Budget gives push to micro-irrigation sector
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The water scarcity and droughts in some parts of the country has put the spotlight on water-saving technology over the past few years with various states having taken aggressive expansion of micro-irrigation, said Anil Jain, MD, Jain Irrigation Systems.
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NEW DELHI: Over 20 lakh hectare land will be brought under drip and sprinkler irrigation and improve the efficiency of irrigation, said companies with the budget announcement of doubling micro-irrigation fund created with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to Rs 10,000 crore in 2021-22.
“The addition of Rs 5,000 crores to the micro-irrigation fund with NABARD will help increase the irrigation coverage in all states and achieve the government s target of one crore hectare in five years. With a 50% contribution from farmers the fund can cover 20 lakh hectares annually,” said Randhir Chauhan, MD, Netafim Irrigation In