Institutional Reforms in Indian Irrigation

✍ Scribed by Ashok Gulati, Ruth S Meinzen-Dick, K V Raju

• Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 323
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

`Institutional Reforms in India Irrigation brings together perspectives from three scholars with research interests ranging from agricultural economics to participatory watershed management and collective action. Overall the book provides a useful overview of irrigation management in India and authoritavely reviews options for cost-recovery under irrigation management transfer programs' - Development and Change Examining the nature and scope of large-scale surface irrigation in India, this book identifies the factors leading to poor performance from a political economy perspective and suggests viable options for institutional reforms. Using empirical data on irrigation financing and farmer participation, the authors go beyond merely making policy recommendations. They make detailed calculations of the costs of irrigation development, including both capital expenditure and recurring costs. They also examine the performance of reform measures that are already in operation in Karnataka and Rajasthan, as well as evaluating the effectiveness of participatory irrigation management reforms.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Introduction: The Political Economy of Indian Canal Irrigation......Page 16
Growing Scarcity of Water: India, Rajasthan, and Karnataka......Page 30
Rising Costs, Falling Recoveries: Indian Surface Irrigation under Impending Financial Crisis......Page 62
Financing Issues and Institutional Reforms......Page 107
Krishna Bhagya Jal Nigam Limited: Pointer towards Institutional Reforms in Irrigation Financing?......Page 139
Policy Trends in Participatory Irrigation Management......Page 172
Potential and Constraints of Farmer Participation in Irrigation......Page 212
Farmer Involvement in Irrigation: Findings from Rajasthan and Karnataka......Page 232
Conclusions and Policy Recommendations......Page 280
References......Page 295
Index......Page 311
About the Authors......Page 322