01451pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001700040245013600057260000900193300001400202362000800216520097600224650002301200650002301223650001501246773003201261180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDe, Indranil  aInvestment opportunities in major and medium irrigation in India: an analysis considering unutilized potential, efficiency and cost  c2004  ap.107-28.  aJul  aExpansion in the Major and Medium (M. & M.) irrigation has become necessary due to overexploitation of groundwater through minor irrigation. The major argument behind expansion of M. & M. irrigation is that it suffers from low utilisation of potential created, high cost, low recovery of working expenses and environmental damage. The paper argues that the above-mentioned problems of M. & M. irrigation are not uniform in all the states of India. There are states with huge amount of potential unutilised, and conditions regarding utilisation of potential created and cost favourable to take an expansionary policy in M. & M. irrigation. The paper has also suggested policies for M. & M. irrigation suitable for the st ates under consideration. The paper argues that participatory management in M. & M. irrigation can take account the problem of low utilisation of potential created and low cost recovery. Environmental issues have not been discussed here. - Reproduced.  aInvestment - India  aIrrigation - India  aIrrigation  aIndian Journal of Economics