Institutions 1 The section provides details of the prevailing policy, statutory environment and the various organisationsinvolved in water management.>>>>>
Participatory Irrigation Management 1 Andhra was the first state to provide the statutory authority to PIM in 1997. Read on for anoverview, present status, processand a critical evaluation.>>>>>
1Financial Sustainability 1 A systemic approach lead to gradual enahancement in irrigation water tax collection to present level of about Rs 1320 million (at 1997 tax rates) that exceeds the average annual cost of operation and maintenance as assessed by the farmers. Read on forapproach, enabling ordersandpresent status.>>>>
Right to Water 1 This section discusses the historical evolutionof water rights, present constitutionaland other statutory provisions,status in various statesin India and the model adopted byAndhra Prades.>>>>>
Project Management 1 A protocol is developed following a cyclical approach to synchronise with crop cycle. It adopts aworkbookbased planning,water useeffificiency, partcipatory self assessmentwith farmers to assess the performanceof the project, and varified throughremote sensing..>>>>>
1Minor Irrigation, Livelihood 1
Anew apprroachis evolved for managing the tank based irrigation that takes in to account thesurface and ground waterfor cropwater budgetingto improve the livelihood opportunities in remote areas that are not serviced by the major projects. .>>>>
Irrigated Agriculture 1 Irrigated agriculture produces the surplus and provides national food security as compared rainfed areas. Surface and ground water based agriculture cover around 6.110 mn ha to produce 20.42 mn tons of food grains. Irrigation, water use efficiency and agriculture technology would play a major role in meeting the expanding food demand..>>>>>
Tool Book 1 You would find a brief description of various tools used forproject management, capacity building modules for farmer, workbook, performance manaegment, water use efficiecny, crop water budgeting, Reservoir and canal flow monitoring systemetc..>>>>>
A.P. Government Projects 1 Read on for innovative projects on irrigation being implemented in Andhra Pradesh, more specifically Andhra Pradesh Community Based Tank Management Project, AP Irrigation and Livelihood Improvement Project and RRR project..>>>>>
News 1 Study of Ground Water use in Command areas of Major Irrigation Projects to achieve optimal utilization in Ground Water regime.>>>
Events 1 Interactive Session for DC Presidents with Resource persons of Major & Medium Irrigation Projects on sharing of Success stories.>>>