Agro-Economic ResearchWorking of Pressurized Irrigation Network Systems (PINS) in India*

摘要

Water scarcity for agriculture has been growing year after year due to various reasons, for which the government has been very keen to increase the water use efficiency with its new slogan 'more crops per drop'. The government has envisaged promotingMIS and increasing the area under these water saving technologies. The Pressurised Irrigation Network System (PINS) is one such new innovative concept that acts as an interface between the water source and MIS in farm plots and increases the area under irrigation through the adoption of MIS. It comprises of pipe network with controls, pumping installations, power supply, filtration, intake well/ diggy. It is a common and shared infrastructure (by a group of farmers) facilitating individual beneficiaryfor installing and operating MIS.