Irrigation water pricing policies and water resources management

As water is a state subject in India, an enormous variation of irrigation water pricing across the states is noticed. Revenue collection under irrigation water charges of the states is not encouraging. The present paper reviews the structures of water pricing mechanism in different states of India a...

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Autores principales:	Fakeha Parween, Pratibha Kumari, Ajai Singh
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Publicado:	IWA Publishing 2021
Materias:	groundwater india irrigation water national water policy revenue collection water pricing River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/9c4e35b635454449a0811449a33c8614
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9c4e35b635454449a0811449a33c86142021-11-05T20:08:09ZIrrigation water pricing policies and water resources management1366-70171996-975910.2166/wp.2020.147https://doaj.org/article/9c4e35b635454449a0811449a33c86142021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://wp.iwaponline.com/content/23/1/130https://doaj.org/toc/1366-7017https://doaj.org/toc/1996-9759As water is a state subject in India, an enormous variation of irrigation water pricing across the states is noticed. Revenue collection under irrigation water charges of the states is not encouraging. The present paper reviews the structures of water pricing mechanism in different states of India and suggests a way to achieve sustainable water resources management in India. Various reports, water policy documents, and major recommendations of the irrigation commission were reviewed and analyzed. It was observed that low revenue collection is mainly due to the low rate of water taxes, no periodic revision, and flaws in the current revenue collection mechanism across the states. The water regulatory authority should be made a statutory body to manage various water uses and their fair pricing. A volumetric pricing system can be implemented in wells and tube-well-irrigated areas and for surface irrigation, and this requires considerable investment in irrigation water supply infrastructure and development of operational plans. Until a well-developed volumetric system comes into practice, the current system of revenue assessment and collection must be rationalized and simplified. An appropriate power tariff policy for rural areas and inclusion of the irrigation sector in a ground water conservation fee is required. Highlights Volumetric pricing can be implemented in wells and tube-wells irrigated areas.; Until the volumetric system comes into practice, current system of assessment must be rationalized and simplified.; A nationally coherent irrigation water policy is necessary for implementation of the volumetric system.; Appropriate power tariff policy for rural areas and inclusion of the irrigation in Groundwater Conservation Fee is required.;Fakeha ParweenPratibha KumariAjai SinghIWA Publishingarticlegroundwaterindiairrigation waternational water policyrevenue collectionwater pricingRiver, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)TC401-506ENWater Policy, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 130-141 (2021)
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topic	groundwater india irrigation water national water policy revenue collection water pricing River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
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description	As water is a state subject in India, an enormous variation of irrigation water pricing across the states is noticed. Revenue collection under irrigation water charges of the states is not encouraging. The present paper reviews the structures of water pricing mechanism in different states of India and suggests a way to achieve sustainable water resources management in India. Various reports, water policy documents, and major recommendations of the irrigation commission were reviewed and analyzed. It was observed that low revenue collection is mainly due to the low rate of water taxes, no periodic revision, and flaws in the current revenue collection mechanism across the states. The water regulatory authority should be made a statutory body to manage various water uses and their fair pricing. A volumetric pricing system can be implemented in wells and tube-well-irrigated areas and for surface irrigation, and this requires considerable investment in irrigation water supply infrastructure and development of operational plans. Until a well-developed volumetric system comes into practice, the current system of revenue assessment and collection must be rationalized and simplified. An appropriate power tariff policy for rural areas and inclusion of the irrigation sector in a ground water conservation fee is required. Highlights Volumetric pricing can be implemented in wells and tube-wells irrigated areas.; Until the volumetric system comes into practice, current system of assessment must be rationalized and simplified.; A nationally coherent irrigation water policy is necessary for implementation of the volumetric system.; Appropriate power tariff policy for rural areas and inclusion of the irrigation in Groundwater Conservation Fee is required.;
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Irrigation water pricing policies and water resources management

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