Globally, 50% of workers (1.5 million) work in water-demanding sectors like agriculture and certain industries and almost all jobs in the world depend on water (UN Water 2016). In India, 53% of population is involved in agriculture, the most water-intensive sector in the country (Census 2011). Water is the backbone of the agriculture sector. Timely and sufficient quantity of irrigation water is a must for ensuring high agriculture productivity. Changes in irrigation water availability or precipitation affects the crops which in turn affects the livelihood of millions of people linked to agriculture directly or indirectly. With the vagaries of climate, hydrological regime is getting impacted...
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