Curriculum The Economics of Water in India
The Economics of Water in India
How India uses, prices and fights over water: where water goes, city supply and leaks, tariffs, tanker markets, river disputes, dams and canals, drip irrigation, virtual water, wastewater reuse, floods and the road ahead.
- Is Water an Economic Good? Why water is both a basic right and a scarce resource, the diamond-water paradox, and why underpricing leads to waste. 📄 Read-aloud
- Where India's Water Goes How India's water is used across agriculture, homes and industry, why farming dominates, and what that means for policy. 📄 Read-aloud
- City Water and Non-Revenue Water Why Indian cities supply water only a few hours a day, how much is lost to leaks and theft, and why utilities struggle financially. 📄 Read-aloud
- Water Tariffs and 24x7 Supply How water tariffs work in Indian cities, why they rarely cover costs, and what cities that moved to 24-hour supply learned. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Water Tanker Economy How private water tanker markets fill gaps in city supply, why prices spike in summer, and the problems of informal groundwater extraction. 📄 Read-aloud
- Sharing Rivers: Interstate Water Disputes Why Indian states fight over rivers like the Cauvery, how tribunals divide water, and the economics of sharing a common resource. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Economics of Water in India: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on water pricing, water use, city supply, tariffs and tankers. 5 questions
- Dams, Canals and Big Irrigation Projects How big dams like Bhakra and Sardar Sarovar store water and power, their benefits and costs, and why many canal projects underperform. 📄 Read-aloud
- More Crop per Drop: Micro-Irrigation How drip and sprinkler irrigation save water and raise yields, why adoption is limited, and how subsidies try to spread it. 📄 Read-aloud
- Virtual Water: Exporting Water in Crops How water is embedded in the crops and goods a country exports, why India's rice exports carry huge amounts of water, and what that means for policy. 📄 Read-aloud
- Treating and Reusing Wastewater Why most of India's urban sewage goes untreated, how treated wastewater can be reused, and the economics of treatment plants. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Economics of Floods How floods damage India's economy each year, why urban flooding is rising, and the economics of prevention versus relief. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Water Future The key reforms for managing India's water - pricing, efficiency, storage and governance - and a recap of the module. 📄 Read-aloud