Potential Capacity
India has an irrigation potential of 139.89 million hectares, out of which a minimal 108.2 million hectares(77.35%) of the total land that can be irrigated has been utilized. Currently, about 30% of the net cultivated area has benefited from the irrigation projects that have been implemented. A sum of 16,590 crore has been spent of irrigation development up to the 7th Five-Year plans of India. The 10th and 11th Five Year Plan have proposed to invest a sum of 1,03,315 crore and 2,10,326 crore on irrigation and flood control in India.
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