Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India
Minimizing the negative impacts of groundwater over-exploitation, while preserving the benefits from such intensive use has emerged as the key natural resources management challenge in South Asia. Direct regulation of groundwater is not a feasible option in the region given over 20 million pumps and...
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| author | Mukherji, Aditi Shah, Tushaar Verma, S. |
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| description | Minimizing the negative impacts of groundwater over-exploitation, while preserving the benefits from such intensive use has emerged as the key natural resources management challenge in South Asia. Direct regulation of groundwater is not a feasible option in the region given over 20 million pumps and the huge transactions costs involved. In this context, indirect mechanism, such as regulation of electricity supply and changes in electricity pricing and subsidies can provide an effective tool for governing groundwater. This chapter documents two such cases of electricity reforms that have had profound impact on groundwater use in Indian states of Gujarat and West Bengal. |
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| spelling | CGSpace385852023-09-23T17:51:47Z Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India Mukherji, Aditi Shah, Tushaar Verma, S. groundwater irrigation water governance electricity supplies water market pricing water rates tube wells pumping Minimizing the negative impacts of groundwater over-exploitation, while preserving the benefits from such intensive use has emerged as the key natural resources management challenge in South Asia. Direct regulation of groundwater is not a feasible option in the region given over 20 million pumps and the huge transactions costs involved. In this context, indirect mechanism, such as regulation of electricity supply and changes in electricity pricing and subsidies can provide an effective tool for governing groundwater. This chapter documents two such cases of electricity reforms that have had profound impact on groundwater use in Indian states of Gujarat and West Bengal. 2010 2014-06-13T11:42:28Z 2014-06-13T11:42:28Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38585 en Limited Access Mukherji, Aditi; Shah, Tushaar; Verma, S. 2010. Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India. In Martinez-Cortina, L.; Garrido, A.; Lopez-Gunn, E. (Eds.). Re-thinking Water and Food Security: Fourth Botin Foundation Water Workshop. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press. pp.299-306. |
| spellingShingle | groundwater irrigation water governance electricity supplies water market pricing water rates tube wells pumping Mukherji, Aditi Shah, Tushaar Verma, S. Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India |
| title | Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India |
| title_full | Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India |
| title_fullStr | Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India |
| title_short | Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India |
| title_sort | electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use evidence from india |
| topic | groundwater irrigation water governance electricity supplies water market pricing water rates tube wells pumping |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38585 |
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