Punjab Ground Water Crisis – Economics – Free PDF Download

Current Affair

• Punjab Agricultural University
• Strengthen maize

Punjab’s water crisis

• Dark zone
• Current rates of depletion- exhausted in 2
• Delay transplantation
• Delayed harvesting

Move

• Diversification of crops
• Narrowing the gap in economic returns
• Persuade the farmers to cultivate maize

Maize cultivation

• 8% in Punjab
• 46%- peninsular states
• Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

Scope in Punjab

• 3 seasons
• Kharif
• Long duration
• Water consumption

Limitations

• Government procurement
• Feed crop
• 13% consumed as food
• Fluctuations in prices

What’s needed?

• Area under non-basmati paddy must be cut
• Areas under agri forestry and vegetables should be increased

Government’s role

• Developing more high-yield and good varieties of maize
• Stop free power for paddy
• Check over exploitation
• MSP
• Favourable conditions

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