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IRRIGATION DEVELOPEMENT IN INDIA BY, R.VENKATESH
LAND UTILIZATION PATTERN OF INDIA Total geographical area : 328.72M ha Area under forest : 70.007 M ha Cultivable area : 180.35 M ha Net cultivated area : 141.10 M ha Net Area sown : 139.932 M ha Area under non : 100. 45 M ha agricultural use Average of Land Holding :80 % farmers have < 1.4 ha
RAINFALL Average Annual Rainfall - 1170 mm Maximum Average Annual Rainfall - 11000 mm (Cherrapunji) Minimum Average Annual Rainfall - 100 mm (Western Rajasthan)
LAND UTILIZATION PATTERN IN TAMIL NADU Total geographical area : 13.006 m ha Area under forest : 2.125 m ha Total cropped area : 5.140 m ha Net area sown : 4.544m ha
IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT Potential Created as % of Ultimate Irrigation Potential
Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture India (in thousand hectares) 2009-10 Tamilnadu(in thousand hectares) 2009-10
Gap between gross cropped area and gross irrigated area has not reduced since the first Five Year Plan [Source: Economic Survey, February 27, 2015
REFERENCES • Hydrology and water resources information system for India • Ministry of agriculture • www.ibef.org • Ministry of water resource, www.mowr.nic.in • Agricultural statistics at a glance 2014 • Government of India