Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
From the government’s perspective, even if one were to look at the internal
rate of return on these costs for society as a whole, then the societal return on this
investment is a handsome 41% per annum (see Table 10).
TABLE 10: INORGANIC MULTI-FRUIT CROP MODEL WITH LIVELIHOOD SUBSIDY AND
ESTABLISHMENT COST
Mango + Guava + Pomegranate:
Inorganic farming, with establishment costs, with livelihood subsidy
Variety Mango Guava Pomegranate
Trees per
Acre
65 150 88
Years Return per crop per Year Total (Rs)
Expenses
per Annum
(Rs)
Income
without
Livelihood
Subsidy
Govt
Livelihood
Subsidy
(Rs)
Net
System
Surplus
(Rs)
1 0 0 0 0 123891 - 123891 -74988 -198879
2 0 6000 12540 18540 17901 639 -74349 -73710
3 0 27000 51300 78300 17901 60399 -14589 45810
4 9600 45000 107160 161760 35929 125831 125831
5 21120 57750 142500 221370 37725 183645 183645
6 34560 72000 188100 294660 39611 255049 255049
7 64000 72000 188100 324100 41592 282508 282508
8 84600 64800 169290 318690 43672 275018 275018
9 128000 58320 152361 338681 45856 292825 292825
10 176000 52488 137125 365613 48149 317464 317464
Total 517880 455358 1148476 2121714 452227 1669487
Note 1.Expenses per acre with drip will go up by 5% each year starting from Year 5
2. Internal rate of return: 41%
As an alternative to providing a livelihood subsidy, a livelihood loan could be
considered, which the farmer returns after five years in three annual tranches. This
would reduce the effective cost of the program to the government, but would entail
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