Tiered Electricity Pricing for Sustainable Groundwater Use for Irrigation

S.K. Srivastava, P. Kishore, P. S. Birthal, J. Singh and R. R. Sethi

No 358874, Policy Briefs from ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)

Abstract: Irrigation, in conjunction with high-yielding seeds and agro-chemicals, has been a crucial factor in the intensification of Indian agriculture, contributing to improvements in productivity, farmers’ incomes, and food security. The net irrigated area increased from 25 million hectares in 1960-61 to 79 million hectares in 2023-24, representing an increase from 19% to 56% of the net sown area. However, over three-fourths of the increase in irrigated area occurred due to groundwater extraction, the share of which in net irrigated area doubled from 30% to 60%. Concurrently, a transition occurred in energy sources for groundwater extraction devices (GEDs), from diesel to electricity. The number of electric-operated GEDs increased almost four-fold from 4.7 million in 1986-87 to 16.5 million in 2017-19.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358874

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