Common Property Resources (CPRs) constitute important component of community assets in India and they benefit the livelihood of the rural population in many ways. At the national level, it is estimated that, since 1960, reductions in the area of CPRLs varying from 30 to 50 percent have been noticed in different states of the country. Over the period of time quantity and quality of CPRs has declined and depleted rapidly in Uttar Pradesh, India. Management of Common Property Resources have many social and economic implications for rural population. It has guaranteed the continuous supplies of natural resources that are essential for subsistence economy of rural people. It has constituted a mechanism of social control to protect common property resources. This research Paper analyses the importance of CPRs, depletion of these resources and more specifically attempt to suggest a pragmatic model of the management of CPRs for the state of U.P. that can be generalized for entire India.
