Lok Sabha Question No. 724 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Jal Kranti Abhiyan
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †724

ANSWERED ON 20 .0 7.201 7

## JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN

## †724. SHRI KIRTI AZAD

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of Jal Kranti Abhiyan alongwith the State - wise  number of villages selected/to be included under this Abhiyan;

(b) the factors which deter mine the priority list of Jalgram;

(c) the amount of financial assistance likely to be provided for the supply of safe drin Jalgrams facing acute shortage of drinking water; and

(d) the time by which the problems of identified Jalgrams are l ikely to b solved?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION

## ( DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN )

(a) to (d) Central Government has launched Jal Kranti Abhiyan (2015 - 18)  on  5 th June, 2015 in order  to  consolidate water  conservation  and  management  in  the  country  through  a  holistic integrated approach involving all stakeholders, making it a mass movement.

The objectives of Jal Kranti Abhiyan (JKA) are: -

- Strengthening  grassroot  involvement  of  all  stakeholders  i ncluding  Panchayati  Raj Institutions  and  local  bodies  in  water  security  and  development  schemes Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM);
- Encouraging    the  adoption/utilization  of  traditional  knowledge  in  water  r conservation and its management;
- To utilize  sector  level  expertise  from  different  levels  in  government,  NGO' s, citizens etc; and
- Enhancing livelihood security through water security in rural areas.

The components of Jal Kranti Abhiyan include (i) Jal Gram Yojana (ii) Developmen Model Command Area (iii) Mass Awareness Programme and (iv) Other Activities.

Under the Jal Gram Yojana component, two villages in each district preferably facin water scarcity have been envisaged for identification across country. So far, 1111 Jal been  selected  under  the  Jal  Gram  Yojana .  The  State - wise  details  of  selected  Jal  Grams  are  at Annexure - I.

As  per  guidelines  of  JKA,  selection  of  Jal  Grams  is  done  by  District  Level  Com formed for implementation of JKA.  Further, as provided in Step - by- Step Implementation Guide of JKA, a d ecision support tool uploaded on Central Water Commission website could be used selection of Jal Grams. This tool can be used to compare water demand and availability factors  for  the  proposed  Jal  Grams.  Details  of  the  inputs  used  in  this  tool are  provided  in Annexure - II.

Jal  Kranti  Abhiyan,  inter - alia,  envisages  preparation  of  Comprehensive  Integrated  Wate Security  Plan for each village identified under Jal Gram Yojana by the village level taking into consideration the needs of th e village which may include making provision for safe drinking water.

Jal Kranti Abhiyan is a convergence scheme and no separate funds have been provide Integrated  Water  Security  Plan  of  Jal  Gram.  Expenditure  on  various  activities  under  I Wa ter Security Plan have been proposed through convergence of the existing schemes of C State Governments for example, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) , Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) , Integrated Water shed Management Programme (IWMP) etc.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of the Unstarred Question No. † 724 to be answer ed in the Lok Sabha on 20.07.2017 regarding ' Jal Kranti Abhiyan '

## State - wise number of villages identified/to be identified under Jal Kranti Abhiyan

Jal Grams identified -1111 against the target of 1354 (as on 22.6.2017)

The current status of Jal Grams identified under Jal Gram Yojana in different States i

