Vani Swarupa Murali on the Lack of Decentralization in India and Its impact on Water Depletion
Ideas of India · Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Show Notes
Shruti spoke with Vani Swarupa Murali a PhD. Candidate and an instructor at the South Asian Studies Department in the National University of Singapore (NUS). She has a Masters in Asian Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore. Her research lies at the intersection of political science and agricultural policy and environmental governance. We spoke about "When Sowing is not Reaping: Decentralisation, Groundwater Extraction and Agrarian Livelihoods in Tamil Nadu." We talked about the overly centralized administrative, political, and fiscal Indian state, its impact on farmers' livelihood, groundwater depletion and other environmental consequences, and more.
Recorded August 31st, 2023.
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