Localised impacts of irrigation on economic development 

An index for impact monitoring of water infrastructure 

Invisible informal groundwater markets

Poisoned waters, threatened lives

Making the invisible, visible

Agriculture, an important sector of our economy accounts for 14 per cent of the nation’s GDP and about 11 per cent of its exports. India has the second largest arable land base (159.7 million hectares) after US and largest gross irrigated area (88 milion hectares) in the world. Rice, wheat, cotton, oilseeds, jute, tea, sugarcane, milk and potatoes are the major agricultural commodities produced. More importantly, over 60 per cent of the country’s population, comprising several million small farming households, depends on agriculture as a principal income source and land continues to be the main asset for livelihood security. 

Agriculture

Irrigation

Conservation - Reducing Water Usage

Groundwater

Surface Water

Sustainability

Large Dams, barrages, reservoirs and canals

Groundwater Recharge

Water Management

Informal Sector

Equity

Contamination, Pollution and Quality

Geogenic Contamination

Fluoride

Health

Droughts and Floods

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