Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response
Since independence, India has emerged as the world’s largest groundwater economy, with annual groundwater use increasing from less than 50 BCM in the 1950s to over 230 BCM today. While this groundwater boom has been the bedrock of India’s agricultural growth, it has also created formidable challenge...
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| description | Since independence, India has emerged as the world’s largest groundwater economy, with annual groundwater use increasing from less than 50 BCM in the 1950s to over 230 BCM today. While this groundwater boom has been the bedrock of India’s agricultural growth, it has also created formidable challenges in groundwater governance. Meeting the challenge of water security in the face of hydro-climatic change requires a paradigm shift in our official thinking about groundwater governance. Although the Central Ground Water Board is the custodian of the nation’s groundwater resource, in reality, multiple agencies in public and private sectors have emerged as major players in India’s groundwater economy. This paper reviews international experience in groundwater governance and argues for greater synergy and coordination among various stakeholders group to improve productivity, equity and ecological sustainability of India’s groundwater economy. |
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| spelling | CGSpace812272023-06-08T14:25:54Z Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response Shah, Tushaar groundwater water use water security water governance water resources sustainability economic aspects agriculture climate change public sector private sector stakeholders productivity equity ecology pumps irrigation systems irrigated land legal aspects aquifers participatory management Since independence, India has emerged as the world’s largest groundwater economy, with annual groundwater use increasing from less than 50 BCM in the 1950s to over 230 BCM today. While this groundwater boom has been the bedrock of India’s agricultural growth, it has also created formidable challenges in groundwater governance. Meeting the challenge of water security in the face of hydro-climatic change requires a paradigm shift in our official thinking about groundwater governance. Although the Central Ground Water Board is the custodian of the nation’s groundwater resource, in reality, multiple agencies in public and private sectors have emerged as major players in India’s groundwater economy. This paper reviews international experience in groundwater governance and argues for greater synergy and coordination among various stakeholders group to improve productivity, equity and ecological sustainability of India’s groundwater economy. 2017 2017-05-29T03:57:42Z 2017-05-29T03:57:42Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81227 en Open Access Shah, Tushaar. 2017. Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response. The Journal of Governance, 14:23-45. |
| spellingShingle | groundwater water use water security water governance water resources sustainability economic aspects agriculture climate change public sector private sector stakeholders productivity equity ecology pumps irrigation systems irrigated land legal aspects aquifers participatory management Shah, Tushaar Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response |
| title | Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response |
| title_full | Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response |
| title_short | Sustainable groundwater governance: India’s challenge and response |
| title_sort | sustainable groundwater governance india s challenge and response |
| topic | groundwater water use water security water governance water resources sustainability economic aspects agriculture climate change public sector private sector stakeholders productivity equity ecology pumps irrigation systems irrigated land legal aspects aquifers participatory management |
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