QUESTION 7
GS3
12.5 marks
What is water-use efficiency? Describe the role of micro-irrigation in increasing water-use efficiency.
WRITE IN
9 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Define water-use efficiency and describe how drip and sprinkler irrigation raise it.
What... DescribeAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1WUE: crop output per unit of water used; India's flood irrigation efficiency is low≈35 words
- 2Micro-irrigation role: water to root zone, less evaporation and runoff, fertigation, higher yields, less weeds, use on undulating land≈35 words
- 3Constraints: high cost, small holdings, power and water pricing, maintenance≈35 words
- 4Policy: PMKSY 'Per Drop More Crop', Micro Irrigation Fund≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Define WUEMicro-irrigation methodsHow each improves WUEConstraintsSchemesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not defining WUE
- Writing on dams and canals
Draw this
- Diagram of drip system: tank → filter → laterals → emitters at roots
Value addition
- CommitteeTask Force on Micro Irrigation (2004, N. Chandrababu Naidu) estimated a potential of about 69.5 million hectares.Task Force, 2004
- SchemeMicro Irrigation Fund of Rs 5,000 crore set up with NABARD in 2018-19.Ministry of Agriculture
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 9 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
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