The Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023
The Government of Punjab on December 27, 2023, notified the Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023. The following has been stated: Section 2 talks about various definitions like “canal” “culturable command
Canal Irrigation
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Mumbai mulls diverting irrigation water for quenching thirst
Mumbai: With no sign of the monsoon, water levels in the lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai are running low forcing the government to consider diverting water meant for agriculture to the city.
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Nabard sanctions additional funds to UP
LUCKNOW: To give an impetus to developing rural infrastructure, NABARD has sanctioned a loan of Rs 808 crore to the government of Uttar Pradesh for augmenting irrigation facilities to small and marginal
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Chief minister targets to woo farmers, promises friendly version of land acquisition bill
LUCKNOW: Anticipating what farmers support could mean to Samajwadi Party in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Akhilesh government doled out sops worth Rs 5,432.37 crore for agriculture and allied activities
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Assam Irrigation in a dismal state
GUWAHATI, June 1: The Assam Government often claims that it has achieved a lot in the field of agricultural development in the State. Though the State has seen some improvement in crop production, the
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Canal water pricing for irrigation in Pakistan: assessment, issues and options
Pricing canal water for irrigation to recover the cost of supply as well as promote efficient water use is one of the most neglected but highly debated issues in Pakistan, particularly among the academia,
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Munak canal issue on the boil again, water supply to be hit
The problem of water shortage in the city is expected to intensify on Wednesday as the issue of making the parallel lines of Munak canal operational touches the boiling point once again. The Munak canal
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MoEF objects to Maya’s 8,000cr expressway project
Union environment and forest ministry has objected to former Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati’s ambitious 147.8 km-long Upper Ganga Canal Expressway project, saying it involves 760 hectare of forest area. The
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Delhi, Haryana meeting with Centre over Munak canal row
Almost six years and Rs. 414 crore later, Delhi and Haryana are still wrangling over the Munak canal and the water that it was supposed to bring to the Capital. The impediments that got in the way included environmental clearances, monetary disagreements and bickering over how much water Haryana is supposed to release for Delhi. The latest stand-off is over the release of 80 MGD of water that Delhi claims it should get apart from what is being released and Haryana's demand for the release of Rs.106 crore.
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Central govt's move increases fund for Sardar Sarovar Project
GANDHINAGAR: A high-level committee of Government of India's (GoI's) finance ministry has cleared a proposal that would enable the Gujarat government to receive nearly 90 per cent of all funds over the
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Ajit Pawar must clear air on irrigation projects: CM
MUMBAI: Unease continued between coalition partners, the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), as both countered each other on various issues, the latest being the performance of the state's irrigation