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Wells and welfare in the Ganga Basin: Public policy and private initiative in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India

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  • Shah, Tushaar

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This report analyzes how public policies designed to promote groundwater development over the past 50 years have failed in their promise, and how initiative by private agents can generate the social welfare the region needs so direly. The report outlines a five-pronged strategy for attacking eastern India's rural poverty through fuller utilization of its groundwater resources.

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  • Shah, Tushaar, 2001. "Wells and welfare in the Ganga Basin: Public policy and private initiative in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India," IWMI Research Reports 44570, International Water Management Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iwmirr:44570
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.44570
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    1. Kumar, M. Dinesh & Malla, A. K. & Tripathy, S. K., 2008. "Economic value of water in agriculture: comparative analysis of a water-scarce and water-rich region in India," Conference Papers h041895, International Water Management Institute.
    2. Shah, Tushaar & Scott, Christopher & Berkoff, J. & Kishore, A. & Sharma, A., 2007. "The energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: groundwater conservation and power sector viability," IWMI Books, Reports H040608, International Water Management Institute.
    3. Shah, Tushaar & Scott, C. & Kishore, A. & Sharma, A., 2003. "Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: Improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability," IWMI Research Reports H033885, International Water Management Institute.
    4. Narayanamoorthy, A. & Alli, P. & Suresh, R., 2015. "Is the Role of Irrigation in Agricultural Output Declining in India?: A District-Wise Study at Six Time Points," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 70(3), pages 1-17.
    5. Sushil Pandey & Humnath Bhandari & Shijun Ding & Preeda Prapertchob & Ramesh Sharan & Dibakar Naik & Sudhir K. Taunk & Asras Sastri, 2007. "Coping with drought in rice farming in Asia: insights from a cross‐country comparative study," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 37(s1), pages 213-224, December.
    6. Pant, N., 2002. "Groundwater issues in eastern and western alluvium of Ganga Basin. IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002," IWMI Working Papers H029657, International Water Management Institute.
    7. Shah, Tushaar & Scott, Christopher & Berkoff, Jeremy & Kishore, Avinash & Sharma, A., 2007. "The energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: groundwater conservation and power sector viability," Book Chapters,, International Water Management Institute.
    8. Chopra, Kanchan, 2005. "Price and Non-Price Reform in Indian Agriculture: A Re-examination and Some Reflections," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 60(1), pages 1-23.
    9. Shah, Tushaar & Verma, Shilp, 2008. "Real-time co-management of electricity and groundwater: an assessment of Gujarat’s pioneering Jyotirgram Scheme," IWMI Conference Proceedings 235174, International Water Management Institute.
    10. Shively, Gerald & Yao, Richard, 2015. "Poverty, Income Inequality, and Irrigation Development: Longitudinal Evidence from Palawan, Philippines," Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-18, June.
    11. Ballabh, V., 2002. "Groundwater development and agriculture production: a comparative study of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal," IWMI Working Papers H029658, International Water Management Institute.
    12. Shah, Tushaar & Ul Hassan, Mehmood & Khattak, Muhammad Zubair & Banerjee, Parth Sarthi & Singh, O.P. & Rehman, Saeed Ur, 2009. "Is Irrigation Water Free? A Reality Check in the Indo-Gangetic Basin," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(2), pages 422-434, February.
    13. Castillo, G. E. & Namara, Regassa & Ravnborg, H. M. & Hanjra, M. A. & Smith, L. & Hussein, M. H. & Bene, Christopher & Cook, S. & Hirsch, D. & Polak, P. & Valee, Domitille & van Koppen, Barbara, 2007. "Reversing the flow: agricultural water management pathways for poverty reduction," Book Chapters,, International Water Management Institute.
    14. Namara, Regassa E. & Hanjra, Munir A. & Castillo, Gina E. & Ravnborg, Helle Munk & Smith, Lawrence & Van Koppen, Barbara, 2010. "Agricultural water management and poverty linkages," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 97(4), pages 520-527, April.
    15. M. Dinesh Kumar, 2016. "Distressed Elephants: Policy Initiatives for Sustainable Groundwater Management in India," IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, , vol. 5(1), pages 51-62, January.
    16. Kumar, M. Dinesh & Patel, Ankit & Singh, O. P., 2008. "Rainwater harvesting in the water-scarce regions of India: potential and pitfalls," Conference Papers h041809, International Water Management Institute.
    17. Sidhu, Balsher Singh & Kandlikar, Milind & Ramankutty, Navin, 2020. "Power tariffs for groundwater irrigation in India: A comparative analysis of the environmental, equity, and economic tradeoffs," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).

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