
Sonal BhattSardar Patel University · Department of Economics
Sonal Bhatt
Ph.D. (Economics)
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Introduction
Professor in the Department of Economics, Sardar Patel University. She has worked in areas such as irrigation and water management, public economics, public policy issues, gender and developmental issues and economics of resource use, particularly renewable energy.
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Education
November 2002 - November 2005

Independent Researcher
Field of study
- Economics
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Publications (32)
The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY), a government funded health insurance scheme, launched by Government of India in 2018, aims to achieve universal health coverage to its 10 crore poor as well as vulnerable families by providing Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year towards availing secondary and tertiary level health care. Si...
The author recommends i) capitalizing on the strengths of SKY i. e. increased hours of power supply
under SKY; ii) make reforms in SKY in terms of rationalization of price of solar power offered to the power
sellers so as to encourage them to become net power producers instead of new power consumers; and iii)
make new SKY connections easy to acquir...
Rapid economic growth requires uninterrupted power electricity supply. Most of the developing and developed economies utilize fossil fuels which generate pollution and endanger sustainable development. The perennial debate of development vs. environment could be addressed by adopting technologies as well as sources of energy that are economically v...
This paper underlines the importance of ownership of land resources for women engaged in the agricultural sector
in India; as a step towards their economic and social well-being. Evidence suggests that the share of women in
ownership of landholdings is dismally low compared to that of men. This trend is seen across States as well as time
periods...
Background: Adequate outreach to beneficiaries is essential to make any government funded health insurance scheme efficient. This study aims to assess the role of support systems in augmenting the level of awareness, rate of enrolment, and service utilization of AB-PMJAY among beneficiaries from Gujarat, India. It also aims to investigate the aware...
Background: Ayushman Bharat-Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) envisages complete financial protection for around 50 crores of identified poor and vulnerable Indian beneficiaries against their catastrophic health care needs. Awareness is a pre-requisite that ensures enrolment and utilization of any health insurance program. Being a newly im...
This paper takes an overview of the objectives of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) and the envisaged role of the Members of Parliament in rural development through the scheme. It attempts to understand the status with regard to the objectives and vision of SAGY in selected villages of Gujarat and Rajasthan. It concludes that even as the people’s r...
This research report studies the farmers using solar powered pumps for irrigation all the four agro-climatic regions of Gujarat. Some of these farmers use subsidized irrigation pumps whereas some use it without availing subsidy. The motivations and experiences of each of these groups are explored in this study.
Financial literacy is the first step towards financial inclusion. This paper discusses financial literacy from a much wider perspective under the premise that a holistic view of financial literacy needs to be taken. It must include awareness, knowledge, attitudes and behavior of a person with respect to all aspects of her economic decision—making,...
Since 2005, Government of Gujarat has been organising an annual, month-long, pre-monsoon Krishi Mahotsava (Agrarian Festival) campaign to expose farmers to new farming technologies and market opportunities, enhance their interaction with scientists and input suppliers, and improve their access to various government schemes. Krishi Mahotsava entails...
Measuring the performance of water users' associations (WUAs) is a complex task. Literature associates a large number of parameters with their success and failure. This paper presents an in-depth study of two WUAs that are considered to be functioning well by the irrigation department in Anand, India. It discusses some new issues and innovations be...
Gujarat, a rapidly industrializing state in western India, is notorious for groundwater over-exploitation. A perverse link between energy subsidies and groundwater overdraft has left the state with a bankrupt electricity utility and depleted aquifers, especially since the late 1980s. Moreover, this perverse relationship has meant that groundwater i...
This study takes a theoretical overview of the various methods of environmental valuation namely, command and control instruments, economic instruments, market based instruments. It makes a comparison of the effectiveness of all these methods for regulating environmental pollution and brings out the superiority of carbon credits trading system.
Canal irrigation in India is highly subsidised, with irrigation projects all over India, individually and collectively, unable to meet. even the costs of annual operation and maintenance. Irrigation service provided in terms of availability and regularity of water is equally pathetic; resulting in a vicious circle of poor cost recovery from user ch...