policy impactation priorities and needs of farmer Features of adopting micro irrigation system nature of scheme activities to promote micro irrigation Demonstration of micro irrigation Schemes administration General guideline in administering micro irrigation scheme Overall target

2. ROLE OF GOVERNMENT TO
PROMOTING THE MICRO
IRRIGATION
presentation on :-
Subject: -
Micro irrigation system design
Presented by: -
JOSHI DRASHTI ( PAGEN-096-2012 )
KAUSHAL .V. GADARIYA (PAGEN-097-2012)

3. Contents
 policy impactation
 priorities and needs of farmer
 Features of adopting micro irrigation system
 nature of scheme
 activities to promote micro irrigation
 Demonstration of micro irrigation
 Schemes administration
 General guideline in administering micro irrigation scheme
 Overall target

4. POLICY IMPLICATIONS
• Over the years, government as well as various non
government agencies have been promoting micro-
irrigation as a ‘New Concept in Agriculture’ through a
“Package Solution, with the following salient features:
[1] Water Saving
[2] Positive Net Present Value (NPV)
[3] Good Pay back Period and Internal rate of return (IRR)
[4] Customized and Highly Sophisticated technology
[5] Higher Yields and Better Quality of Output
[6] Labour Saving.

5. PRIORITIES AND NEED OF
FARMER
• They demand solutions and technologies that would
provide them:
[1] Assured Returns
[2] Lower Costs
[3] Simple Technology
[4] Generic Applicability and
[5] Higher and better Yields with fewer pumping hours

6. FEATURES OF MICRO IRRIGATION SCHEME
• It will be a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under which out
of the total cost of the MI System, 40% will be borne by
the Central Government, 10% by the State government
and the remaining 50% will be borne by the beneficiary
either through his/her own resources or soft loan from
financial institutions.
• Assistance to farmers will be for covering a maximum
area of five ha per beneficiary family.
• The focus will be on horticultural crops being covered
under the National Horticulture Mission.

7. • Assistance for drip and sprinkler demonstration will
be 75% for the cost for a maximum area of 0.5 ha per
beneficiary which will be met entirely by the Central
government.
• The Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) will be
involved in selecting the beneficiaries.
• All categories of farmers are covered under the
Scheme. However, it need to be ensured that at least
25% of the beneficiaries are Small & Marginal
farmers.

8. NATURE OF SCHEME
• This will be a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under which out of the
total cost of the MI System, 40% will be borne by the Central
Government, 10% by the State Government and the remaining 50%
will be borne by the beneficiary, either through his/her own
resources or soft loan from financial institutions. In other words, out
of the Governmental assistance, 80% share (40% of unit cost) will
be met by the Government of India (GOI) and the balance 20%
(10% of unit cost) will be met by the participating State
Government. The concerned States shall make available their share
of 20% to the Implementing Agencies (IA) during the financial year.

9. ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTES
MICRO IRRIGATION
a) Training programmes: -
- Human Resources Development through training
programmes for officials, farmers, entrepreneurs and other
active players involved in micro irrigation is an important
element of the scheme.
- These training programmes will be coordinated by the
Horticulture Division, DAC with the involvement of
NCPAH and will be organized through PFDCs, SAUs,
ICAR Institutes etc and reputed manufacturers.
- These training programmes will be project based which
will be approved by the Executive Committee of NCPAH

10. b) Seminars/ Exhibitions: -
-The scheme will facilitate organizing Seminar,
Workshops, Exhibitions publicity campaigns at different
levels. The norms of assistance for Seminar/Workshops is
as follows:

11. To increase awareness among farmers following promotional
activities are carried out on a regular/need basis.
-Farmers meetings
-Press Advertisement
-Tableau Campaign
-Participation in Fair and Exhibitions
-Use of Audio Visual media- advertisement on TV, radio
Jingle, participation in talk show on agriculture
programme of Dur Darshan
-Distribution of literature, leaflets, calendars

12. DEMONSTRATION OF MICRO
IRRIGATION
• The demonstration would be laid at strategic locations
along road side for the maximum benefit of the farmers.
• The procedure to implement this component of the scheme
is the same as suggested for drip irrigation installation
component.
• The manufacturers/suppliers approved for drip irrigation
installation may lay demonstrations.
• For demonstrations, assistance would be provided @ 75%
of unit cost for a maximum area of 0.5 ha per beneficiary
family.

13. LAYOUT OF DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM

14. SCHEME ADMINISTRATION
• The scheme will have a three tier system for effective
implementation and monitoring of the scheme.
- National level (National Committee on Plasticulture
Applications in Horticulture (NCPAH) ).
- State Level (State Micro Irrigation Committee)
- District Level (District Micro Irrigation Committee (DMIC)
or IA.

15. National Committee on Plasticulture
Applications in Horticulture (NCPAH)
• At the national level, the National Committee on
Plasticulture Applications in Horticulture (NCPAH) under
the Chairmanship of Minister of Agriculture, GOI will be
the apex body which will provide overall guidance and
review the progress on the coverage of area under MI in
the country.

16. State Micro Irrigation Committee
• Organize base line survey and feasibility studies in
different parts of the State, covering various crops and
technologies.
• Ensure smooth implementation of Micro Irrigation project
in different Districts of the State.
• Mobilize credit requirement of the farmers for installing
Micro Irrigation System through the Financial Institutions.
• Finalize and forward the consolidated Action Plan of the
Districts to DAC.

17. District Micro Irrigation Committee
(DMIC)
The DMIC will have the following functions:
- Review and forward the Action Plan and forwards it to the
Ministry of Agriculture through SMIC.
- Mobilize credit requirement of the farmers for installing
Micro Irrigation System through the Financial Institutions.
- Monitor and review the physical & financial progress of
implementation of MI Scheme.
- Review the submission of utilization certificate by the IA.
- Provide feed back to SMIC on monthly basis.

18. IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
• In the States, the Scheme will be implemented by an Implementing
Agency (IA) specially designated for this purpose by the State
Government, which will be the District Rural Development
Agencies (DRDA) or any identified Agency in conjunction with
Directorate of Horticulture/Agriculture having the required
infrastructure. The Directorate of Horticulture/Agriculture would
provide the technical support for the scheme. The financial
assistance to the farmers will be routed through the IA.
• Assistance to the tune of one percent of the annual outlay for the
District will be provided for monitoring the scheme in the District
by the IA. Assistance to the tune of one percent of the annual outlay
for the District will be provided for monitoring the scheme in the
District by the IA.

19. GENERAL GUIDELINES IN
ADMINSTERING THE MICRO IRRIGATION
SCHEME
a) Transparency in Beneficiary Selection
b) b) Pre Installation
c) Installation
d) If beneficiary takes loan
e) Registration of Manufacturers
f) Quality Control
g) After Sales Service
h) Supply of Imported Components

20. OVERALL TARGETS
• The Micro Irrigation Scheme has been approved for
implementation during the Tenth Plan for covering a
total area of 6.2 lakh ha involving 3.8 lakh ha under drip
irrigation and 2.4 lakh ha under sprinkler irrigation. The
scheme also envisages organizing 500 training
programmes, 950 awareness programmes and 900
demonstrations besides organizing one International, two
National level and 14 regional levels
seminars/workshops.