01195pab a2200181 454500 180718b2003 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Jayashankar, V. Participatory irrigation management (PIM) - Bihar model 2003 p.449-457. Jul-Sep Certain inadequacies are common to all India states in the irrigation management system. The canal systems have deteriorated due to poor management, irrigation potential is grossly underutilised, there is utter inequality in water distribution and poor quality of service to formers coupled with under-realisation of water charges. This has been the legacy of traditional government oriented institutional setup with nominal user participation. In the last decade, several states have tried to induct a qualitative change in the irrigation management. This article discusses the steps taken by Bihar government towards strengthening Participatory Irrigation Management and highlights the achievements of this model. - Reproduced. Irrigation - India - Bihar Irrigation Indian Journal of Public Administration N 58587 58587 58587 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 49, Issue no: 3 AR59032 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR