Industry and farmer bodies have welcomed the budget's focus on expansion of irrigation across the country, which is likely to irrigate an additional lakh hectares.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/budget-2016-farmers-welcome-focus-expansion-irrigation
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/economic-times-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/budget
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-agriculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-nrega
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-insurance
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sunita-narain
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/centre-science-and-environment-cse
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams-irrigation