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1 Samra, J. S.; Panda, D. K.; James, B. K.; Sethi, R. R.; Singhandube, R. B.; Verma, H. N. 2006. Drought 2002: Impacts on groundwater resources of Orissa. In Samra, J. S.; Singh, G.; Dagar, J. C. (Eds.). Drought management strategies in India. New Delhi, India: Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Natural Resource Management Division. pp.267-277.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 577.22 G635 SAM Record No: H040123)
2 Das, B.; Majumdar, N.; Nayak, N. C.; Sethi, R. R.; Mukherji, Aditi; Sharma, Bharat R.; Banerjee, P. S. 2008. Impact of metering agricultural power supply on groundwater users and market in West Bengal, India. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.3. Water benefits sharing for poverty alleviation and conflict management; Drivers and processes of change. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.213-217.
Groundwater irrigation ; Water market ; Pricing ; Stakeholders ; Water users ; Pumping ; Tube wells ; Electricity supplies ; Cost recovery / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041699)
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3 Mukherji, Aditi; Das, B.; Majumdar, N.; Nayak, N. C.; Sethi, R. R.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Banerjee, P. S. 2008. Metering of agricultural power supply in West Bengal, India: who gains and who loses? Paper presented at the International Conference on Water Resources Policy in South Asia, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17- 20 December 2008. 20p.
Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Pumping ; Electricity supplies ; Cost recovery ; Water market ; Water rates / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041820)
As a part of the ongoing power sectors reforms in India, the state of West Bengal is in the process of metering agricultural electricity supply. Based on primary data, this paper presents a first cut assessment of this initiative. Results suggest that the majority of the pump owners benefit from the reforms in two ways: first by having to pay a lower electricity bill for same usage and second through increased profit margins by selling water. This is because in response to changed incentive structure for water selling, water prices rose sharply by 30-50% immediately after metering. In contrast, water buyers have lost out by having to pay higher water charges and face adverse terms of contract. Impact of metering on operation of groundwater markets is less clear; they may expand, contract or remain unchanged. Same holds true for the volume of groundwater extracted, though water use efficiency may go up. At current tariff rates, the electricity utilities are likely to earn less revenue than before. There is also no evidence that quality of electricity supply has improved following metering. These findings are context specific and holds good for West Bengal where high flat tariff had fostered competitive groundwater markets and hence can not be generalised for other Indian states.
4 Mukherji Aditi; Sharma, Bharat R.; Das, B.; Majumdar, N.; Nayak, N. C.; Sethi, R. R.; Umar, A.; Singh, A. K.; Srivastava, S. 2008. Metering of agricultural electricity supply on groundwater users in India: contrasting evidence on impact in West Bengal and Uttarakhand. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.3. Water benefits sharing for poverty alleviation and conflict management; Drivers and processes of change. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.129-132.
Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Pumping ; Water rates ; Electricity supplies ; Cost recovery ; Pricing ; Water market / India / West Bengal / Uttarakhand
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041860)
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5 Mukherji, Aditi; Das, B.; Majumdar, N.; Nayak, N. C.; Sethi, R. R.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Banerjee, P. S. 2008. Metering of agricultural power supply in West Bengal, India: who gains and who loses? [Abstract only]. In South Asian Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs). Book of abstracts: International Conference on Water Resources Policy in South Asia, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17- 20 December 2008. Andhra Pradesh, India: SaciWATERs. pp.75.
Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Pumping ; Electricity supplies ; Cost recovery ; Water market ; Water rates / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042135)
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6 Mukherji, Aditi; Das, B.; Majumdar, N.; Nayak, N. C.; Sethi, R. R.; Sharma, Bharat R. 2009. Metering of agricultural power supply in West Bengal, India: who gains and who loses? Energy Policy, 37(12):5530-5539.
Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Pumping ; Electricity supplies ; Cost recovery ; Water market ; Water rates ; Policy / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042458)
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As a part of the ongoing power sector reforms in India, the state of West Bengal is in the process of metering agricultural electricity supply. This paper presents a first cut assessment of this initiative. Results suggest that the majority of the pump owners benefit from the reforms in two ways: first by having to pay a lower electricity bill for same usage and second through increased profit margins by selling water. This is because in response to the changed incentive structure, water prices rose sharply by 30–50% immediately after metering. In contrast, water buyers have lost out by having to pay higher water charges and face adverse terms of contract. Impact of metering on operation of groundwater markets and volume of groundwater extracted is less clear; they may expand, contract or remain unchanged, though water use efficiency is likely to go up. At current tariff rates, the electricity utilities are likely to earn less revenue than before. These findings are context specific and hold good for West Bengal where high flat tariff had fostered competitive groundwater markets and hence cannot be generalised for other Indian states.
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