Question

A ''Major irrigation project'' refers to a project which :

• A. Has a river of atleast 50km length
• B. covers a minimum of 10,000 hectares
• C. Generates 1000 Cusec of water in an hour
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

B. covers a minimum of 10,000 hectares

Major Irrigation Project

• Major irrigation project is a classification of irrigation projects used in India.
• A project with a cultivable command area of more than 10,000 hectares is classified as a major irrigation project.
• Before the Fifth Five - Year Plan , irrigation schemes were classified on the basis of investments needed to implement the scheme.
• Since the Fifth Five - Year Plan , India has adopted the command area - based system of classification.