The article evaluates the efficiency, effectiveness, social, economic and environmental impacts of drip irrigation system. Drip irrigation system has the potential to increase agricultural productivity and also reduce water consumption required for irrigation. It is a system of pipes and tubes located beneath the ground. Water passes through these pipes that end near the plant roots. This makes water loss minimal. The first step is to design the system and its installation follows. The article outlines the advantages and disadvantages of the system and also cites evidence regarding social, economic and environmental aspects. Poverty is one of the major concerns facing the world on the path to development. Eradicating poverty is generally the primary goal of governments around the world. Lack of adequate nutrition is a major cause of poverty. Improving agricultural standards can help produce more food and thus counter the lack of nutritional factors. One way to improve agricultural standards is to expand the irrigation methods used. Irrigation is closely linked to poverty. Irrigation benefits the poor through higher production, higher yields, lower risk of crop failure, and greater agricultural and non-agricultural employment throughout the year. Irrigation leads to high-value, market-oriented agricultural production [1]. However, in developing countries like India, the agricultural sector is heavily dependent on the southwest monsoons. Given the increase in global temperatures due to global warming and associated changes in weather patterns, reliance on rainfall is not always a possible solution. Lack of adequate rains can cripple the agricultural sector, which can lead to an overall increase in poverty. Thus...... middle of document ......p Irrigation Evaluating Returns”, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 35, no. 42, pages 3775 to 37780, October 2000.11. MA Engle, “Subsurface drip irrigation as a beneficial use of coal-bed methane water: initial impacts on groundwater, soil water, and surface water,” 2009. © The Geological Society of America doi: 214-1012. B. Hanson and D. May, “Effect of subsurface drip irrigation on processing tomato yield, water table depth, soil salinity and profitability,” Agricultural Water Management, Vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 1-17, July 2004.13. FR Lamm and TP Trooien, “Subsurface drip irrigation for corn production: a review of 10 years of research in Kansas,” Irrigation Science, vol.22, no. 3-4, pp.195-200, February 2004.14. TL Thompson et al., “Subsurface drip irrigation and fertigation of broccoli,” Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., vol. 66, pp 178-185, January, 2002.