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Direct delivery of electricity subsidy to farmers in Punjab: will it help conserve groundwater?
The article argues 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 groundwater is on a weak conceptual footing. Energy quota based on connected load will only lead to the resource-rich appropriating the subsidy benefits. Reduced use of well water to irrigate paddy will not arrest depletion as a large proportion of that water returns to the aquifer. The article suggests some institutional alternatives for bringing about long-term changes in the groundwater balance of Punjab based on sound water-use hydrology and the use of technology and market forces.
Direct delivery of electricity subsidy to farmers in Punjab: will it help conserve groundwater?
The article argues 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 groundwater is on a weak conceptual footing. Energy quota based on connected load will only lead to the resource-rich appropriating the subsidy benefits. Reduced use of well water to irrigate paddy will not arrest depletion as a large proportion of that water returns to the aquifer. The article suggests some institutional alternatives for bringing about long-term changes in the groundwater balance of Punjab based on sound water-use hydrology and the use of technology and market forces.
Direct delivery of electricity subsidy to farmers in Punjab: will it help conserve groundwater?
Kumar, M. Dinesh (author) / Bassi, Nitin (author) / Verma, Mahendra Singh (author)
International Journal of Water Resources Development ; 38 ; 306-321
2022-03-04
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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