Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options
Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that initially offered opportunities to India’s small-holder-based irrigation economy but has now generated in its wake myriad economic, social, and...
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| author | Shah, Tushaar Giordano, Mark Mukherji, Aditi |
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| description | Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that initially offered opportunities to India’s small-holder-based irrigation economy but has now generated in its wake myriad economic, social, and environmental distortions. Conventional ‘getting-the-price-right’ solutions to reduce these distortions have consistently been undermined by the invidious political economy that the nexus has created. The historical evolution of the nexus is outlined, the nature and scale of the distortions it has created are explored, and alternative approaches which Indian policy makers can use to limit, if not eliminate, the damaging impacts of the distortions, are analysed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace345682025-06-17T08:24:10Z Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options Shah, Tushaar Giordano, Mark Mukherji, Aditi groundwater energy for agriculture energy policies smallholders subsidies socioeconomic environment politics groundwater management groundwater depletion political aspects economic aspects policy assessment agricultural production developing countries energy electricity supplies history aquifers Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that initially offered opportunities to India’s small-holder-based irrigation economy but has now generated in its wake myriad economic, social, and environmental distortions. Conventional ‘getting-the-price-right’ solutions to reduce these distortions have consistently been undermined by the invidious political economy that the nexus has created. The historical evolution of the nexus is outlined, the nature and scale of the distortions it has created are explored, and alternative approaches which Indian policy makers can use to limit, if not eliminate, the damaging impacts of the distortions, are analysed. 2012-08 2013-11-21T05:02:25Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z 2013-11-21T05:02:25Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34568 en Limited Access Springer Shah, Tushaar; Giordano, Mark; Mukherji, Aditi. 2012. Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options. Hydrogeology Journal, 20(5):933-941. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-011-0816-0 |
| spellingShingle | groundwater energy for agriculture energy policies smallholders subsidies socioeconomic environment politics groundwater management groundwater depletion political aspects economic aspects policy assessment agricultural production developing countries energy electricity supplies history aquifers Shah, Tushaar Giordano, Mark Mukherji, Aditi Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options |
| title | Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options |
| title_full | Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options |
| title_fullStr | Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options |
| title_full_unstemmed | Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options |
| title_short | Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options |
| title_sort | political economy of the energy groundwater nexus in india exploring issues and assessing policy options |
| topic | groundwater energy for agriculture energy policies smallholders subsidies socioeconomic environment politics groundwater management groundwater depletion political aspects economic aspects policy assessment agricultural production developing countries energy electricity supplies history aquifers |
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