Two decisions taken by the Government of West Bengal, one, to facilitate easier extraction of groundwater, and the other, the application of a fixed connection fee for an electricity connection to farmers could well lead to a quantum leap in agricultural production.
Mukherji, Aditi
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Shah, Tushaar
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Banerjee, Partha Sarathi
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[Kick-starting a second green revolution in Bengal [India].]
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Kick-starting a second green revolution in Bengal [India].
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.