1. Watering to agricultural lands by artificial means for cultivation is called Irrigation.
2. India is a tropical monsoon country.
3. 75% of rainfall is received within a span of four months.
4. Indian rainfall from monsoons are seasonal, uneven, irregular and erratic in nature.
5. So always there is a need for irrigation to carry out agricultural activities during dry period.
6. Besides erratic rainfall prevalence of high temperature, cultivation of annual crops and hydrophytes.
7. Commercial farming and porous soil make irrigation an essential one for agriculture in India.