Hydrologic Regimes under Climate Change in Indo-gangetic Basin and their Impact on Fruit Production

Abstract

Although India’s share in the world’s population is 17.5 % but it has approximately 4% of the total available fresh water resources (Kumar and Kumar, 2013). Among these, groundwater resources are depleting at an alarming rate and in the surface water resources, except a few perennial rivers most of the rivers are seasonal and rainfed. Climate change can severely threaten India’s water security and India’s hydro-climatic regime is expected to alter significantly over the course of the 21st century which will ultimately affect the food security of India. Various researchers have reported a change in the climate of India and alteration in the hydrological regimes.