Subject(s): Landmarks in the reform process -- Irrigation in India -- Irrigation in India : Five decades of development, Investment in MMI and MI at the national level, Source wise growth trend in irrigation, State wise and source wise irrigation development, Region wise spread of irrigation -- Irrigation under stress in Maharashtra : River basin wise use of water resources, Investment in irrigation and returns, Water pricing policy -- Economic viability of drip irrigation An empirical analysis from Maharashtra : Water use efficiency , Capital and production cost, Benefit-cost analysis -- Drip irrigation and its future in India : benefit cost pattern of drip irrigation, Policy initiatives needed , Economic advantage of drip irrigation -- Nexus of irrigation and rural poverty a state wise analysis : Poverty related studies, Irrigation and rural poverty, Incidence of poverty and characteristics of the state -- Irrigation, Agrarian relation and agricultural labourers : Irrigation status of the states, Growth of agricultural labour household and irrigation, Real wage rate of agricultural labourers and irrigation, Indebtedness of agricultural labour household and irrigation, Agricultural labour and irrigation -- Irrigation development and agricultural wages : Irrigation and real earning nexus, Minimum wages-money wages and irrigation nexus, Gender wage differentials and irrigation -- Reinventing participation in Irrigation management : Role of institution, Collective action and irrigation management, Process of formation, PIM in retrospect, Substance and economic viability -- Impact of electricity tariff policies on the use of electricity and groundwater -- Electricity pumpset and groundwater management - macro and micro evidence : Groundwater use- a national level picture, State level analysis of Tamil Nadu, Tariff system and consumption of electricity, Tariff policy and groundwater management, Pro rata (PR), Flat-rate and Free electricity -- India's irrigation sector