Throughout the world agriculture is the essential source of food. Therefore it is necessary to have a proper irrigation system for good productivity in agriculture. There are several factors that affect irrigation system such as irregularity in the distribution of rainfall, water scarcity, superfluous irrigation, scant irrigation, climate change, degradation of water quality etc. Each irrigation systems are combined with various technologies and proposed with various methods to enhance the irrigation management and reduce the water usage. Furthermore to raise the soil fertilization and diminish crop disease through the irrigation will help to magnify the productivity. The paper focused and analysed the existing and modern irrigation systems. This facilitates farmers to select suitable irrigation system according to their specifications.