Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015)
This chapter examines the effects of such power sector reforms on the functioning of groundwater markets at the local level by comparing the cases of Gujarat and West Bengal. In Gujarat, an innovative power sector reform program (called Jotigram Yojona) was launched. The West Bengal state government...
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| description | This chapter examines the effects of such power sector reforms on the functioning of groundwater markets at the local level by comparing the cases of Gujarat and West Bengal. In Gujarat, an innovative power sector reform program (called Jotigram Yojona) was launched. The West Bengal state government, on the contrary, introduced a metering system to agriculture in place of the flat tariff while abolishing the electric tube well permit system. Consequently, the groundwater markets shrunk and/or the water charges paid by less resourceful farmers to the well owners increased in both states. The results imply that the power sector reforms, although they contributed to the reduction of the nexus problem, produced severe ill effects upon the farmers placed in weaker market positions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1148372024-01-17T12:58:34Z Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) Shah, Tushaar Chowdhury, S.D. groundwater water market policies tariffs pumps farmers water rates This chapter examines the effects of such power sector reforms on the functioning of groundwater markets at the local level by comparing the cases of Gujarat and West Bengal. In Gujarat, an innovative power sector reform program (called Jotigram Yojona) was launched. The West Bengal state government, on the contrary, introduced a metering system to agriculture in place of the flat tariff while abolishing the electric tube well permit system. Consequently, the groundwater markets shrunk and/or the water charges paid by less resourceful farmers to the well owners increased in both states. The results imply that the power sector reforms, although they contributed to the reduction of the nexus problem, produced severe ill effects upon the farmers placed in weaker market positions. 2021-01-01 2021-08-31T22:15:52Z 2021-08-31T22:15:52Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114837 en Limited Access Shah, Tushaar; Chowdhury, S. D. 2021. Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990-2015). In Fujita, K.; Mizushima, T. (Eds.). Sustainable development in India: groundwater irrigation, energy use, and food production. Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.226-246. (Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies) |
| spellingShingle | groundwater water market policies tariffs pumps farmers water rates Shah, Tushaar Chowdhury, S.D. Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) |
| title | Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) |
| title_full | Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) |
| title_fullStr | Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) |
| title_short | Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015) |
| title_sort | farm power policies and groundwater markets contrasting gujarat with west bengal 1990 2015 |
| topic | groundwater water market policies tariffs pumps farmers water rates |
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