India: Issues and Opportunities for Investment

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7667
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	International Water Management Institute
Date:	2010
Agency:	International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka
Series:	IWMI Water Issue Brief, no. 11
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7667
Sector:	Agriculture Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	Middle East & South Asia
Subject(s):	water management irrigation agriculture allocation rules
Abstract:	"Currently, over 80% of irrigated agriculture in India is supported by groundwater. India has 23 million pumps with almost a million added every year. With little control on groundwater extraction, the country faces serious groundwater depletion. Food grain production has increased as more land is brought under cultivation. High-yielding crop varieties are grown that also have high water requirements, which are being met through a boom in groundwater use."

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