- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires :-(a)"Act" means the Madhya Pradesh Irrigation Act, 1931 (3 of 1931);(b)"Adsali sugar cane" means that variety of sugar cane, which is ordinarily sown during the period from 1st September to 30th November and becomes ready for harvesting after not less than 14 months of its sowing and needs first watering before the 15th January following the year of sowing;(c)"Abi rate" means the amount of canal revenue payable for the use of dampness and accumulated silt in the tank bed by the cultivator for a single crop on one acre of land;(d)"Block" means the whole area of certain specified land to which the block system is applied;(e)"Banihar" means any person, appointed by the Sub-Divisional Officer or Canal Deputy Collector to supervise and control the field to field and day to day distribution of water beyond the outlet in the field;(f)"Canal Deputy Collector" means a Canal Deputy Collector incharge of Irrigation Division in any area;(g)"Executive Engineer" means Executive Engineer, incharge of Irrigation Division in any area;(h)"Fruit block" means a block in which the irrigation of long term fruit trees is permitted;(i)"Form" means a form appended to these rules;(j)"Garden Block" means a block in which the irrigation of crops other than sugarcane, pan or long term fruit trees is permitted throughout the year;(k)"Kharif Crop" means a crop grown within the period from the break of the monsoon season to the beginning of the cold weather season. It generally includes the following :-Rice, Rajika, Senji, Opium, Ganja, Tobacco, Cotton, Jowar, Bajra, Charu, Kodon, Sowan, Moth, Moong, Urad, Groundnuts, Makka san and Tilli, Singhara etc.(l)"Perennial Crop" means a crop which is irrigated continuously for a period of more than 8 months;(m)"Plot" means one of the two or more portions into which a piece of land is divided for the purposes of irrigation;(n)"Rabi Crop" means a crop grown within the period between 15th September and the end of February next following. It includes the following :-Wheat, Tilhan (Excluding Tilli) Arhar, Gram, Peas, Masur, Chori, Potatoes and Batra etc.(o)"Section" means a section of the Act;(p)"Section subordinate" means a person incharge of a section of Irrigation department;(q)"Sub-Divisional Officer" means the Sub-Divisional Officer incharge of irrigation in any area subordinate to the Executive Engineer;(r)"Submerging tank" means, any tank constructed, maintained and controlled by the State Government for the purpose of storing water to moisten the land in tank bed for Rabi cultivation and is emptied by the end of October every year;(s)"Sugarcane block" means a block in which the irrigation of sugarcane is permitted;(t)"Superintending Engineer" means the Superintending Engineer incharge of Irrigation Circle in any area;(u)"Thok" means a group of adjoining fields, with the command of a particular chak to be determined by the beneficiaries themselves;(v)"Thokdar" means any respectable person, selected by the permanent holders of thok, from amongst themselves, for the management of day to day distribution of water within the thok, to which he is selected;(w)"Year" means a year commencing from 1st of July in the calendar year and ending on the 30th June in the next calendar year.(x)[ "Osrabandi" means a programme of release of water in different distributaries and minors of a canal system showing the discharge, duration of supply and area to be irrigated; [Inserted by Notification No. F-27-8-81-MM-XXXIX, dated 6-11-1982.](y)"Warabandi" means a programme of distribution of water to each holding of a chak, from an outlet, fixing the time and date/day for irrigation.]
