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Revision note: Irrigation: Systems, Problems and Water-Use Efficiency

  • ~55% of NSA irrigated; ~45% rainfed; ultimate potential ~140 Mha; gap between created and utilised
  • Sources: groundwater ~60–65%, canals ~24–26%, tanks ~2–3%; major > 10,000 ha CCA, medium 2,000–10,000, minor < 2,000
  • CGWB 2024: stage of extraction ~60%; ~11% units over-exploited (Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi); arsenic, fluoride, uranium
  • PMKSY 2015 (AIBP, Har Khet Ko Pani, Per Drop More Crop – 55%/45% subsidy, watershed); Micro Irrigation Fund 2018; PM-KUSUM 2019; Atal Bhujal 2019 (7 states)
  • ILR: NPP 1980, 30 links (16 peninsular, 14 Himalayan), NWDA; Ken–Betwa first (Panna TR)
  • Mihir Shah Committee 2016 (National Water Commission)
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