{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.640Z","data":{"id":"nda-ls-1999-038","text":"Bring 20 million more hectares under irrigation in five years","quote":"Adopt a target of 20 million hectares under irrigation in the next five years","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"agriculture","measurability":"measurable","importance":"major","deadline":"2004-05-22","deadlineType":"stated","status":"partial","rating":4,"ratingRule":"partial_25","provisional":false,"confidence":"low","reason":"No 1999-2004 total was found. The Eleventh Plan says major and medium projects added 4.1 million ha over the whole Ninth Plan (1997-2002), and expected about 8.8 million ha from all sources in the Tenth Plan (2002-07). That pace is well under 20 million ha in five years.","evidence":[{"date":null,"sourceType":"research","publisher":"Planning Commission (Eleventh Five Year Plan, via NITI Aayog)","title":"Eleventh Five Year Plan 2007-12, Volume III: Water Management and Irrigation","url":"https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-08/11th_vol3.pdf","quote":"During the Ninth Plan, when AIBP was in operation, irrigation potential created in the major and medium sector was 41.0 lakh hectare... Table 2.2: Potential created, anticipated in Tenth Plan, Total 8.82 (MH)","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["irrigation"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":"Twenty million hectares was the goal; the plan documents counted well under half.","review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"nda-ls-1999","partyId":"nda","electionId":"ls-1999"}}