Contents preface (VII) introduction 1—37

EXERCISES

1. 
   What is irrigation? What has been its impact on human environment?
   

2. 
   Justifying the need of irrigation in India, describe its development in the country.
   

3. 
   What are the requirements for the success of an irrigation project? How is an irrigation project planned?
   

4. 
   What are the objectives of command area development? How are these achieved through command area development programmes?
   

5. 
   What are the main crop seasons of India? Describe the ideal weather conditions for these seasons.
   

6. 
   What are the factors that must be considered for deciding an ideal cropping pattern in a given area ?
   

REFERENCES

1. 
   Hansen, VE, OW, Israelsen and GE, Stringham, Irrigation Principles and Practices, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1979.
   

2. 
   Bharat Singh, Agriculture and Irrigation, National Seminar on New Perspectives in Water Management, Indore, 1989.
   

3. 
   Holy, M, Irrigation Structures, CBIP Publication No. 135, New Delhi, 1979.
   

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4. 
   Dhawan, BD, Output Impact According to Main Irrigation Sources: Empirical Evidence from Four Selected States, INSA Seminar on Water Management, New Delhi, 1986.
   

4. 
   Chambers, R, Managing Canal Irrigation, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1988.
   

6. ...... Water and Related Statistics, Central Water Commission, New Delhi, March 1994.

7. 
   Upadhyay, DS, Drought from Meteorological Viewpoint, J. of the Institution of Engineers (India), Hindi Section, Dec. 1988.
   

7. 
   Swaminathan, MS, Irrigation and Our Agricultural Future, First AN Khosla Lecture delivered at the University of Roorkee, 1981.
   

9. ...... Report of the Subgroup on Management Information Systems for Command Area Development Programme, Ministry of Irrigation, Govt. of India, 1982.

10. ...... Report of the Irrigation Commission, Vol. I, Ministry of Irrigation, Govt. of India, 1972. 11. ...... Seventh Five-Year Plan 1985–90, Vols. I and II, Planning Commission, Govt. of India, 1985. 12. ...... The ICID Environmental Check-List, H.R. Wallingford Ltd.., U.K., 1993.
13. ...... Handbook of Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 1980. 14. ...... Water and Related Statistics, Central Water Commission, New Delhi, March 1994.