The geographical conditions, especially the nature of monsoon rainfall, in India make irrigation indispensable for sustainable agricultural development. Unfortunately, rainfall in India is uncertain, unreliable, irregular, variable, seasonal and unevenly distributed. Apart from the vagaries of monsoon rain, there are certain crops such as rice, sugarcane, jute, cotton etc requires more water and have to be provided with irrigation even in areas of heavy rainfall. For all these reasons irrigation is necessary for India.