The objective of the Additional Financing for Second Karnataka Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Project for India is to assist Government of Karnataka (GOK) in: (i) increasing rural communities' access to improved and sustainable drinking water and sanitation services; and (ii) institutionalizing decentralization of RWSS service delivery to Gram Panchayats (village governments) and user groups. As a result of the depreciation of the Indian rupee (Rs.) against the United States (U.S.) dollar (from Rs 48 to the U.S. dollar at appraisal to Rs 64.10 to the US dollar in August 2013) and as the project will not be able to utilize the surplus Indian rupees available by the credit closing date, this restructuring will cancel the equivalent of U.S. 12 million dollars from the credit.