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Now, so far as minor irrigation works are concerned, they have done well and during the first two years, they have fulfilled their targets.
I will not go into the details of the agricultural production during the first two years of the Tenth, Plan, but I will refer to some other salient features. The increase in agricultural production is achieved by a number of schemes including major and medium irrigation, minor irrigation, fertilizers and manures, improved seeds, land development and improved agricultural practices. It is true that, so far as major and medium irrigation works are concerned, we have developed a huge potential but we have not been able to utilize it. We feel very unhappy that large amounts of money should have been spent on the construction of dams and reservoirs but the water was not being utilized. This question was very carefully examined by the Irrigation and Power Ministry and the Planning Commission.