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7th Minor Irrigation Census to begin in Dharmapuri in June
The 7th Minor irrigation Census is scheduled to begin in June under the Rationalisation of Minor Irrigation Scheme (RMIS).
Earlier, a training workshop for village administrative officers (VAO) for village panchayats, and local body administration officials of town panchayats and municipalities was chaired by Collector R. Sadheesh.
The Minor irrigation Census proposes to cover irrigation sources that irrigate less than 2,000 ha of land that include water sources on farm lands that sustain agriculture.
The Census enumerates water sources individually or jointly owned by farmers that include farm wells, borewells, the source of funding for creation of those wells; any subsidy grants availed, the extent of land irrigated by the water source, the HP of the motor for pumping of the water will be among the data collated by the enumerators during the census.
The objective is to create a sound and reliable data base on minor irrigation systems including water bodies that will help in the estimation of available ground water and in the formulation of realistic water resource development and management, according to the administration.
The Minor irrigation Statistics scheme is Centrally sponsored scheme under the Ministry of Jal Shakthi.
The 7th Minor Irrigation Census will use 2023-24 as the base year. The district level committee for the minor irrigation statistics will be headed by the District Collector, along with the District Revenue Officer as the nodal officer; Deputy Director of Statistics as the coordinator and Tahsildars as the block level statistics officers and members.
