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Water Security in India: Three Scenarios for 2040

Author : M. Dinesh Kumar

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The article presents the future water security scenarios of India for 2040. The estimates of future water demand are based on the premise that the demand in sectors such as domestic water supplies and food production would be driven by the long-term economic growth trends and demographic trends, respectively, whereas to allow the Indian economy to grow in various key sub-sectors, viz. industry and production of commercial crops at rates seen in the recent past, provision of water needs to be enhanced. While doing so, economic growth itself would demand change in technology, governance and environmental conditions.

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The average yield of paddy, wheat and sugarcane in India has been growing at an annual rate of 1.85%, 2.51% and 1.02 per cent, respectively, during 1980 and 2012 (Alexandratos and Bruinsma, 2012).
 
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Metadata
Title
Water Security in India: Three Scenarios for 2040
Author
M. Dinesh Kumar
Copyright Year
2022
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Book
Perspectives on Inclusive Policies for Development in India

Print ISBN: 978-981-19-0184-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-0185-0

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0185-0_18