Engineers told to send reports on 11 projects by month-end
Engineers of the Irrigation Department have been directed to work against the time to prepare detailed proposals for 11 projects included under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) so as...
View ArticleFarm sector needs urgent action
As the Modi government enters its third year of power, any review of its functioning over the last two years will be incomplete without examining its performance on the farm front. In the FY15 and...
View ArticleM'rashtra to get Rs 30k cr for irrigation projects
In a major boost to Maharashtra, the Centre on Tuesday indicated to give Rs 22,000 to Rs 30,000 crore over the next three years to complete the ongoing projects. The assurance...
View ArticleWater will continue to be scarce
The incidence of drought can no longer be considered a rare event. Climate change has quickened the occurrence of extreme events such as drought, floods and cyclones in different parts of India. It is...
View ArticleCentre wants states on board for water law
NEW DELHI: With the Centre looking to implement key water-related schemes in a time-bound manner, experts and senior officials from across the country on Monday discussed the need to have a national...
View ArticleHorticulture gets a boost with drip irrigation in Tiruchi
Drip irrigation has helped the farmers of the district to take up horticulture cultivation in a big way. Under the drip irrigation method, water is supplied without much wastage for a long time...
View ArticleHorticulture gets a boost with drip irrigation
Drip irrigation has helped the farmers of the district to take up horticulture cultivation in a big way. Under the drip irrigation method, water is supplied without much wastage for a long time...
View ArticleThree districts to benefit from PM irrigation scheme
Soon farmers in Dindigul, Krishnagiri and Tirunelveli will benefit from the Prime Minister’s Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY). The Central government has chosen the districts to implement this programme...
View ArticleEvery field in MP will be irrigated: CM Chouhan
BHOPAL: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's next major agenda is to change the water resources scenario in Madhya Pradesh. Addressing a work-shop on planning of irrigation projects under the PMKSY...
View ArticleFast track irrigation projects, identify rivers for linking: Modi
New Delhi, December 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked officials to fast track implementation of a mega irrigation scheme and also instructed the water resources ministry to identify...
View ArticleTS to seek Rs.6,700 cr. for 11 projects
The Telangana Government has decided to seek an assistance of Rs.6,700 crore to the State under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) from the Centre to complete 11 major and medium irrigation...
View ArticleA barren field
Not surprisingly, farmers are unhappy and agriculture is stagnant. Farmer suicides are perversely high and rural indebtedness remains a grave issue. As the Modi government celebrates two years in...
View ArticleEngineers told to send reports on 11 projects by month-end
Engineers of the Irrigation Department have been directed to work against the time to prepare detailed proposals for 11 projects included under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) so as...
View ArticleFarm sector needs urgent action
As the Modi government enters its third year of power, any review of its functioning over the last two years will be incomplete without examining its performance on the farm front. In the FY15 and...
View ArticleM'rashtra to get Rs 30k cr for irrigation projects
In a major boost to Maharashtra, the Centre on Tuesday indicated to give Rs 22,000 to Rs 30,000 crore over the next three years to complete the ongoing projects. The assurance...
View ArticleWater will continue to be scarce
The incidence of drought can no longer be considered a rare event. Climate change has quickened the occurrence of extreme events such as drought, floods and cyclones in different parts of India. It is...
View ArticleWater for all farm lands, says Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said providing sufficient water to all agriculture lands in the country was the aim of the Union government. The government was committed to conservation...
View ArticleRs.20,000 Crore Long Term Irrigation Fund to be Raised (Ministry of Water...
(Source: Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation of the Republic of India) In a move that aims to address the perennial irrigation water crisis affecting rural India,...
View ArticleSubsidy for drip irrigation
The Department of Horticulture has proposed to bring 140 hectares of cultivable area under drip irrigation during 2016-17 by offering a subsidy of Rs. 96.32 lakh to...
View ArticleEvery field in MP will be irrigated: CM Chouhan
BHOPAL: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's next major agenda is to change the water resources scenario in Madhya Pradesh. Addressing a work-shop on planning of irrigation projects under the PMKSY...
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