在印度1．44亿公顷耕地中，约有一亿公顷的耕地分布在干旱区。到本世纪末，尽管将有1．13亿公顷耕地获得灌溉外，也还有3000多万公顷耕地无灌溉条件。因此，印度十分重现旱区农田水利的开发。而开发的重点是400公顷以下的微型流域和400～2000公顷的小流域。其开发措施主要包括 Of India’s 144 million hectares of arable land, about 100 million hectares of arable land are distributed in arid lands. By the end of this century, though there will be 113 million hectares of arable land to be irrigated, there will be more than 30 million hectares of arable land without irrigation. Therefore, India is very much re-emerging farmland water conservancy development. The focus of development is the mini-basin below 400 hectares and the small basin between 400 and 2000 hectares. Its development measures include