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India : Power Supply to Agriculture, Volume 1. Summary Report

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-22T14:39:23Z
dc.date.available2013-08-22T14:39:23Z
dc.date.issued2001-06-15
dc.description.abstractAfter almost a decade of high-level effort to bring the charges (tariffs) that farmers pay for electricity more nearly into line with the costs of supply, India has barely made a dent in the longstanding and increasingly uneconomical practice of subsidizing power to agricultural consumers for irrigation. Progress has been slowed by the understandable but misplaced concern that higher tariffs would harm farmers--and that the injured parties would take political revenge on the reformers. This study seeks to dispel that anxiety. It is the result of a joint effort by the Bank and the states of Haryana and Adhra Pradesh , both of which have begun raising the price of electriicity to agriculture. Its central contribution to policy discussion is the detail in which it documents the costs--ususally neither acknowledged nor clearly defined--to farmers in those states of subsidies that actually harm agricultural operations more than they help as well as the benefits that the farmers would get from improved quality of electricity services. The costs--in power outages, damaged pumping equipment, irrigation foregone because of power losses, distorted investment patterns, among others--exact a heavy toll from ordinary farmers. In the form of deficits, the subsidies also sap state budgets of funds that could otherwise be invested in rural infrastructure, extension services, and advanced agricultural technology. As unrecovered costs, they starve suppliers of funds for maintenance and improved service. On the other side of the coin lie the benefits that reliable flows of power and good quality of other electricity services could deliver to rural India.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/2378795/india-power-supply-agriculture-vol-1-4-summary-report
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/15288
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15288
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectPOWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
dc.subjectCASE STUDIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectELECTRIC POWER
dc.subjectPOWER DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY
dc.subjectRELIABILITY
dc.subjectPUMPING STATIONS
dc.subjectFARMER MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectFARM INCOME
dc.subjectWILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR REFORM
dc.subjectPOWER GENERATING SYSTEMS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY PRICING
dc.subjectENERGY LOSS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subjectSERVICE QUALITY AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION LEVELS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION RATES
dc.subjectCOTTON
dc.subjectCROP YIELDS
dc.subjectCROPPING
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectDISCOUNTED VALUE
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN
dc.subjectELECTRIC POWER
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY DEMAND
dc.subjectELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEND USE
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFRUITS
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectINCENTIVE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLOGGING
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMOTORS
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectPOWER CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOWER OUTAGES
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPUMPING
dc.subjectPUMPS
dc.subjectRICE
dc.subjectRICE CULTIVATION
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectRURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectRURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSCARCITY VALUE
dc.subjectUSAID
dc.subjectVARIABLE INPUTS
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectVOLTAGE
dc.subjectWHEAT
dc.subjectWILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.titleIndia : Power Supply to Agriculture, Volume 1. Summary Reporten
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okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T12:31:54.817650Z
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/2378795/india-power-supply-agriculture-vol-1-4-summary-report
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_0306120400470
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2378795
okr.identifier.report22171
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.sectorAgriculture, fishing, and forestry :: General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector
okr.topicAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicEnergy Technology and Transmission
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Research
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicEnergy
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.topicEnvironment
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