| Type | Conference Paper - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists |
| Title | The equity consequences of public irrigation investments: The case of surface irrigation subsidies in India |
| Author(s) | |
| Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2003 |
| City | Durban |
| Country/State | South Africa |
| URL | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/25853/1/cp03su05.pdf |
| Abstract | This paper is organized as follows. Section 1 reviews the structure of surface irrigation charges and the trends in irrigation expenditures and revenues in India. Section 2 discusses the measurement of irrigation subsidies and the data. Section 3 examines the incidence of surface irrigation subsidies and section 4 summarizes the magnitude of these sudsidies. Section 5 elaborates the policy implications of the findings of the study. |