of sowing paddy in one acre land and also installed drip irrigation system at the cost of around rs 1 lakh vikas said the drip system has cost me around rs 1 lakh out of which around rs 2800030000 per acre is given as subsidy by the horticulture department of the state government the private company that installed this system has also started a campaign for paddy crop under which they are returning 50 of the total cost of this installation if i include all that the drip irrigation will cost me around rs 25000 for 1 acre this includes the pumps filters pipes and the companys engineers consultation they have given a chart for controlling the fertilization of the crop with urea which will be released into the field with waterambala deputy director of agriculture girish nagpal said more farmers should come forward to adopt such water conservation practices