| S.No.   | State                |   Total No. Districts |   Total No. of Jal Grams to be identified |   No. of Jal Grams identified on date |   as No. of Jal Grams in the process Selection |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh       |                    13 |                                        26 |                                    26 |                                              0 |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh    |                    20 |                                        40 |                                    40 |                                              0 |
| 3.      | Assam                |                    32 |                                        54 |                                    27 |                                             27 |
| 4.      | Bihar                |                    38 |                                        76 |                                    30 |                                             46 |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh         |                    27 |                                        54 |                                    54 |                                              0 |
| 6.      | Goa                  |                     2 |                                         4 |                                     4 |                                              0 |
| 7.      | Gujarat              |                    33 |                                        66 |                                    50 |                                             16 |
| 8.      | Haryana              |                    21 |                                        42 |                                    42 |                                              0 |
| 9.      | Himachal Pradesh     |                    12 |                                        24 |                                    24 |                                              0 |
| 10.     | Jammu & Kashmir      |                    22 |                                        44 |                                    44 |                                              0 |
| 11.     | Jharkhand            |                    24 |                                        48 |                                    48 |                                              0 |
| 12.     | Karnataka            |                    30 |                                        60 |                                    60 |                                              0 |
| 13.     | Kerala               |                    14 |                                        28 |                                    28 |                                              0 |
| 14.     | Madhya Pradesh       |                    51 |                                       102 |                                    53 |                                             49 |
| 15.     | Maharashtra          |                    36 |                                        72 |                                    60 |                                             12 |
| 16.     | Manipur              |                     9 |                                        18 |                                     9 |                                              9 |
| 17.     | Meghalaya            |                    11 |                                        22 |                                    22 |                                              0 |
| 18.     | Mizoram              |                     8 |                                        16 |                                    14 |                                              2 |
| 19.     | Nagaland             |                    11 |                                        22 |                                    22 |                                              0 |
| 20.     | Odisha               |                    30 |                                        60 |                                    60 |                                              0 |
| 21.     | Punjab               |                    22 |                                        44 |                                    32 |                                             12 |
| 22.     | Rajasthan            |                    33 |                                        66 |                                    66 |                                              0 |
| 23.     | Sikkim               |                     4 |                                         8 |                                     8 |                                              0 |
| 24.     | Tamilnadu            |                    32 |                                        64 |                                    62 |                                              2 |
| 25.     | Telangana            |                    10 |                                        20 |                                    18 |                                              2 |
| 26.     | Tripura              |                     8 |                                        16 |                                     8 |                                              8 |
| 27.     | Uttar Pradesh        |                    75 |                                       150 |                                   150 |                                              0 |
| 28.     | Uttarakhand          |                    13 |                                        26 |                                    26 |                                              0 |
| 29.     | West Bengal          |                    20 |                                        40 |                                     0 |                                             40 |
| 30.     | Andaman & Nicobar    |                     3 |                                         6 |                                     6 |                                              0 |
| 31.     | Chandigarh           |                     1 |                                         2 |                                     0 |                                              2 |
| 32.     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                     1 |                                         2 |                                     2 |                                              0 |
| 33.     | Daman & Diu          |                     2 |                                         4 |                                     4 |                                              0 |
| 34.     | Lakshadweep          |                     1 |                                         2 |                                     2 |                                              0 |
| 35.     | Delhi                |                     9 |                                        18 |                                     6 |                                             12 |
| 36.     | Puducherry           |                     4 |                                         8 |                                     4 |                                              4 |
|         | Total                |                   682 |                                      1354 |                                  1111 |                                            243 |

Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of the Unstarred Question No. † 724 to be answer ed in the Lok Sabha on 20.07.2017 regarding ' Jal Kranti Abhiyan '

## Details of input tools used for selection of Jal Grams

|    | Administrative Details                                                 |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1  | Name of Gram/ Village                                                  |
| 2  | State                                                                  |
| 3  | District                                                               |
| 4  | Block/Taluk/Mandal                                                     |
| 5  | Spatial Location Latitude, Longitude                                   |
| 6  | Terrain (Hilly, Plains, etc.)                                          |
| 7  | Postal Address of Gram Panchayat, PIN                                  |
| 8  | Total Area                                                             |
| 9  | Average Annual Rainfall (mm)                                           |
| 10 | Population (no.), Total, Below Poverty Line                            |
| 11 | Livestock Population (no.) Cattle, Poultry                             |
| 12 | Irrigation Consumption                                                 |
| a  | Agricultural Land (Ha)                                                 |
| b  | Cropping Intensity (%)                                                 |
| c  | % of Irrigated Area to Gross Cropped Area                              |
|    | Total Cropped Area (Ha)                                                |
|    | Total Irrigated Cropped Area (Ha)                                      |
| d  | Principal Crops                                                        |
| e  | Net Irrigation Requirement (NIR) m                                     |
| f  | Overall Irrigation Efficiency                                          |
|    | Gross Irrigation Requirement "Delta"                                   |
|    | TotalWater Required for Irrigation (Th Cu m)                           |
| 13 | Domestic Consumption                                                   |
| a  | Planned per capita supply of Water (LPCD)                              |
|    | Annual Water required (Th Cu m)                                        |
| b  | Population to which water supply is available within a distance of 100 |
| c  | Quality of Water                                                       |
| d  | Major Deficiency in quality                                            |
| 14 | Livestock Consumption                                                  |
| a  | Cattle (l per cattle per day)                                          |
| b  | Poultry (l per 1000 bird per day)                                      |
|    | Annual Water required for livestock (Th Cu m)                          |
| 15 | Total Water Requirement                                                |
| 16 | Water Availability (Th Cu m)                                           |
|    | Ground Water, functioning, Dry                                         |
| a  | Status of Ground Water Extraction                                      |
|    | Minor Irrigation sources                                               |
|    | MMI Source                                                             |
|    | Total                                                                  |
|    | % Area with Irrig. water distribution system                           |
|    | Any special conditions existing in the village which are not usually   |