ABSTRACT
This chapter summarizes the arguments on the food–water–energy nexus by asking firstly why and how the flat electricity tariff was introduced into India from the mid-1970s to the 1980s, and then explains how the nexus emerged and developed. The two sets of difficulties, groundwater depletion and bankruptcy in the power sector, are investigated with special reference to regional disparities, including other South Asian countries besides India. Some major arguments on how to tackle the nexus at the policy level are also taken up for study. Another issue discussed by the chapter is the groundwater markets, which are vitally important in terms of equity in the well irrigation economy. The authors also take up the issue of the differentiated positions of sellers and purchasers in the groundwater markets with regional differentiations.
