maharashtra’s performance in the SDG India Index 37
4.6 Who is responsible? 38
5 SAFELY MANAGED DATA ESTIMATES – MAHARASHTRA 39
5.1 Water and Sanitation Ladder for Maharashtra 39
5.2 Estimates for safely managed data: Categories-wise 39
5.3 Estimates for safely managed data: Division-wise 44
6 SDG 6 IN WAI 48
6.1 Going further local 48
6.2 Site: Wai Municipal Council 48
6.3 Why Wai? 49
6.4 Site profile 49
6.5 Pre-site analysis 51
6.6 Wai Status: Water 52
6.7 Wai Status: Sanitation 53
6.8 During the site visit 55
6.9 Localization: further actions 57
6.10 Local indicators for SDG 6 in Wai 59
6.11 Computing SDG 6 ladders for Wai 60
7 CONCLUSION 61
7.1 Recommendations 61
7.1.1 City level recommendations 61
7.1.2 State level recommendations 61
7.1.3 National level recommendations 62
7.2 Scope for further research 62
7.3 Impact on related SDGs 62
7.4 Conclusion 63
References lxv
Appendix 1: SDG 6 with programs and nodal ministries lxvii
Appendix 2: National and State indicator matrices lxviii
Appendix 3: Pamphlets used during site visit to Wai lxxiv