Irrigation in India

Various sources of irrigation in India are canals, tanks , tube wells and other wells, with tube wells and canals together accounting for about 70 % of total irrigation. across the land by simple gravity flow in order to wet it and to infiltrate into the soil. Irrigation in India includes a network of major and minor canals from Indian rivers, groundwater well based systems, tanks, and other rainwater harvesting projects for agricultural activities. Of these groundwater system is the largest.

In 2013-14, only about 36.7% of total agricultural land in India was reliably irrigated, and remaining 2/3rd cultivated land in India is dependent on monsoons. 65% of the irrigation in India is from groundwater.[4]Currently about 51% of the agricultural area cultivating food grains is covered by irrigation . The rest of the area is dependent on rainfall which is most of the times unreliable and unpredictable.