Nitin Bassi

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the recently introduced model for the direct delivery of an energy subsidy to well-irrigators in Indian Punjab aimed at incentivizing them to conserve electricity and ground water.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the importance of considering the climatic and socio-economic factors in the planning of rural water supply schemes and how the consideration of these factors can influence the regional water supply planning, particularly the assessment of water demands in various sectors.

TL;DR: The fact that irrigation has acted as a key driver of agricultural growth and poverty reduction in many regions in India has motivated many researchers to aggressively lobby for subsidized power connections for wells and free or subsidized electricity in the farm sector as a "silver bullet" for breaking the agricultural stagnation and reducing rural poverty in eastern India, under the pretext that it would help poor small and marginal farmers in this water abundant region to access well irrigation at affordable costs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a water accounting study specific to the Luin river basin and presented the result from an exercise carried out for one year. The analysis showed that a major chunk of the renewable water in the basin is in the aquifers due to high transmission loss of runoff, while the high levels of water use (2704 MCM) is sustained through groundwater mining and water imports (240 MCM per annum) as most of the available runoff also stands utilized.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the long-term changes in the rainfall and surface hydrology of the upper and middle sub-basins of Mahanadi, an interstate river basin in eastern India that experiences climate-induced hydrological extremes, and drew implications for the sustainability of irrigation and drinking water supplies.