The Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is arguably the most controversial dam ever built in India, with over a 100 …—a term used in India to cover a list of tribes viewed as so backward and historically oppressed that the Indian Constitution … to the dam from influential NGOs, there is no systematic empirical study of its effects on the long-term wellbeing of the …

. The latter fell through when Congress was unwilling to fund it, but the former—the dam removal plan—has been endorsed by … federal and state agencies, the utility, and several Indigenous Tribes. In 2022, the largest dam removal in world history …

estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional … large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from …