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27/08/23 06:42 AM IST

6th Census Report On Minor Irrigation (MI) Schemes

In News
  • The Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation released the report on the 6th census on minor irrigation schemes.
Major Highlights
  • 23.14 million minor irrigation (MI) schemes have been reported in the country, out of which 21.93 million (94.8%) are Ground Water (GW) and 1.21 million (5.2%) are Surface Water (SW) schemes.
  • Uttar Pradesh possesses the largest number of MI schemes in the country followed by Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
  • Leading States in GW schemes are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
  • In SW schemes Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha and Jharkhand have the highest share.
  • GW schemes comprise dugwells, shallow tube wells, medium tube wells and deep tube wells.
  • The SW schemes comprise surface flow and surface lift schemes.
  • At the national level, both GW and SW schemes have increased by 6.9% and 1.2%, respectively.
  • Dug-wells have highest share in MI schemes followed by shallow tube-wells, medium tube-wells and deep tube-wells. Maharashtra is the leading State in dug-wells, surface flow and surface lift schemes.
  • Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab are the leading States in shallow tube-wells, medium tube-wells and deep tube-wells, respectively.
  • In GW schemes, the share of private entities in the ownership is 98.3% whereas in SW schemes the respective share is 64.2%.
  • For the first time, the information about gender of the owner of MI scheme was also collected in case of individual ownership.
  • Out of all the individually owned schemes, 18.1% are owned by women.
Significance
  • So far, five censuses have been conducted with reference year 1986-87, 1993-94, 2000-01, 2006-07 and 2013-14 respectively. The 6th minor irrigation census with reference year 2017-18 was completed in 32 States/ UTs.
  • This report will be useful for planners, policy makers, researcher scholars, agricultural and ground water scientists, administrators & all concerned with development of irrigation and agricultural economy of the country.
Source- PIB

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