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www.iaritoppers.in Whatsapp : +91-9694095242 Page | 1 Irrigation Scenario Total Cropped Area (Gross cropped area) (2019-20) 211.36 Million Hectares Net Sown area (2019-20) 139.90 Million Hectares Gross Irrigated area (2019-20) 112.23 Million Hectares Net Irrigated area (2019-20) 75.46 Million Hectares Area Covered Under Drip Irrigation (As on 31.03.2022) 66.79 lakh hectare Area Covered Under Sprinkler Irrigation (As on 31.03.2022) 78.12 lakh hectare Total area under Micro Irrigation (As on 31.03.2022) 1.44 crore hectare % Coverage under irrigation - Foodgrains (2019-20) 56.96% Leading States in Micro Irrigation Coverage (Drip + Sprinkler) (As on 31.03.2022) 1. Karnataka ( 24,29,315 hectare) 2. Rajasthan ( 20,96,727 hectare) 3. Maharashtra ( 20,39,783 hectare) Leading States in Drip Irrigation Coverage (As on 31.03.2022) 1. Maharashtra (14,14,185 hectare) 2. Andhra Pradesh ( 14,00,780 hectare) 3. Gujarat (9,21,010 hectare) Leading States in Sprinkler Irrigation Coverage (As on 31.03.2022) 1. Rajasthan (17,77,985 hectare) 2. Karnataka (16,04,399 hectare) 3. Gujarat (7,88,672 hectare) Major Source of Irrigation in India (2020-21) 1. Tube Wells (37.2 million hectare) 2. Canals (18.6 million hectare) 3. Wells other than Tube wells (10.1 million hectare) 4. Tanks (2.1 million hectare) 5. Other sources (9.6 million hectare) Current Affairs Part-5
www.iaritoppers.in Whatsapp : +91-9694095242 Page | 2 State having highest area under canal irrigation (2020-21) 1. UP 2. Rajasthan 3. Telangana State having highest area under Tube wells (2020-21) 1. UP 2. MP 3. Punjab State having highest irrigated area (2020-21) 1. UP 2. MP 3. Rajasthan Major irrigation projects of India: Name River State CCA, ha Year of completion Bhakra Nangal Project Sutlej Punjab and Himachal Pradesh 40,00,000 1963 Beas Project Beas River Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan 21,00,000 1974 Indira Gandhi Canal Harike (Satlej and Beas) Punjab 5, 28,000 1965 Koshi Project Kosi River Bihar and Nepal 8.48,000 1954 Hirakund Project Mahanadi Orisa 10,00,000 1957 Tungabhadra project Tungbhadra - Krishna AP-Karnataka 5,74,000 1953 Nagarjuna Sagar Project Krishna AP 13,13,000 1960
www.iaritoppers.in Whatsapp : +91-9694095242 Page | 3 Chambal Project Chambal Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh 5,15,000 1960 Damodar valley project Damodar Jharkhand, West Bengal 8,23,700 1948 Gandak project Gandak Bihar-UP 16,51,700 1970 Kakrapar project Tapti Gujarat 1,51,180 1954 Koyna Project Koyna- krishna Maharashtra 1964 Malprabha project Malprabha Karnataka 2,18,191 1972 Mayurakshi Project Mayurakshi West Bengal 2,40,000 1956 Kangsabati project Kangsabati and Kumari river West Bengal 3,48,477 1956 Water Bodies in India Inland Water resources of the country are classified as rivers and canals; reservoirs; tanks & ponds; beels, oxbow lakes, derelict water; and brackish water.  Highest length of rivers and canals: UP (39.5 thousand km) > MH > J&K  Highest Area under small reservoirs: MP > MH > Gujarat  Highest Area under Medium & Large reservoirs: MH > Karnataka > Gujarat  Highest area under Tanks & Ponds: Telangana > Andhra Pradesh  Highest Area under Brackish water: Odisha > West Bengal > Gujarat (BOM AFO 2021)  Highest area under total Inland water: Maharashtra (BOM-AFO 2021)
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