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About Tapas Singh Modak

Tapas Singh Modak is an Associate Fellow at the Foundation for Agrarian Studies.

Electricity Tariffs and Boro Rice Cultivation in West Bengal

By Tapas Singh Modak|2021-11-10T07:20:08+05:30November 2, 2017|

Groundwater is a major source of irrigation in West Bengal, with about 65 per cent of irrigated area under tube well irrigation. Under the present government, there has been a rapid hike in power tariffs for agriculture and it has affected the cultivation of summer crops in the State, particularly the cultivation of water-intensive boro (summer) paddy.

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