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1 Mukherji, Aditi; Banerjee, P. S.; Daschowdhury, S.. 2009. Managing the energy-irrigation nexus in west Bengal, India. In Mukherji, Aditi; Villholth, K. G.; Sharma, Bharat R.; Wang, J. (Eds.) Groundwater governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins: realities and challenges. London, UK: CRC Press. pp.279-292. (IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 15)
Groundwater irrigation ; Energy ; Pumps ; Electrification ; Electricity supplies ; Tariff ; Tube wells ; Water scarcity ; Water market ; Surveys ; Economic aspects ; Policy ; Rice / South Asia / India / Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G570 MUK Record No: H042235)
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2 Shah, Manisha; Daschowdhury, S.; Shah, Tushaar. 2019. Pro-poor agricultural power policy for West Bengal. Paper presented at the 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) on Development for Water, Food and Nutrition Security in a Competitive Environment, Bali, Indonesia, 1-7 September 2019. 12p.
Energy policies ; Electricity supplies ; Energy consumption ; Tariffs ; Water market ; Water pricing ; Irrigation ; Costs ; Agricultural production ; Rice ; Farmers ; Groundwater ; Shallow tube wells ; Pumps ; Poverty ; Economic aspects ; Villages / India / West Bengal / Birbhum / Monoharpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049709)
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Sitting on one of the world’s best aquifers, large swathes of West Bengal has groundwater in abundance. Even so, the state’s farmers incur one of the highest irrigation costs in India. In spite of a series of groundwater and electricity policy changes, West Bengal’s farmers fare no better. This paper brings findings from a yearlong research pilot based in Monoharpur village of Birbhum district. The pilot shows how the current electricity tariff structure has made irrigation unaffordable for small and marginal farmers, and has made irrigation services market tightly oligopolistic. If not revised, the agricultural economy, especially that of summer paddy which ensures household security of poor farmers, is likely to taper off in future.
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