QUESTION 14
GS3
15 marks
Suggest measures to improve water storage and irrigation system to make its judicious use under depleting scenario.
WRITE IN
11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Suggest measures to improve water storage and irrigation for careful use under falling water availability.
Suggest measuresAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Storage: check dams, farm ponds, tanks revival, aquifer recharge, small reservoirs, desilting≈50 words
- 2Irrigation: micro-irrigation, canal lining, command area development, pricing and metering of power and water≈50 words
- 3Crop choice: diversification away from water-intensive crops≈50 words
- 4Governance: Atal Bhujal Yojana, participatory irrigation management≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
ContextStorageEfficiencyGovernanceConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only big dams
- No governance measures
Draw this
- Water cycle sketch with intervention points
Value addition
- DataIndia's per capita water availability fell to about 1,486 m³ (2021), close to the water-stress mark of 1,700 m³.Ministry of Jal Shakti / CWC
- SchemeAtal Bhujal Yojana (2019) uses community water budgets in 8,000+ gram panchayats in 7 states.Ministry of Jal Shakti
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
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