These resources were largely under the control of the rural communities. Gradually, with the extension of state control over these resources, resulting in decay of the community management system, CPRs available to the villagers declined substantially over the years. The latest National Sample Survey Organization study (1999) on the role of land, water and forest commons in the life and economy of rural Indians has revealed that CPRs provide as much as 58% of fuel wood requirements and up to 25% of fodder requirements. It also provides evidence of large-scale depletion of CPRs, with CPR lands in rural India declining by almost 2% every 5 years (Goswami, 2011).