Indian Politics & Policy Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 2018 | Page 113

Indian Politics & Policy drawn. The NDMC also provides the land for the STP at no cost to the private operator and then distributes the treated water, at its own cost, through water tankers to other gardens in the territory. The NDMC pays a rate between 30 and 37 Rs. per kiloliter to the company for the days that they collect the treated water and then adds a lower rated payment for those days that they cannot collect the water due to weather or other circumstances. The private company in theory should be able to pay off its investment and glean a profit from these regular payments made by the NDMC after about five or six years. The NDMC on the other hand does not have to come up with the initial capital for the project but pays over time by guaranteeing to purchase the water. This decentralizes water governance to the location of the facility but maintains institutional controls through government pricing and a guarantee to purchase the treated water. In this case, the government entity becomes the consumer rather than the producer, thus altering the hydrosocial cycle. Figure 2. Rose garden with an SBT plant in the foreground, located along Shantipath near Embassies and Consulates. (Picture by Kelly D. Alley) 110