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🎯𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬: 𝐔𝐏𝐒𝐂 | 𝐖𝐁𝐂𝐒 | 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐂 | 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐂𝐒
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🧠 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐙 | 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 🌿
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📰 THE HINDU EDITORIAL ANALYSIS | 23 SEPTEMBER 2026

💧 WATER WEALTH
Punjab’s Groundwater Crisis

💡 KEY INSIGHT
Groundwater depletion is raising irrigation costs and disproportionately affecting small farmers.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS

→ Groundwater extraction: 152%
→ 72% assessment blocks in the red zone
→ Rice-wheat farming drives groundwater demand
→ Subsidies and assured procurement sustain water-intensive crops
→ Falling water tables increase farmers’ costs

🚀 WAY FORWARD

→ Promote crop diversification
→ Reform groundwater & electricity incentives
→ Strengthen collective irrigation
→ Improve market support for alternative crops
→ Protect small and tenant farmers

🎯 UPSC | WBCS | OPSC
GS-II: Governance | Welfare
GS-III: Agriculture | Environment | Water Security

✍️ MAINS QUESTION
How can Punjab balance farm incomes with sustainable groundwater management?

📌 IN ONE LINE:
“Water Security + Farm Incomes + Equity.”

𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐏𝐘𝐐 |𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

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🎯𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬: 𝐔𝐏𝐒𝐂 | 𝐖𝐁𝐂𝐒 | 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐂 | 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐂𝐒
👇🏾 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝐀 / 𝐁 / 𝐂 / 𝐃

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📌 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 → 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 → 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 → 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬

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