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Direct delivery of electricity subsidy to farmers in Punjab: will it help conserve groundwater?

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  • M. Dinesh Kumar
  • Nitin Bassi
  • Mahendra Singh Verma

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The article argues that the recently introduced model for the direct delivery of an energy subsidy to well-irrigators in Indian Punjab aimed at incentivizing them to conserve electricity and groundwater is on a weak conceptual footing. Energy quota based on connected load will only lead to the resource-rich appropriating the subsidy benefits. Reduced use of well water to irrigate paddy will not arrest depletion as a large proportion of that water returns to the aquifer. The article suggests some institutional alternatives for bringing about long-term changes in the groundwater balance of Punjab based on sound water-use hydrology and the use of technology and market forces.

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  • M. Dinesh Kumar & Nitin Bassi & Mahendra Singh Verma, 2022. "Direct delivery of electricity subsidy to farmers in Punjab: will it help conserve groundwater?," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(2), pages 306-321, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:38:y:2022:i:2:p:306-321
    DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2021.1899900
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