I wonder why Assam's only 6% farm land area is irrigated ---is the rainfall adequate for all agricultural purposes?
Umesh --- Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message from one firend in Assam: > FYI > RB > > ---------------------------------- > India Today, the undisputed number 1 magazine of > India conducted a comprehensive survey of all 30 > states for the fourth consecutive year and results > were announced at the INDIA TODAY CHIEF MINISTERS > CONCLAVE where the President of India was the Chief > Guest. They have divided into three categories : (1) > Big states - 20 (2) Small states - 10 (3) Union > Territories - 5. Assam ranked 16th out of 20 big > states. Please note some of the quotes :- > > 1) Performance of Punjab (no.1) and Kerala (no.2) is > more or less static. > 2) Himachal Pradesh (no.3), Karnataka and Gujarat > are potential toppers. > 3) Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan are improving > slowly, steadily. > 4) MP, UP (no.17), Orissa (no.18) show maximum > acceleration, but from a low base. > 5) Assam, Bihar(no.20) and Jharkhand (no.19) showing > faint signs of improvement. > > 6) Despite the mighty Brahmaputra, less than 6% of > cropped area in Assam is irrigated - the lowest > among all states. In neighbouring West Bengal, it is > 44%. > > 7) Punjab has a 30-fold lead over Assam in > agriculture > > 8) Remittances from abroad in Kerala are seven times > the budgetary support given to the state by the > Centre, making the state NRI's own country. > > 9) For every Rs.100/- that banks in Tamil Nadu get > as deposit, they give Rs.105.4 as credit, making its > credit-deposit ratio 105.4 - the highest in the > country. > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, MD 20740 USA Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Canada # (607) 221-9433 Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ ___________________________________________________________ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
