Irrigation water pricing in Karnataka: trends and issues

Gowrish, P. and Tulasimala, B. K. (2012) Irrigation water pricing in Karnataka: trends and issues. International Journal of Research in Commerce, Economics and Management, 2 (12). ISSN 2231 - 4245

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Abstract

The water rate plays an important role in regulating the water use, mobilizing resources, ensuring equitable water distribution, efficiency of the irrigation system and its management. The pricing of water has to be such as earning a fair return on capital after meeting other recurring costs of maintenance. Despite various Finance Commissions and official committees’ recommended that the irrigation charges paid by farmers should be adequate atleast to cover operationexpenses and a part of capital cost, the position has been far from satisfactory in Karnataka. Incidentally this has led to poor development and management of irrigation system

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	A Arts and Humanities > Economics
Divisions:	Department of > Economics and Cooperation
Depositing User:	C Swapna Library Assistant
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2019 06:19
Last Modified:	14 Aug 2019 06:19
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/6359

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