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1 Shah, Tushaar; Verma, Shilp. 2008. Co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat’s Jyotirgram Scheme. Economic and Political Weekly, 43(7): 59-66.
Groundwater management ; Electricity supplies ; Electrification ; Tube wells ; Groundwater irrigation ; Farmers attitudes ; Villages / India / Gujarat / Saurashtra / Jyotirgram Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9104 G635 SHA Record No: H040848)
In September 2003, the government of Gujarat introduced the Jyotirgram Yojana to improve rural power supply. Two major changes have since taken place: (a) villages get 24 hour three-phase power supply for domestic use, in schools, hospitals, village industries, all subject to metered tariff; and (b) tubewell owners get eight hours/day of power but of full voltage and on a pre-announced schedule. It has, however, offered a mixed bag to medium and large farmers and hit marginal farmers and the landless. This article offers an assessment of the impact of Jyotirgram, and argues that with some refinements it presents a model that other states can follow with profit.
2 Shah, Tushaar; Verma, Shilp. 2008. Real-time co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat’s pioneering Jyotirgram Scheme. In Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Sharma, Bharat R. (Eds.) Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 2. Proceedings of the Workshop on Analyses of Hydrological, Social and Ecological Issues of the NRLP, New Delhi, India, 9-10 October 2007. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.327-344.
Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Pumps ; Electrification ; Farmers attitudes ; Share cropping ; Poverty ; User charges ; Rural economy / India / Gujarat / Jyotirgram Scheme / Sabarkantha
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G635 AMA Record No: H041811)
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3 Mukherji, Aditi; Shah, Tushaar; Verma, S. 2010. Electricity reforms and their impact on groundwater use in states of Gujarat, West Bengal and Uttarakhand, India. In Lundqvist, J. (Ed.). On the water front: selections from the 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). pp.100-107.
Groundwater ; Electricity supplies ; Pumping ; Tube wells ; Indicators / India / Gujarat / West Bengal / Uttarakhand / Jyotirgram Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043337)
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/documents/Resources/Synthesis/On_the_Water_Front_selections_from_WWW.pdf
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Managing the externalities of groundwater use by minimising the negative impacts of over-exploitation, while preserving the benefits from such use, has emerged as the key natural resources management challenge in South Asia. Direct regulation of groundwater is not a feasible option in the region given the large number of pumps (over 20 million or so) and the huge transactions costs involved. In this context, an indirect mechanism, such as the regulation of the electricity supply and changes in electricity pricing and subsidies, can provide an effective tool for governing groundwater use. The link between groundwater and electricity is rather straight forward – electricity is used for pumping groundwater from aquifers. This paper documents three such cases of electricity reforms that have had a profound impact on groundwater use in the Indian states of Gujarat and West Bengal.
4 Shah, M.; Vijayshankar, P. S. (Eds.) 2016. Water: growing understanding, emerging perspectives. New Delhi, India: Orient BlackSwan. 559p. (Readings on the Economy, Polity and Society)
Water resources development ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater depletion ; Water scarcity ; Water allocation ; Drinking water ; Agriculture ; Water use efficiency ; Water demand ; Water market ; Water rates ; Pricing ; Water policy ; Institutional reform ; Privatization ; Political aspects ; River basins ; Dams ; Balance of nature ; Monsoon climate ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation canals ; Wells ; Indigenous knowledge ; Socioeconomic environment ; Colonialism ; Gender ; Caste systems ; Capitalism ; Conflict ; Irrigation efficiency ; Electricity supplies ; Economic value ; Gross national product ; Agrarian reform ; Green revolution ; Case studies / India / Gujarat / Bihar / Punjab / Bengal / Indus Basin / Mahanadi Delta / Chhattisgarh / Cauvery River / Jyotirgram Scheme / Narmada Project / Sardar Sarovar Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 SHA Record No: H047744)
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5 Shah, Tushaar; Verma, Shilp. 2016. Co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat's Jyotirgram Scheme. In Shah, M.; Vijayshankar, P. S. (Eds.). Water: growing understanding, emerging perspectives. New Delhi, India: Orient BlackSwan. pp.465-482. (Readings on the Economy, Polity and Society)
Groundwater management ; Electricity supplies ; Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Pumps ; Tariffs ; Rural economy ; Agriculture ; Subsidies ; Nonfarm income ; Farmers attitudes ; Landlessness ; Living standards ; Villages ; Political aspects ; Case studies ; Assessment / India / Gujarat / Jyotirgram Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047748)
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