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The average rate of growth in the created irrigation potential during the
I Plan to X Plan is about 1.47 Million Hectares per year. The ultimate
irrigation potential has been assessed to be about 139.9 Mha against which
creation of irrigation potential of
about 102.7 Mha has been reported by the States up to the end of X Plan. Creation of irrigation potential of 5.51 Mha
has also been reported during the first three years of XI Plan. The revised target of creation of irrigation
potential during XI Plan is about 9.5 Mha.
The report of the Task Force on Irrigation constituted by the Planning
Commission has assessed that most of the ultimate irrigation potential would be
created by XIII Plan. Further,
additional irrigation potential of about 35 Mha is also envisaged Inter-Basin
Water Transport.
The details of irrigation potential created during First
Plan to Tenth Plan given below :-
(in million hectare)
|
Plan
|
Irrigation
potential created during the Plan period
|
|
I Plan (1951 - 1956)
|
3.66
|
|
II Plan (1956 – 1961)
|
2.82
|
|
III Plan (1961 – 1966)
|
4.49
|
|
Annual Plans (1966 – 1969)
|
3.53
|
|
IV Plan (1969 – 1974)
|
7.10
|
|
V Plan (1974 – 1978)
|
7.82
|
|
Annual Plans (1978 – 1980)
|
1.59
|
|
VI Plan (1980 – 1985)
|
8.61
|
|
VII Plan (1985 – 1990)
|
11.31
|
|
Annual Plans (1990 – 1992)
|
4.56
|
|
VIII Plan (1992 – 1997)
|
5.17
|
|
IX Plan (1997 – 2002)
|
7.69
|
|
X Plan (2002 – 2007)
|
8.82
|
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