The political economy of metering agricultural tube wells in West Bengal, India

Water International

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 671-685

  Mukherji, Aditi ^a,b   Das, Arijit ^a,c  

^a International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Water and Society Theme   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^c THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

agriculture; electricity; groundwater; metering; politics; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907589409     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2014.955408     Document Type: Article

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