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1 Shah, Manisha; Chowdhury, Sujata Das; Shah, Tushaar. 2017. Pro-poor farm power policy for West Bengal: analytical background for a policy pilot. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 1. 8p.
Groundwater irrigation ; Water market ; Water rates ; Farm surveys ; Energy policies ; Electricity supplies ; Tariffs ; Pumps ; Tube wells ; Rice ; Farmers ; Experimental design ; Villages / India / West Bengal / Monoharpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048313)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/iwmi-tata/PDFs/iwmi-tata_water_policy_research_highlight-issue_01_2017.pdf
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2 Shah, Manisha; Chowdhury, Sujata Das; Shah, Tushaar. 2017. Pro-poor farm power policy for West Bengal - II: baseline conditions and early results. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 5. 8p.
Farmers ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water market ; Water rates ; Tube wells ; Pumps ; Land ownership ; Leasing ; Economic aspects ; Rice / India / West Bengal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048515)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/iwmi-tata/PDFs/iwmi-tata_water_policy_research_highlight-issue_05_2017.pdf
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3 Shah, Manisha; Bharti; Verma, Shilp. 2017. Reviving minor irrigation in Telangana: midterm assessment of Mission Kakatiya. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 8. 8p.
Irrigation schemes ; Small scale systems ; Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater recharge ; Assessment ; Water distribution ; Water supply ; Water levels ; Irrigation water ; Irrigated land ; Farm income ; Farmers ; Agriculture ; Tank irrigation ; Economic aspects ; Rice ; Livelihoods / India / Telangana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048733)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/iwmi-tata/PDFs/iwmi-tata_water_policy_research_highlight-issue_08_2017.pdf
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4 Shah, Manisha; Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy. 2018. Will Kudimaramathu make communities “think tanks” again? International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7(4):6878-6883.
Tank irrigation ; Rehabilitation ; Community involvement ; Water user associations ; Farmer participation ; Stakeholders ; Communal irrigation systems ; Development programmes ; State intervention ; Groundwater depletion ; Silt ; Prosopis juliflora ; Villages / India / Tamil Nadu / Kudimaramathu Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049253)
https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/download/28809/15856
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049253.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049253.pdf
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Like rest of Southern India, tanks in Tamil Nadu also suffered massive deterioration as irrigation moved towards being more atomistic and less community-managed. Tank institutions declined and what remained of these irrigation tanks evolved into mostly percolation tanks. In 2017, in the face one the biggest droughts affecting the state, Tamil Nadu government announced Kudimaramathu scheme to revive the age-old practice of community participation in tank repair and management. The program has tried to bring farmers together to form WUAs to take up activities for tank rehabilitation but like many other programs in the country, these institutions appear to exist only on paper with the program being driven primarily by local PWD officers and contractors.
This paper brings insights from thirty tanks under rehabilitation in seven districts of the state which were taken up under this scheme and were studied through case study approach. The study attempts to uncover the factors which led to better implementation in some tanks compared to others. The lessons derived from these tanks can form the basis for effective programs on tank rehabilitation in future, especially those which aim at making them participatory. The paper reinforces the need for empowering WUAs rather than just creating them, if tank management is to be made long-lasting.
This paper brings insights from thirty tanks under rehabilitation in seven districts of the state which were taken up under this scheme and were studied through case study approach. The study attempts to uncover the factors which led to better implementation in some tanks compared to others. The lessons derived from these tanks can form the basis for effective programs on tank rehabilitation in future, especially those which aim at making them participatory. The paper reinforces the need for empowering WUAs rather than just creating them, if tank management is to be made long-lasting.
5 Shah, Manisha; Chowdhury, S. D.; Shah, Tushaar. 2018. Pro-poor farm power policy for West Bengal: analytical background for a policy pilot in Monoharpur village, West Bengal. In Swain, M.; Kalamkar, S. S. (Eds). Water governance in India: issues and concerns. New Delhi, India: Allied Publishers. pp.265-276.
