ABSTRACT
Land and water are the two vital natural resources for sustenance of agricultural production in any country. Out of these two resources, water is very important, because it plays a crucial role in maximizing production and productivity of any crop. Because of a limited water resource, its efficient utilization is basic to the survival of mankind. Though India is blessed with plenty of water resources, yet the utilizable water for irrigation is being exhausted due to various physiographic constraints, legal constraints and present method of utilization. Improper irrigation management practice not only waste scarce and expensive water resources but also decreases crop yield through salinization and alkalinization [9, 22]. It is necessary to economize the use of water for agriculture in order to bring more area under irrigation. It is therefore essential to formulate efficient and economically viable irrigation management strategies in order to irrigate more area with the existing water resources. This can be achieved by introducing advanced and sophisticated method of irrigation like drip/micro, sprinkler and improved water management practices. By the use of these advanced irrigation methods, a lot of costly irrigation water can be saved which will in other way help in expanding the irrigation potential, irrigation intensity as well as cropping intensity.
