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    (I) Assessment On Area Basis (Ii) Volumetric Assessment

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    There are five main ways to assess irrigation water charges: (i) on an area basis, (ii) volumetrically, (iii) based on outlet capacity, (iv) through permanent assessment, or (v) via consolidated assessment. Area basis assessment sets water charges per unit of irrigated land based on crop value and water needs, but can lead to over-irrigation. Volumetric assessment charges based on actual water used, but requires water meters or modular outlets. Outlet capacity assessment is simple if outlets are rigid, while permanent assessment charges farmers each year regardless of water use. Consolidated assessment combines land revenue and water charges into one amount.

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    (I) Assessment On Area Basis (Ii) Volumetric Assessment

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    There are five main ways to assess irrigation water charges: (i) on an area basis, (ii) volumetrically, (iii) based on outlet capacity, (iv) through permanent assessment, or (v) via consolidated assessment. Area basis assessment sets water charges per unit of irrigated land based on crop value and water needs, but can lead to over-irrigation. Volumetric assessment charges based on actual water used, but requires water meters or modular outlets. Outlet capacity assessment is simple if outlets are rigid, while permanent assessment charges farmers each year regardless of water use. Consolidated assessment combines land revenue and water charges into one amount.

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    There are five main ways to assess irrigation water charges: (i) on an area basis, (ii) volumetrically, (iii) based on outlet capacity, (iv) through permanent assessment, or (v) via consolidated assessment. Area basis assessment sets water charges per unit of irrigated land based on crop value and water needs, but can lead to over-irrigation. Volumetric assessment charges based on actual water used, but requires water meters or modular outlets. Outlet capacity assessment is simple if outlets are rigid, while permanent assessment charges farmers each year regardless of water use. Consolidated assessment combines land revenue and water charges into one amount.

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    (I) Assessment On Area Basis (Ii) Volumetric Assessment

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    Janai Marngar
    There are five main ways to assess irrigation water charges: (i) on an area basis, (ii) volumetrically, (iii) based on outlet capacity, (iv) through permanent assessment, or (v) via consolidated assessment. Area basis assessment sets water charges per unit of irrigated land based on crop value and water needs, but can lead to over-irrigation. Volumetric assessment charges based on actual water used, but requires water meters or modular outlets. Outlet capacity assessment is simple if outlets are rigid, while permanent assessment charges farmers each year regardless of water use. Consolidated assessment combines land revenue and water charges into one amount.

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    Assessment of irrigation water charges can be done in one of

    the following ways:


    (i) Assessment on area basis

    (ii) Volumetric assessment

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    (iii) Assessment based on outlet capacity

    (iv) Permanent assessment

    (v) Consolidated assessment.

    In the area basis method of assessment, water charges are fixed per
    unit area of land irrigated for each of the crops grown. The rates of
    water charges depend on the cash value of crop, water requirement of
    crop and the time of water demand with respect to the available
    supplies in the source.

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    Since the water charges are not related to the actual quantity of water
    used, the farmers (particularly those whose holdings are in the head
    reaches of the canal) tend to over irrigate their land. This results in
    uneconomical use of available irrigation water beside depriving the
    cultivators in the tail reaches of the canal of their due share of
    irrigation water.

    However, this method of assessment, being simple and convenient, is


    generally used for almost all irrigation projects in India. In the
    volumetric assessment, the charges are in proportion to the actual
    amount of water received by the cultivator. This method, therefore,
    requires installation of water meters at all the outlets of the irrigation
    system.

    Alternatively, modular outlets may be provided to supply a specified


    discharge of water. This method results in economical use of irrigation
    water and is, therefore, an ideal method of assessment. But it has
    several drawbacks.

    This method requires installation and maintenance of suitable devices


    for water measurement. These devices require adequate head at the
    outlet. Further, there is a possibility of water theft by cutting of banks
    or siphoning over the bank through a flexible hose pipe. Also, the
    distribution of charges among the farmers, whose holdings are served
    by a common outlet, may be difficult. Because of these drawbacks, the
    method has not been adopted in India.

    Assessment of canal water charges based on outlet capacity is a simple


    method and is workable if the outlets are rigid or semi-modular and
    the channel may run within outlet’s designed range of parameters. In
    some regions, artificial irrigation, though not essential, has been
    provided to meet the water demand only in drought years.

    Every farmer of such a region has to pay a fixed amount. The farmers
    have to pay these charges even for the years in which they do not take
    any water. A farmer has also to pay tax on the land owned by him. In
    the consolidated assessment method, both the land revenue and the
    water charges are combined, and the cultivators are accordingly
    charged.

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