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3.3.1 Water instituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

By water instituti<strong>on</strong>s. it is meant to include the state managed irrigati<strong>on</strong> systems<br />

in the state. viz.. major <strong>and</strong> medium irrigati<strong>on</strong> systems. The irrigati<strong>on</strong> instituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

in the state are characterised by bureaucratic dominati<strong>on</strong> with minimum or no<br />

users participati<strong>on</strong> in <strong>development</strong> <strong>and</strong> management <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the resources.<br />

Instituti<strong>on</strong>al arrangements in the water sector call <strong>for</strong> certain strict rules<br />

<strong>and</strong> regulati<strong>on</strong>s to ensure fair transacti<strong>on</strong>'-<br />

There<strong>for</strong>e. the problems <strong>and</strong><br />

c<strong>on</strong>straints need to be analysed in the c<strong>on</strong>text <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> existing norms <strong>and</strong> procedures<br />

like user rights. rigid cropping pattern <strong>and</strong> canal operati<strong>on</strong>. It may be argued that<br />

the water instituti<strong>on</strong>s in the state are widely known <strong>for</strong> the inefficient<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance due to various factors. viz.. under-utilisati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the irrigati<strong>on</strong><br />

potential already created. cost <strong>and</strong> time o\'er-runs <strong>and</strong> other operati<strong>on</strong>al level<br />

c<strong>on</strong>straints as widely reported hampering the per<strong>for</strong>mance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> irrigati<strong>on</strong> systems<br />

within <strong>and</strong> outside the countr~.<br />

The process <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> On-Farm Development under the Comm<strong>and</strong> Area Development<br />

programmes <strong>for</strong>ms the major instituti<strong>on</strong>al interventi<strong>on</strong> at the micro level <strong>and</strong> this<br />

needs to be examined in the framework <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> stipulated rules.<br />

~ Instituti<strong>on</strong>al arrangements in the water sector require specific rules, <strong>development</strong><br />

strategies, poli\:ies <strong>for</strong> water Ji,tributi<strong>on</strong>. water rights entitlements to the <strong>farm</strong>ers. More<br />

importantly. there arc different activities that need to be carried out in the water sector,<br />

which includc colledi<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong>/ or abstracti<strong>on</strong>, water share allocati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> resource<br />

mobilisati<strong>on</strong> ti,r lllailltcn

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