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Detailed explanation-1: -The Government of India has set the target of covering 100 lakh hectare in five years under micro-irrigation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Out of total 140.13 million hectares of sown area, the net irrigated area was 68.38 million hectares (48.80%) while 71.74 million hectares (51.20%) were non-irrigated and the area under micro irrigation was only 12.90 million hectares, which was 18.80% to the net irrigated area in India as on 2021.
Detailed explanation-3: -Andhra Pradesh leads in micro irrigation implementation ahead of other states in the country as per a National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) report.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Scheme was launched by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture in January, 2006 as Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation (CSS). In June, 2010, it was up-scaled to National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI), which continued till the year 2013-14.