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Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options
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In this article, the authors explored the nature and scale of the distortions it has created, and alternative approaches which Indian policy makers can use to limit, if not eliminate, the damaging impacts of the distortion.Abstract:
Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that initially offered opportunities to India’s small-holder-based irrigation economy but has now generated in its wake myriad economic, social, and environmental distortions. Conventional ‘getting-the-price-right’ solutions to reduce these distortions have consistently been undermined by the invidious political economy that the nexus has created. The historical evolution of the nexus is outlined, the nature and scale of the distortions it has created are explored, and alternative approaches which Indian policy makers can use to limit, if not eliminate, the damaging impacts of the distortions, are analysed.read more
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The nexus across water, energy, land and food (WELF): potential for improved resource use efficiency?
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Understanding and managing the food-energy-water nexus – opportunities for water resources research
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The future of farming: Who will produce our food?
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Power subsidies - A reality check on subsidizing power for irrigation in India
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Power Subsidies : A Reality Check on Subsidizing Power for Irrigation in India
TL;DR: This paper showed that a package of rapid electricity sector reforms, including a move toward cost-covering tariffs and investments to improve the quality of power supply, would increase farmers' incomes by 40-100 percent over a six-year period.
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