Irrigated agriculture is fundamental to Indian economy, particularly, from poverty alleviation point of view. Agriculture alone accounts for nearly 30 per cent of GDP and 70 per cent of employment in the country. Irrigation ...

As a result of two consecutive spells of severe droughts during 1965 to 1967, the National Development Council decided to reorient the focus of rural electrification to energisation of pumpsets for attaining self-sufficiency ...

Availability of water critically determined the emergence of life, and its sustenance depends largely on uninterrupted and adequate supply of water. Lack of water leads to serious conflicts among individuals and groups but ...

Karnataka state has seen a sudden spurt in groundwater structures during the last fifteen years resulting in over-exploitation of groundwater resource in many taluks. Out of 175 taluks, 22 are fully and 102 are partly ...

The rapid depletion of ground water is usually underestimated and even ignored. Policy and legislative interventions are required to be integrated with groundwater and surface watershed initiatives. At the micro level, the ...

Watershed or a drainage basin is a unit draining runoff water to a common point. In Nawapada district of Orissa the average annual rainfall is 1378.2 mm and it falls in the rain shadow region. The rainfall is erratic. The ...