Groundwater plays a major, if often unrecognized, role in both hydrologic and human
systems. The majority of the world's drinking water probably comes from groundwater, and in …

Globally, electricity systems are undergoing transitions from robust, carbon-intensive, and
firm power conventional systems to uncertain, intermittent, and variable renewable energy …

Groundwater depletion in India is a result of water, energy, and food policies that have given
rise to a nexus where growth in agriculture has been supported by unsustainable trends in …

An increasing number of smallholder farmers engage in irrigation using their own resources.
They buy or rent irrigation equipment and draw water from nearby sources without …

A third of electricity in India is lost each year, where losses refer to power that is supplied but
not billed. Utilizing data from the power corporation of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous …

Groundwater irrigation using electric pumps plays a key role in India's agricultural water
supply. Power utilities across different states use two common tariff modes to charge …

Despite progresses achieved in several directions, Indian electricity sector continues to
suffer from multiple anomalies that might endanger the energy security of the country. It is …

South Asia's groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of
solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the region's perverse energy …

A commonly applied policy to India's ongoing depletion of groundwater is feeder separation.
Introduced in Gujarat as the Jyotigram Yojana (JGY) scheme, it provides a separate and …

Indian agriculture is trapped in a complex nexus of groundwater depletion and energy
subsidies. This nexus is the product of past public policy choices that initially offered …