Union Agriculture Minister Emphasises On Efficient Water Management Through Convergance Of Resources Of Various Ministries

Union Agriculture Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that efficient water management of water resources can be achieved through the convergence of resources/programmes of various Ministries/Departments. He was speaking in India Water Week 2015 function organized by Ministry of Water Resources in New Delhi today. He said further that water conservation, groundwater re-charge and rainwater harvesting by adopting appropriate technologies and funding mechanisms, have to be undertaken in and outside watershed development projects, with the resources of Ministries of Rural Development, Agriculture, Water Resources, Urban Development and Power etc. Enhancing productivity of water using micro-irrigation, supplemental and deficit irrigation is possible only through combined efforts of the Ministries of Agriculture, Water Resources and Power, he added.