GS Paper III · Agriculture
Irrigation Current Affairs for UPSC (GS Paper III)
From the syllabus: Major crops and cropping patterns, irrigation, storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce; farm subsidies and MSP; PDS, buffer stocks and food security; economics of animal-rearing; food processing; land reforms; e-technology for farmers
Why it matters: Water use efficiency and infrastructure bottlenecks are crucial for assessing how the agricultural sector adapts to climate uncertainty.
In the news
October 2026
11 Oct 2026Andhra Pradesh
Life-Saving Irrigation Scheme Rolled out for Drought-Hit OrchardsAndhra Pradesh has initiated the Life-Saving Irrigation Scheme in Sri Sathya Sai district to protect standing horticulture orchards facing acute groundwater depletion. Under the scheme, the government will subsidize 80% of water...
September 2026
27 Sep 2026
Groundwater Depletion Threatens Long-Term Farming in PunjabSevere groundwater depletion across Punjab is escalating economic pressure on agrarian communities, especially small and marginal farmers. Decades of intensive cultivation of water-demanding crops like paddy have depleted deep aquifers...
Practise Irrigation
4 of our latest questions on this topic.
Question 1 of 4
What is the primary ecological benefit of deploying floating solar pumps in surface water bodies like ponds for agricultural irrigation?
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