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How when we export basmati, we are virtually exporting water How when we export basmati, we are virtually exporting water With roughly 85 per cent of Punjab’s cropped area devoted to wheat and the water-guzzling rice, the state is facing an alarming drop in groundwater. Experts say crop diversification is the only way out of the impending crisis. advertisement UPDATED: December 15, 2020 20:24 IST As per the latest estimates, Punjab agriculture withdraws about 90 per cent of the available freshwater resources and the balance 10 per cent meet the domestic, industrial and environmental flow requirements of the state. (Photo: Reuters) Ever thought of the cost of exporting basmati rice if the price were to be measured in terms of water? If we were to consider the virtual export of water, then in 2014-15, when India exported 37.1 lakh tonnes of basmati rice, it also exported 10 trillion litres of water which was used to cultivate the rice from preparing the l ....