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Assam
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Sikkim
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Maharashtra
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Goa
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Detailed explanation-1: -But only four States - Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra - have more than half of the net cultivated farmlands under micro-irrigation.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Uttar Pradesh is the highest irrigated state (17.6 million hectares) in India.
Detailed explanation-4: -The state of Punjab has a 98.7% total irrigated area, which is the highest in India.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.