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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY TN

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Table 5.25: Estimated Per Hectare Consumption of Fertilizers in Major States<br />

States 2003-<br />

04<br />

2004-<br />

05<br />

2005-<br />

06<br />

States 2003-<br />

04<br />

2004-<br />

05<br />

2005-<br />

06<br />

Andhra Pradesh 145.26 158.57 203.61 Haryana 161.74 155.10 166.72<br />

Karnataka 78.82 99.51 117.34 Punjab 190.13 194.56 210.06<br />

Kerala 64.20 56.74 57.00 Uttar Pradesh 126.69 134.13 140.37<br />

Tamil Nadu 114.54 159.07 183.67 Uttaranchal 104.75 88.93 94.24<br />

Gujarat 94.68 99.49 111.07 Bihar 88.02 99.78 125.32<br />

Madhya<br />

Pradesh 51.64 53.42 47.13 Jharkhand 54.46 62.10 67.61<br />

Chhattisgarh 44.23 65.19 67.36 Orissa 37.07 51.59 57.33<br />

Maharashtra 64.27 74.68 84.52 West Bengal 114.14 129.73 127.50<br />

Rajasthan 37.44 31.33 36.29 Assam 47.54 41.25 49.26<br />

Source: Tamil Nadu Economic Appraisal 2005-06.<br />

5.5 Summary<br />

Water, land and agriculture have strong linkages with poverty reduction. Most poor<br />

particularly in the rural areas, rely heavily on natural resources-land, and water and<br />

agriculture for their livelihood. Therefore, meeting MDGs will depend in large part as to<br />

how the State manages its scare water resources and how it develops effective water<br />

governance and improved water supply services. Policies relating to land redistribution<br />

and transfers will also play a crucial role. The key issues and challenges relating to water,<br />

land and agriculture may be highlighted as follows:<br />

i. Tamil Nadu is a water scare state with per capita water availability of 900 cubic<br />

meter (cm) as against the all India average of 2200 cm. The total water resource<br />

of the state is 42.23 billion cm (surface water 24.1 bcm and groundwater 23.1<br />

bcm) and the total water demand already exceeds the availability and the<br />

deficiency is 307.8 thousand million cubic feet. Agriculture is the largest user<br />

(above 90 percent) of water.<br />

ii.<br />

Most of the water canals are old and have poor efficiency due to seepage, silting in<br />

the canals, and poor maintenance. Roughly 2 percent of revenue expenditure of<br />

the State is spent on irrigation and only 10 percent of it is spent on maintenance<br />

works. The maintenance expenditure is below the norm recommend by the Ministry<br />

of Water Resources leading to rapid deterioration of surface irrigation.<br />

iii. The share of tank irrigation has declined due to siltation and encroachments in tank<br />

beds, damaged sluices, weirs and bunds. Further, the rate of extraction of<br />

groundwater exceeds recharge rate in many parts of the state.<br />

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