Power to specify principles of localisation.

(1) Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf the Government may, having regard to resources of land and water, nature of soil, climate and other technical considerations, by an order, specify for each command area principles of localisation for the purpose of irrigation. (2) The Government may, having regard to the advancement in technology of land and water management and other agronomic practices, alter, from time to time by an order, the principles of localisation so specified for any command area. Explanation:–The term “principles of localisation” shall include the prescription of seasons of the irrigation, the type of irrigation, such as wet, irrigated dry, double crop, or single crop, or perennial irrigation.