*Author for correspondence Received December 06 , 2019 Revised March 28, 2020 Accepted April 22, 2020 Int. J. Agricult. Stat. Sci. Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 199-209, 2020 ISSN : 0973-1903 A COMPARATIVE STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS FOR TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF IRRIGATION IN HARYANA Vishal Dagar 1, 2 *, Mahua Bhattacharjee 1 , Faraz Ahmad 1 , Amita Charan 2 and Param Jit 2 1 Amity School of Economics, Amity University, Noida - 201 303, India. 2 Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, New Delhi - 110 007, India. E-mail : dagarvishal99@gmail.com Abstract : This paper builds up an exact idea for development of farmers in Haryana to analyze their specialized efficiencies with respect to stochastic frontier analysis of rainwater irrigation options. Propencity Score Match Method was applied to portray that it was for all intents and purposes conceivable to have an unrivaled in fact proficient development systems embraced by ranchers in downpour encouraged area with correlation with a lower productive strategy applied by ranchers rehearsing development in rich bio-physical ascribes to watered locale. This may occur because of higher obtained effectiveness contrasts between the two frameworks because of higher conceivable outcomes of shortage in rainfed area. However, Irrigated farms are on a higher production function with working higher specialized in handling wasteful aspects, while downpour bolstered ranches are on a lower yield wilderness with full or higher specialized productivity levels. Accordingly, this paper can contribute for new element of chances to expand the effectiveness level of ranchers rehearsing development in inundated locale. There are obvious potential ways for accretive yields by rising the proficiency of water system ranches. This investigation watched basically the techniques for development applied by the ranchers of downpour sustained frameworks which remembered vital intercessions for grime dampness course to uproot to a better return to scale. This underlines the need of great importance that if, supplement restrictions, staleness move or actualized in a specific cycle with improved seeds and compound advancements, at that point this will positively help in enlarging proficiency in flooded district. Except if earth dampness is strengthened by interest in dampness improving innovations. In this way, the utilization of information factors and substance composts to improve generation in short run may hamper the manageability in rural creation and hamper the normal dampness in flooded area may make foreboding impacts. Key words : Stochastic Frontier Analysis, Yield, Irrigation, Technical efficiency, Production, Agriculture. JEL Codes: O13, O14, Q12, Q18 1. Introduction The standing acts of development embraced by Indian ranchers for horticultural generation are being utilized since 1990s and are a lot of mindful cum more seasoned now for hampering monetary effectiveness just as specialized preparing that has been thought about as of now by numerous agrarian financial experts in India [Sekhar (2010)]. However, agrarian preparing encounters a decent creation at the expense of supportability in unpredictable and that of specific has been languid, which was a piece of various credits to the ranchers’ activity to affirm on new advances (frequently for benevolent reasons) with probability for moving the pace of cultivating development. Unequivocally, that laborers are working under alterable conditions and have been supposition of satisfactory measurement to take on new innovations. Along these lines, in the wake of educating about new rural generation advances. This may lead broad deliberation before embracing and to utilize the development advancements speedily. With these conceivable outcomes, yield of the state’s present reliance on content guide or appropriations have been ascribed for the most part to an over-dependence on downpour bolstered smallholder development. For advice, just 5-6 percent of the center and little holders of irrigable property approach to embrace the new generation advancements under little, medium and ORIGINAL ARTICLE