Elevating the groundwater crisis to the national policy agenda is essential, and the federal government must oversee a system that is at once distributed, standardized and robustly monitored. National un-governability of water can no longer be a cop-out. India’s social, environmental and economic future will pivot on water. Politicians and public must respond.

http://thediplomat.com/2017/07/from-evidence-to-policy-in-indias-groundwater-crisis/

“From Evidence to Policy in India’s Groundwater Crisis.” The Diplomat, 22 July 2017, with Asit K. Biswas.