The Punjab Preservation of Subsoil Water Act: a regulatory mechanism for saving groundwater
Groundwater resources, believed to have played an important role in Green Revolution induced agricultural productivity rise in India, is under serious threat due to overdraft. The unregulated exploitation of this limited resource had brought Indian Punjab into a state of acute water crisis. Homogeni...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2010
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38683 |
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