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Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015)

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Title Farm power policies and groundwater markets: contrasting Gujarat with West Bengal (1990–2015)
 
Creator Shah, Tushaar
Chowdhury, S. D.
 
Subject groundwater
water market
policies
tariffs
pumps
farmers
water rates
 
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.
 
Date 2021-01-01
2021-08-31T22:15:52Z
2021-08-31T22:15:52Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier 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)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114837
 
Language en
 
Relation Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
 
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Format p. 226-246