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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