Key Statistics: Progress under the PMKSY

By Shashi Kant Singh, Partner, Agriculture, PwC India India inhabits 18 per cent of the world’s population but has only 4 per cent of the global water resources (World Bank Group). Around 89 per cent […]

Over the years, the government has laun­ched various schemes and initiatives to bring more land under irrigation. In 1992, the government initiated micro-irrigation in the country and later launched the centrally sponsored scheme on micro-irrigation. […]

In India, irrigation has a crucial role in agriculture and rural development. Over the ye­­a­­rs, it has gained traction, with a greater focus on major multipurpose irrigation proje­c­ts. The government has made concerted effor­ts to […]