Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Irrigation water policies for sustainable groundwater management in irrigated northwestern plains of India Subject The topic of the resource Agriculture; Groundwater management; Irri-gation; Sustainable intensification; Water pricing policies. Description An account of the resource Increasing global water shortage emphasizes the need for demand-side water management policies, especially in the agriculture sector, being the largest consumer of freshwater. Such policies are relevant in India, where groundwater depletion may have severe implications at various socio-economic levels. In this study, using mathe-matical modelling, we assess the feasibility of two alter-native irrigation water pricing policies (i) uniform wa-ter pricing policy and (ii) differentiated water pricing policy, wherein farmers growing less water-requiring crops (&lt;4488 m3/ha) get an incentive for saving water, while those growing water-intensive crops pay for it. Us-ing a case study of Punjab, the breadbasket and one of the fastest groundwater-depleting states in India, alter-native cropping patterns are also suggested. The findings reveal that the current rate of groundwater withdrawal could not sustain agricultural intensification in the state. Although optimization of resource allocation has the pote-ntial to save water by 8%, this alone is unlikely to break the ricewheat mono-cropping pattern in Punjab. The analysis of two different volumetric irrigation water pricing policies shows that differentiated water pricing would be more effective in halting groundwater deple-tion in the state. However, adequate investment in irri-gation water supply infrastructure, mainly for installing water meters, is required to implement the policy. 2022, Current Science. All Rights Reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chand P.; Singh J.M.; Sachdeva J.; Singh J.; Agarwal P.; Jain R.; Rao S.; Kaur B. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Current Science, Vol-123, No. 10, pp. 1225-1231. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Indian Academy of Sciences Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.18520/cs/v123/i10/1225-1231" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.18520/cs/v123/i10/1225-1231</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85143809992&amp;doi=10.18520%2Fcs%2Fv123%2Fi10%2F1225-1231&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b7f0f93080aeecfb8c714104bedf0ac4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85143809992&amp;doi=10.18520%2fcs%2fv123%2fi10%2f1225-1231&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b7f0f93080aeecfb8c714104bedf0ac4</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 113891; CODEN: CUSCA Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Chand P., ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, DPS Marg, Pusa, New Delhi, 110 012, India; Singh J.M., Department of Economics and Rural Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141 027, India; Sachdeva J., Department of Economics and Rural Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141 027, India; Singh J., Department of Economics and Rural Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141 027, India; Agarwal P., ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, DPS Marg, Pusa, New Delhi, 110 012, India; Jain R., ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, DPS Marg, Pusa, New Delhi, 110 012, India; Rao S., CHRIST University, Bannerghatta Main Road,Hulimavu, Bengaluru, 560 076, India; Kaur B., Department of Economics and Rural Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141 027, India