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No subsidy on commercial use of water: PM September 11, 2007 13:20 IST "Providing free power to farmers has encouraged excessive use of pump sets and excessive drawing of ground water. If there is economic pricing of power, there would be some incentive for conserving ground water," he said inaugurating the National Congress on Ground Water in New Delhi. Water conservation and management could be better served through appropriate incentives and penalties, Singh said adding, 'we cannot continue to subsidise the economic and commercial use of water.' "There are related policies that must be corrected to ensure water conservation, especially ground water," he told a gathering which included Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz, water experts and planners. Observing that human kind has not done enough to replenish, conserve and safeguard the sources of water supply, he said, "on the contrary, given the threat of climate change and global warming, we face the real prospect of reduced supply of water." "This threat is of particular concern to us in India since we have, since times immemorial, depended on glaciers for our water supply in this part of our sub-continent," he said.
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