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Table of Contents
Irrigation Engineering Principles
India’s Irrigation Needs and Strategies for Development
Instructional Objectives
3.1.0 Introduction
3.1.1 Sustainable development in Irrigation
3.1.2 Future directions
3.1.3 Constraints of land and water
3.1.4 Benefits of irrigation
1. Increase in crop yield:
2. Protection from famine:
3. Cultivation of superior crops:
4. Elimination of mixed cropping:
5. Economic development:
6. Hydro power generation:
7. Domestic and industrial water supply:
3.1.5 Classification of irrigation schemes
1) Major irrigation projects:
2) Medium irrigation projects:
3) Minor irrigation projects:
3.1.6 Major and medium irrigation projects vis-à-vis minor irrigation projects
3.1.7 Outlook of the national water policy
3.1.8 Command Area Development Programme (CADP)
3.1.9 Participatory irrigation management (PIM)
3.1.10 Management of water for irrigation
1. Watershed development:
2. Water management:
3. Water management in conveyance system:
4. On farm water management:
5. Choice of irrigation method:
6. Choice of cropping pattern:
7. Scheduling of irrigation water:
8. Development of land drainage:
9. Command area development:
10. Canal automation:
3.1.11 Classification of irrigation schemes
1. Flow irrigation system:
Direct irrigation:
Reservoir/tank/storage irrigation:
2. Lift irrigation system:
1. Inundation/flooding type irrigation system:
2. Perennial irrigation system:
3.1.12 Pricing of water
3.1.13 Procedure for setting up a major/medium irrigation project scheme in India
3.1.14 Plan development
3.1.15 History of Irrigation Development
Earliest evidences of irrigation
Irrigation during Medieval Period
Irrigation development under British rule
Irrigation development at the time of independence
Plan development
Minor irrigation
Reservoir storage
Irrigation potential
Major and medium irrigation
Minor irrigation
3.1.16 Some important terms
Culturable Command Area (CCA):
Gross command area (GCA):
Water Tanks:
Outlet:
Water logged area:
Permanent wilting point: