The Irrigation Future of India: Development, Resource and Policy (Global Issues in Water Policy)

Chapter 1: The Irrigation Future of India: Overview, Synthesis and Way Forward.- Chapter 2: Indian Irrigation Sector: Overall Physical Setting and Institutional Context.- Chapter 3: Diagnosing Water Crisis in India: Results from a Case Study of Maharashtra State.- Chapter 4: Temporal Trends and Regional Patterns in Development of Irrigation in India.- Chapter 5: Is the Impact of Irrigation in Agricultural Output Declining in India?: A Disaggregated Analysis.- Chapter 6: Groundwater Irrigation in India: Development, Overexploitation and Sustainability.- Chapter 7: Losers and Gainers of Groundwater Irrigation Development: Results from a Study of Peninsular India.- Chapter 8: Poverty Reducing Role of Groundwater Irrigation: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Analysis.- Chapter 9: Financial Performance of India’s Irrigation Sector: Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 10: Turnaround of Financial Recovery in Irrigation Sector: A Case Study of Maharashtra State.- Chapter 11: Tank Irrigation in India: Why is it Declining?.- Chapter 12: Performance of Tank Irrigation in India: A Case Study of Andhra Pradesh.- Chapter 13: Effects of Urbanisation on Tank Irrigation: A Case Study of Tamil Nadu.- Chapter 14: Innovative Farm Practice and Water Use Efficiency: A Study of the System of Rice Intensification under Different Irrigated Settings in South India.- Chapter 15: Extent and Scope for the Adoption of Water Saving Technologies: An Analysis of Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation in India.- Chapter 16: Economic Impact of Drip Irrigation: An Empirical Analysis with Farm Level Data.- Chapter 17: Summary and Policy Pointers.