Inducing the shift from flat-rate or free agricultural power to metered supply: Implications for groundwater depletion and power sector viability in India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 382-394

  Kumar, M Dinesh ^a   Scott, Christopher A ^b   Singh, O P ^c  

^a Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy (IRAP)   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asia; Groundwater; India; Irrigation; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

ASIA; ENERGY ECONOMY; ENERGY PRICING; ENERGY USE; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; GROUNDWATER USE; INDIA; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; POWER SECTOR; POWER SUPPLY; POWER TARIFF; RURAL PEOPLE; WATER-ENERGY NEXUS;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ENERGY USE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; TARIFF STRUCTURE; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 80054057415     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.033     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Amarasinghe, U., Bharat R., Sharma, Noel Aloysius, Christopher Scott, Vladimir Smakhtin, Charlotte de Fraiture, Sinha, A.K., Shukla, A.K., 2004. Spatial Variation in Water Supply and Demand across River Basins of India, IWMI Research Report 83, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2. Government of India, 2002. Annual Report on the Working of State Electricity Boards and Electricity Department - 2001-02, Planning Commission (Power and Energy Division). Government of India. May. http://planningcommission.nic.in/.
3. Howes, S., Murugai, R., 2003. Incidence of agricultural power subsidies: an estimate. Economic and Political Weekly, April 19.
4. Kumar M.Dinesh Impact of electricity prices and volumetric water allocation on groundwater demand management: analysis from western India. Energy Policy 2005, 33(1):39-51.
5. Kumar M.Dinesh Groundwater Management in India: Physical, Institutional and Policy Alternatives 2007, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
6. Water Productivity Improvements in Indian Agriculture: Potentials, Constraints and Prospects, National River Linking Project Series 4, Challenge Program on Water and Food 2009, International Water Management Institute, Colombo. M.D. Kumar, U. Amarasinghe (Eds.).
7. Kumar M.Dinesh, Patel P.J. Depleting buffer and farmers' response: study of villages in Kheralu, Mehsana, Gujarat. Electricity Prices: A Tool for Groundwater Management in India? 1995, VIKSAT-Natural Heritage Institute, Ahmadabad. M. Moench (Ed.).
8. Kumar M.Dinesh, Singh O.P. Market instruments for demand management in the face of scarcity and overuse of water in Gujarat. Water Policy 2001, 3(5):387-403.
9. Kumar, M. Dinesh, Singh, O.P., Singh, Katar, 2001. Groundwater development and its socio-economic and ecological consequences in Sabarmati river basin. Monograph-2, Anand: INREM Foundation.
10. Kumar, M. Dinesh, Singh, O.P., Samad, Madar, Purohit, Chaitali, Didyala, Malkit Singh, 2008a. Water productivity of irrigated agriculture in india: potential areas for improvement. In: Proceedings of the 7th Annual Partners Meet, IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Program " Managing Water in the Face of Growing Scarcity, Inequity and Declining Returns: Exploring Fresh Approaches" ICRISAT Campus, Patancheru, 2-4 April.
11. Kumar M.Dinesh, Malla Ajaya Kumar, Tripathy Sushanta Economic value of water in agriculture: comparative analysis of a water-scarce and a water-rich region in India. Water International 2008, 33(2):214-230.
12. Kumar M.Dinesh, Narayanamoorthy A., Sivamohan M.V.K. Pampered Views and Parrot Talks: In the Cause of Well Irrigation in India, Occasional Paper # 1 2010, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad.
13. Moench Marcus, Kumar M.Dinesh Distinction between Efficiency and Sustainability: The Role of Energy Prices in Groundwater Management. The Challenge of the Balance: Environmental Economics in India. Proceedings of a National Environment and Economics Meeting 1994, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. Anil Agarwal (Ed.).
14. Reddy V.Ratna Water pricing as a demand management option: potentials, problems and prospects. Promoting Irrigation Demand Management in India: Potentials, Problems and Prospects, National River Linking Project Series 3 2009, International Water Management Institute, Colombo. R.M. Saleth (Ed.).
15. Saleth R.Maria Power tariff policy for groundwater regulation: efficiency, equity and sustainability. Artha Vijnana 1997, XXXIX(3):312-322.
16. Scott Christopher A., Sharma Bharat Energy supply and the expansion of groundwater irrigation in the Indus-Ganges basin. International Journal of River Basin Management 2009, 7(2):119-124.
17. Shah Tushaar Water Markets and Irrigation Development: Political Economy and Practical Policy 1993, Oxford University Press, Bombay, 1993.
18. Shah, Tushaar, Scott, Christopher, Kishore, Avinash, Sharma, Abhishek, 2004. Energy Irrigation Nexus in South Asia: Improving Groundwater Conservation and Power Sector Viability. IWMI Research Report # 70, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
19. Singh, O.P. 2004. Water Productivity of Milk Production in North Gujarat, Western India. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW) Conference, vol. 1, pp. 442-449.
20. World Bank, 2001. India: Power Supply to Agriculture. South Asia Region, Washington.
21. World Bank, 2010. Deep Wells and Prudence: Towards Pragmatic Action for Addressing Groundwater Over-exploitation in India. The World Bank, Washington D.C.
22. Zekri Slim Using economic incentives and regulations to reduce seawater intrusion in the Batinah coastal area of Oman. Agricultural Water Management 2008, 95(3). .