-duration variety PR 121. It also consumes 16 percent additional water because of its longer duration. As energy for groundwater … groundwater. Consequently, they have little economic incentive to switch to new short-duration varieties. This varietal stickiness … is a pressing policy issue considering the ongoing groundwater crisis in the state. We show that Punjab currently incurs …

A commonly applied policy to India's ongoing depletion of groundwater is feeder separation. Introduced in Gujarat as … power supply to non‐agricultural users. JGY is claimed to increase groundwater storage. By using Gujarat district‐level data … from 1996 to 2011 and by separately applying difference‐in‐differences and Bayesian regressions, we find that groundwater …

We develop a dynamic groundwater model that incorporates both groundwater pumping and investment in deeper wells and … apply the model to the arid, alluvial aquifer region of Northern India that is experiencing rapid depletion. We compute the … potential benefits of regulating groundwater use by comparing the net benefits of groundwater under optimal management to the …

India is the largest groundwater user in the world, with an estimated usage of around 230 cubic kilometers per year … water supplies dependent on it, groundwater is a vital resource for rural areas in India. Reliance of urban and industrial … waste supplies on groundwater is also becoming increasingly significant in India. Through the construction of millions of …