PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF NABARD'S MINOR AND MAJOR IRRITATION SCHEME IN THE STATE OF GOA

It is said that India lives in villages and if India has to flourish, rural India must come on the path of development with focus on agriculture and infrastructural facilities. Agriculture has remained the main occupation of the Indian villages since ages. India has a very long history in agriculture since the Vedic period. Agriculture without irrigation is mere impossible. Hence to bring the primary sector to its highest level of potential areas must be irrigated at the larger scale. NABARD has one of its function dedicated to bring areas under irrigation under its minor and major irrigation scheme through Rural Infrastructure Development Fund under its financial function. This study is confined to evaluate the performance of minor and major irrigation scheme and the satisfaction of the farmers towards it