Author:@nirmalindian47
Indian economy is an agrarian economy. In India, though the contribution of agriculture towards GDP is only around 18 percent, more than 50 percent of the work forces are still undertaking agriculture as their mainstream activity. In this scenario, over dependence on monsoon for agriculture is a thing to be noted seriously.
In India, there are two types of monsoon namely south west and north east monsoon and predominantly south west monsoon plays a crucial role in providing enough water resources. The monsoon lasts for a maximum of four months from June to September and covers almost entire India except Andhrapradesh and Tamilnadu. Important thing to be noted is in recent years the country is facing serious drought crisis and this is the effect of over dependence on monsoon. Once the monsoon fails, almost entire India suffers a drought condition. This leads to various economical and social setbacks for India. The entire agricultural activities are hampered, and people who depend on agriculture for their income suffer a lot. Another thing is, our dependence on imports for food items are getting increased.
At this juncture, it is imperative to provide an alternative to reduce the intensity of water crisis. This can be done by interlinking of rivers. Though it is an herculean task, the result is fruitful. With this, we will able to provide proper irrigation facilities all over India. Another indirect benefit of interlinking rivers is that ,occurrence of flood can be reduced drastically.
Once proper irrigation facilities are provided, agriculture can be made as a continuous activity from the present condition as a seasonal activity. With this ,seasonal unemployment can be further reduced . We can increase our GDP and can reduce our imports of food items. Socially, status of farmers will be improved as it will increase their income.
Thus by reducing the over dependence on monsoon, our nation can reap various economic benefits and can improve the status of our farmers.
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