Political economy of the energy-groundwater nexus in India: exploring issues and assessing policy options | Economie politique et lien énergie-eau souterraine en Inde: exploration des problèmes et évaluation des options politiques Econocixmía política del nexo energía-agua subterránea en India: Explorando cuestiones y evaluando opciones políticas 印度能源政治经济与地下水的关系:问题探讨及政策选择评价 Economia política do nexo energia-águas subterrâneas na Índia: exploração das questões e avaliação das opções políticas
2012
Shah, Tushaar | Giordano, Mark | Mukherji, Aditi
Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that initially offered opportunities to India’s small-holder-based irrigation economy but has now generated in its wake myriad economic, social, and environmental distortions. Conventional ‘getting-the-price-right’ solutions to reduce these distortions have consistently been undermined by the invidious political economy that the nexus has created. The historical evolution of the nexus is outlined, the nature and scale of the distortions it has created are explored, and alternative approaches which Indian policy makers can use to limit, if not eliminate, the damaging impacts of the distortions, are analysed.
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