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Extension of irrigation with financial assistance from banks has been the policy option since last few decades. As a result, sufficient development has taken place in the field of drafting ground water potentials through tubewell. At present, the privately owned tube wells have occupied the pre-eminent position among the sources of irrigation. Tubewell irrigation is being utilised by two types of irrigators: owners of tubewell and purchasers of irrigation through water markets. The irrigation benefits flow equally to either group. The objectives of the paper are (i) to identify the incidence of owners and purchasers of...