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Power Subsidies : A Reality Check on Subsidizing Power for Irrigation in India

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 s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monari, Lucio
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
POWER SYSTEMS
SUBSIDIES
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
ELECTRICITY PRICING
TARIFFS
POWER SECTOR REFORM
POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
AVAILABILITY OF POWER
AVAILABILITY OF POWER SUPPLY
CONSERVATION
COOPERATIVES
CROP
CROP YIELDS
CULTIVATION
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
FARM
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
FARM INCOME
FARM INCOMES
FARMERS
FERTILIZER
GREEN REVOLUTION
INSURANCE
MARGINAL FARMERS
MOTORS
POORER FARMERS
POWER
POWER OUTAGES
POWER SECTOR
POWER SUPPLIES
PRODUCTION COSTS
PUMPS
QUALITY OF POWER SUPPLY
RAINFALL
SEEDS
SMALL FARMERS
VOLTAGE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1799494/power-subsidies-reality-check-subsidizing-power-irrigation-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11350

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1799494/power-subsidies-reality-check-subsidizing-power-irrigation-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11350

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