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Making India's Public Irrigation
Systems Viable:
Abandoning, Salvaging, or Improvising Upon?
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Time, Date
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1030 -
1330 hours, 1430 - 1800 hours; 27th January 2003 |
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Panel
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Peter
Mollinga, Neetha N, Ganesh Pangare, K V Raju, Anil Shah |
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Coordinators
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Aditi
Mukherji and Jayesh Talati |
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Contact
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a.mukherjee@cgiar.org |
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- There is a lot that is wrong with the way government
irrigation systems are run in India. Their actual commands
fall far short of design commands; the quality of irrigation
service on offer is often hopeless; the maintenance and repair
of the head-works and canal systems are poor; and the prime
route through which many surface irrigation systems create
social value is by supporting a vibrant groundwater economy
in their command. Worst aspect is that their users have little
role in the management of the system and therefore have no
stake in its upkeep. Irrigation fees charged are a small fraction
of the amounts farmers commonly pay for pump irrigation; and
the fees actually collected are a small fraction of those
charged. Clearly, at this rate, India will soon face erosion
of a huge irrigation capital it built at a massive investment.
What might be the approaches to reversing this invidious trend?
The dominant answer, it is widely claimed, is involving farmers
in managing their irrigation systems either through Participatory
Irrigation Management (PIM) or Irrigation Management Transfer
(IMT). Following Andhra Pradesh's seminal reforms, several
states have followed suit. However, results of these reforms
are still hazy. Will PIM or IMT salvage India's public irrigation
systems? Or is there need to think of and experiment with
alternative strategies of vitalizing this important sector?
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Author(s) / Speaker(s)
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PPT
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Topic
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| Aditi
Mukherji/ Jayesh Talati |
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Introduction
to the Theme and Session Plan |
| Session
1: Public Irrigation Systems: Impact and Finances |
| Madhusudan
Bhattarai and A Narayanmoorthi |
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Irrigation
Impacts and Factors Contribution to the Agricultural Productivity
Growth in India: A Cross-State Panel Analysis for 1970 to 94 |
| Sonal Pandya |
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Extent of subsidy
in Major and Medium Irrigation Projects of Gujarat- Case Studies |
| KV Raju |
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Innovations
in Irrigation Financing: Tapping Domestic Financial Markets in
India |
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2: Canal and Other Surface Lift Irrigation Systems: Institutions
for Management |
| Neetha N |
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Irrigation
Institutions in Canal Command: The Case of Chalakkudy River Diversion
Scheme in Kerala |
| Sarat Kumar
and Archana Londhe |
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PIM in Canal
Irrigation Systems in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh |
| Aditi Mukherji,
Shilp Verma and Prabhat Rath |
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Participatory
Irrigation Management in AKRSP (I) supported Canal Irrigation
Systems in South Gujarat |
| IWMI-Tata Research
Group |
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Framing the
Rules of the game: Preparing for the First Irrigation Season in
Sardar Sarovar Project Command |
| Jayesh Talati
and Jan Willem Liebrand |
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Evolving Institutions
for Irrigation Management in Sardar Sarovar Project Command |
| Aditi Mikherji |
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Irrigation
Management Transfer and Role of Self Governing Institutions: Synthesis
of 19 Case Studies from Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh |
| Shilp Verma
and Manas Satpathy |
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Irrigation
Development for Tribal farmers in Surat, Gujarat |
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3: Groundwater Irrigation and Management Institutions |
| Aditi Mukherji
and Avinash Kishore |
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Irrigation
Management Transfer: The Case of GWRDC's Tubewell Transfer Programme
in Gujarat |
| K B Trivedi
and V M Yagnik |
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PIM in Groundwater:
Success Story of GWRDC |
| K J Joy and
Suhas Paranjpe |
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Surface-groundwater
linkages in the Ozar Water User's Association |
| R Indu |
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Transfer of
Government Tubewells and River Lift Irrigation Schemes to Panchayats
in West Bengal |
| Aditi Mukherji,
Jayesh Talati |
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Presentation
of logical framework for the theme |
| Panel Discussion |
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Seeking Direction
for Future Research |
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