What are the major challenges confronting the Indian irrigation system? Discuss how micro-irrigation systems under PMKSY can address water-use inefficiency.

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Cropping patterns, irrigation, farm subsidies, MSP, PDS, food processing, supply chain management, land reforms.

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Discovered through overlapping concepts: Irrigation Challenges, Micro-Irrigation, PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

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