The purpose of the evaluation was to quantify the impact of the recent policy change in West Bengal relating to the pricing of electricity from a flat rate tariff to metered tariff. The study attempted to assess its impact on the total number of hours pumped, especially in the summer season, and ...
In this Highlight, the impact of metering of electric tube wells on groundwater use in West Bengal, India was quantified. Quantification of impact was made feasible through surveys conducted in 2004 and 2007 and then again a follow-up survey in 2010 by revisiting the same villages and households....
Meenakshi, J.V.
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Banerji, A.
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Mukherji, Aditi
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Gupta, A.
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[Impact of metering of tube wells on groundwater use in West Bengal, India.]
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Impact of metering of tube wells on groundwater use in West Bengal, India.
West Bengal had started a program of metering of agricultural tube wells in 2007. Since then, the state has successfully metered almost 90 percent of its electric tube wells. This comes at a time when most other states in India have steered clear of metering even though universal metering is mand...
Mukherji, Aditi
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Das, A.
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[How did West Bengal bell the proverbial cat of agricultural metering?: the economics and politics of groundwater.]
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How did West Bengal bell the proverbial cat of agricultural metering?: the economics and politics of groundwater.