Groundwater irrigation ; Electricity ; Energy consumption ; Shallow tube wells ; Pumps ; Water market ; Water rates ; Water pricing ; Tariffs ; Water policy ; Farmers ; Economic aspects ; Villages / India / West Bengal / Monoharpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049510)
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6 Verma, Shilp; Shah, Manisha. 2019. Drought-proofing through groundwater recharge: lessons from Chief Ministers’ initiatives in four Indian states. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 18p. (Water Knowledge Note)
Groundwater recharge ; Drought ; Aquifers ; Groundwater management ; Irrigation programs ; Initiatives ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water policy ; Irrigated land ; Tank irrigation ; Communities ; Villages ; Farmers ; Technology ; Sustainability ; Strategies ; Case studies / India / Gujarat / Maharashtra / Telangana / Rajasthan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049598)
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33240/Drought-Proofing-through-Groundwater-Recharge-Lessons-from-Chief-Ministers-Initiatives-in-Four-Indian-States.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049598.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049598.pdf
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Indian agricultural communities are facing a crisis driven by, among other things, skewed terms of trade and farmers’ inability to deal with increasingly adverse climatic conditions. Because agriculture continues to be the primary source of livelihood for most of India’s population, governments at all levels are under pressure to find ways to help farmers. In western and peninsular India, where droughts are common, several state governments have vowed to make farming “drought-proof” through ambitious flagship programs. This case study reviews the experience of four such programs in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Rajasthan. Although the programs differ in approach, implementation style, and duration, all of them aim to shield farmers, particularly smallholders, from the misery imposed by droughts. Among these states, efforts in Gujarat appear to be the most mature; however, concerns regarding sustaining momentum, capacity building of communities, demand management, and establishing functional local governance remain. We use evidence gathered through field studies to draw lessons for designing effective drought-mitigation strategies through improved management of groundwater resources.
7 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.
8 Shah, Manisha; Shah, Tushaar; Daschowdhury, Sujata. 2022. Groundwater-driven paddy farming in West Bengal: how a smallholder-unfriendly farm power policy affects livelihoods of farmers. In Re, V.; Manzione, R. L.; Abiye, T. A.; Mukherji, Aditi; MacDonald, A. (Eds.). Groundwater for sustainable livelihoods and equitable growth. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press - Balkema. pp.337-346. (IAH - International Contributions to Hydrogeology 30) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003024101-18]
Groundwater ; Rice ; Irrigation water ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Electricity supplies ; Energy consumption ; Policies ; Water market ; Tariffs ; Pumps ; Livelihoods / India / West Bengal / Manoharpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H051159)
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West Bengal, India’s largest rice-producing state, has over seven million small and marginal farmers. The rice economy of the region especially that of summer (Boro) paddy is backed by groundwater – an abundant resource in most parts of this State. Despite the rich and shallow aquifers, most of the farmers do not have access to a private source of irrigation and there is a huge dependence on informal irrigation services market where owners of electric tubewells sell irrigation to neighboring farms. Unlike other states of India, West Bengal charges farmers near-commercial metered tariff for the power used to run electric submersible pumps, creating oligopolistic irrigation markets and subsequently leading to exorbitant irrigation costs for small and marginal farmers. This is making paddy farming unviable for many irrigation buyers who are quitting paddy farming altogether. In this chapter, we explore an alternate energy pricing regime with flat-cum-metered electricity tariff structure, which was piloted in Manoharpur village of West Bengal. The pilot throws light into the dynamics of the market players, price setting mechanisms, motivations of pump owners, and provides evidence in support of a flat-cum-seasonally metered tariff structure that has the potential to uplift gains from paddy farming in the State. Without a change in the energy policy of the State, the trend of small farmers leaving agriculture is likely to continue and their livelihoods and food security will continue to be at risk.
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