Irrigation Management in Pakistan and India:Comparing Notes on Institutions and Policies

dc.contributor.authorShah, Tushaar
dc.contributor.authorHussain, Intizar
dc.contributor.authorur Rehman, Saeed
dc.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
dc.coverage.regionMiddle East & South Asiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-15T20:02:58Z
dc.date.available2009-09-15T20:02:58Z
dc.date.issued2000en_US
dc.description.abstract"These notes present the impressions gathered by a team of Indian and Pakistani economists on contemporary issues in irrigation management in these two countries. The authors suggest that the two countries can learn important lessons by comparing notes on several issues: [a] what would work best in ensuring equitable access to irrigation—physical rehabilitation being tried out in Pakistan Punjab with the help of the army under the military rule offers interesting possibilities in terms of scale and impact as does the Andhra Pradesh model of irrigation reform, [b] the experience in both countries so far defies the uncritically accepted premise that under farmer-management, irrigation systems will be more equitable, [c] why farmers in Pakistan Punjab have to use 16-20 horsepower (hp) diesel engines to pump groundwater from 25-40 feet while north Indian farmers have been doing the same with 5 hp engines—if it is because of compulsion of habit, appropriate policies can save Pakistan substantial diesel fuel per year, [d] India needs to ask why diesel engines in Lahore cost only 40-50 percent of the retail price they command in Lucknow or Ludhiana—we suggest allowing free imports of Chinese pumps will do away with the need for pump subsidies that keep diesel engines over-priced in India, [e] both Pakistan and India need to pay serious attention to promoting simple pump modifications that can increase fuel efficiency of their pumps by 40-70 percent, [f] India and Pakistan need to compare notes on their rich experience of electricity pricing policies to achieve viability of electricity supply to farmers and to achieve important goals of groundwater management and policy."en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/4902
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisher.workingpaperseriesInternational Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lankaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIWMI Working Paper, no. 4en_US
dc.subjectfarmer-managed irrigationen_US
dc.subjectgroundwateren_US
dc.subjectpolicy analysisen_US
dc.subjectinstitutional analysisen_US
dc.subjectwater managementen_US
dc.subject.sectorWater Resource & Irrigationen_US
dc.titleIrrigation Management in Pakistan and India:Comparing Notes on Institutions and Policiesen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.type.methodologyCase Studyen_US

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