Which Union Ministry has made the sixth census of small irrigation projects report public?
Ministry of Jal Shakti.
2023 August
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The report on the sixth census of minor irrigation (MI) schemes was made public by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. It demonstrated that there are now more groundwater and surface water schemes nationwide. Out of the 23.14 million MI schemes that were examined, 21.93 million (or 94.8%) are groundwater schemes, and 1.21 million (or 5.2%) are surface water schemes.