After almost a decade of high-level efforts to bring electricity tariffs closer to the cost of supply, India has barely made a dent in the long-standing and increasingly uneconomical practice of subsidizing power for irrigation. Progress has been slowed by concern that higher tariffs would harm farmers and thus undermine the achievements of the green revolution package-cheap power and water, new seeds and fertilizer-aimed at enabling the country to...
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2002/04/30
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Power subsidies - A reality check on subsidizing power for irrigation in India
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farmer