How and to what extent would micro-irrigation help in solving India's water crisis?
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Supports micro-irrigation as one fix, while arguing it must be paired with incentive reforms.
- India is the world's largest groundwater user, and 730 of 6,762 assessment units were over-exploited in 2025, with extraction exceeding recharge.
- List micro-irrigation and managed aquifer recharge among measures, alongside separate farm power feeders, metering and DBT of the power subsidy.
- Argue that depletion is driven by incentives such as free power, so supply-side fixes alone will not stop it.