This report focuses on the policies of electricity provision for irrigation and the cost of groundwater-based irrigation. The empirical ndings indicate that electricity regulation is unlikely to ful l the expectations of an allocation-e cient tari structure in the given political situation, leading to regulatory capture. The report's chronological approach reveals development paths that are also present in the current action situations. The ndings suggest that the involved properties of transactions inherent in the choices available to each actor are constitutive for understanding the...

This SpringerBrief reviews currently applied and potential solutions for improving the efficiency and quality of rural electricity supply in India, a major bottleneck for agricultural development.