Impact of the Mission Kakatiya Programme on Scheduled Tribes: A Study from Warangal District of Telangana

Abstract

A Nation's agricultural, social, and economic development depends heavily on irrigation. The production of food has been stabilized via irrigation. essential component of the production process in agriculture. Some civilizations have endured for thousands of years with sustainable irrigation, while others have seen their civilizations rise and die with the development and demise of their irrigation systems. Around two-thirds of agricultural production in India comes from irrigated agriculture, which has significantly reduced the country's dependence on foodgrains. The building of dams and irrigation systems has lowered the rate of poverty from 69% to 10% when the crops are farmed under guaranteed irrigation. The Mission Kakatiya initiatives will increase the ground water level around the village tank as well as the water storage capacity of the village tanks during the rainy season. The availability of water in the village tanks supports the expansion of agriculture and local livelihood options.