Manuals and Schedules for 7th Minor Irrigation Census, 2^nd Census of Water Bodies, 1^st Census of Major & Medium Irrigation Projects & 1^st Census of Spring

The Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti has been conducting census of Minor Irrigation structures quinquienally since 1986- 87 on the recommendation of the then Planning Commission under the Centrally Sponsored scheme ‘Irrigation Census scheme’ which is a standalone component under the Umbrella Scheme - Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana and Other Schemes. The Minor Irrigation Census is conducted in all States/UTs and covers all ground water and surface water structures having Culturable Command Area (CCA) up to 2000 hectares. So far, six censuses have been conducted with reference years 1986-87, 1993-94, 2000-01, 2006- 07, 2013-14 and 2017-18 respectively. Ministry had undertaken First Census of Water Bodies in convergence with 6th MI Census so as to have a national database of all Water Bodies in the country which will interalia collect information on all important aspects of the subject including their condition, status of encroachments, use, storage capacity, status of filling up of storage etc.

            1st Census of Major and Medium Irrigation (MMI) projects and 1st Census of Springs are being undertaken along with 7th MI and 2nd Water bodies censuses. The census is being undertaken entirely in digital mode through app and web portal which will result in considerable savings in resources like time, cost etc.

            Following are the Manuals and Schedules provided by Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India for enumeration works to be carried out during the ongoing 7th Minor Irrigation Census, 2^nd Water Body Census, 1^st Census of Major & Medium Irrigation Projects & 1^st Census of Spring with Reference Year 2023-24.