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Presenting the budget proposals for 2005-06, the Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram has stated that the Government will promote micro-irrigation technology, comprising drip and sprinkler irrigation, on a large scale. About 1.2 million hectares have been covered under micro-irrigation so far, and the plan is to increase the coverage to 3 million hectares by the end of the Tenth Plan and to 14 million hectares by the end of the Eleventh Plan. A sum of Rs. 400 crore has been provided for promoting micro-irrigation in 2005-06.
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