Lok Sabha Question No. 351 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Micro Irrigation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 351

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## MICRO IRRIGATION

*351. SHRI KESINENI NANI:

- Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state: (a) the  present  status  of  the  National  Mission  on  Micro  Irrigation  programme  in  the country, State-wise; (b) whether  micro  irrigation  is  widely  used  by  farmers  in  the  country  as  a  method  of irrigation and if so, the details of the area covered under micro irrigation under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh and the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh; (c) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  determine  the  increase  in productivity in the areas brought under the scheme during the last three years and if so, the details thereof; (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  awareness  among  farmers regarding micro irrigation; and the  further  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  promotion  of  micro  irrigation  in  the country  along  with  the  funds  allocated  and  utilized  under  the  scheme  during  the  above

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

- कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè (SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH) (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
- (e) period, State/UT-wise?

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 351    DUE FOR REPLY ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2018.

(a) & (b): The Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation (MI) was launched in 2005-06 with the objective to enhance water use efficiency in the agriculture sector by promoting Micro Irrigation technologies like Drip and Sprinkler irrigation systems. This was  up-scaled  to  National  Mission  on  Micro  Irrigation  (NMMI)  in  June  2010,  which continued till the financial year 2013-14. NMMI was subsumed under 'On Farm Water Management'  (OFWM)  component  of  National  Mission  on  Sustainable  Agriculture (NMSA)  during  2014-15.  From  2015-16,  Micro  Irrigation    component  of  OFWM  has been  subsumed  under  'Per  Drop  More  Crop  (PDMC)'  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).

State-wise  details  of  area  covered  under  Micro  Irrigation  including  Andhra Pradesh and Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, is given at Annexure I.

- (c):       An  impact evaluation study on Micro Irrigation was carried out in 2014, which concluded that:
-  Irrigation cost is reduced by 20% to 50% with average of 32.3%.
-  Electricity consumption is reduced by about 31%.
-  Saving of fertilizers in the range of 7% to 42%.
-  Average  productivity  of  fruits  and  vegetables  increased  by  about  42.3% and 52.8%.
-  Overall income enhancement of farmers in the range of 20% to 68% with an average of 48.5%.

(d)  &  (e):          Emphasis  is  given  for  encouraging  farmers  to  take  advantage  of  the scheme through press & print  media,  publication  of  leaflets/booklets,  organization  of workshops, exhibitions, farmer's fairs, demonstrations through Krishi Vigayan Kendras (KVK), information on State/Government of India  portal etc.

Besides,  training  programmes  to  farmers  and  other  stake-holders  are  also supported under the programme for capacity building.

For encouraging farmers to adopt micro irrigation technologies, financial assistance is provided @ 55% to small & marginal farmers and @ 45% to other farmers. Besides, some states further incentivize farmers beyond the assistance available under the scheme to encourage them for adopting micro irrigation technologies.

State-wise  details  on  central  assistance  released  and  utilization  reported  by States during the last three years is given at Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 351 to be answered on 20.03.2018 Area covered under Micro Irrigation including Andhra Pradesh and

## Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh

In Hectares

| S.No.   | State             |   Pre PMKSY |   PMKSY | Total   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------|---------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |      872004 |  374518 | 1246522 |
| 2       | Bihar             |       93699 |    9469 | 103168  |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh      |      146143 |   33706 | 179849  |
| 4       | Goa               |         772 |     383 | 1155    |
| 5       | Gujarat           |      619452 |  459074 | 1078526 |
| 6       | Haryana           |       67593 |   11312 | 78905   |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh  |        1409 |    5209 | 6618    |
| 8       | Jharkhand         |       20276 |   11882 | 32158   |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir   |          80 |       0 | 80      |
| 10      | Karnataka         |      713040 |  309174 | 1022214 |
| 11      | Kerala            |       19633 |     871 | 20504   |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh    |      236507 |  150513 | 387020* |
| 13      | Maharashtra       |      789099 |  269843 | 1058942 |
| 14      | Odisha            |      100822 |    8085 | 108907  |
| 15      | Punjab            |       28877 |    3989 | 32866   |
| 16      | Rajasthan         |      722750 |  118959 | 841709  |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu        |      169964 |  167602 | 337566  |
| 18      | Telangana         |       29892 |  169954 | 199846  |
| 19      | Uttarakhand       |        1761 |    5327 | 7088    |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh     |       27985 |   52565 | 80550   |
| 21      | West Bengal       |         898 |    2071 | 2969    |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh |           0 |       0 | 0       |
| 23      | Assam             |         194 |       0 | 194     |
| 24      | Manipur           |         288 |       0 | 288     |
| 25      | Meghalaya         |         278 |       0 | 278     |
| 26      | Mizoram           |        3545 |     398 | 3943    |
| 27      | Nagaland          |         444 |       0 | 444     |
| 28      | Sikkim            |        2238 |     773 | 3011    |
| 29      | Tripura           |         897 |       0 | 897     |
|         | Grand Total       |     4670540 | 2165677 | 6836217 |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 351 to be answered on 20.03.2018

## State-wise Central assistance released and utilization* reported by States

(Rs. in Crore)

| S. No.   | State             | 2014-15   | 2014-15     | 2015-16   | 2015-16     | 2016-17   | 2016-17     |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Release   | Utilization | Release   | Utilization | Release   | Utilization |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 121.48    | 280.41      | 177.68    | 197.83      | 265.69    | 291.66      |
| 2        | Bihar             | 35.00     | 16.55       | 10.00     | 5.07        | 0.00      | 7.57        |
| 3        | Chattisgarh       | 10.00     | 7.63        | 7.50      | 7.71        | 24.00     | 20.48       |
| 4        | Goa               | 0.20      | 0.09        | 0.00      | 0.12        | 0.30      | 0.10        |
| 5        | Gujarat           | 140.68    | 137.07      | 204.10    | 208.41      | 250.00    | 224.96      |
| 6        | Haryana           | 23.00     | 16.25       | 16.94     | 11.02       | 24.00     | 10.41       |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1.50      | 0.32        | 0.75      | 2.49        | 0.50      | 3.02        |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 15.00     | 5.20        | 0.00      | 0.47        | 12.00     | 18.71       |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.00      | 0.67        | 0.00      | 0.01        | 0.00      | 0.00        |
| 10       | Karnataka         | 124.25    | 123.16      | 111.75    | 113.07      | 169.00    | 182.30      |
| 11       | Kerala            | 3.75      | 0.27        | 0.86      | 1.31        | 0.00      | 0.37        |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh    | 66.50     | 67.06       | 134.33    | 95.08       | 84.00     | 129.45      |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 177.50    | 139.71      | 88.38     | 129.94      | 247.50    | 231.08      |
| 14       | Odisha            | 10.14     | 10.57       | 8.35      | 3.77        | 10.80     | 4.84        |
| 15       | Punjab            | 0.00      | 1.45        | 0.00      | 2.37        | 1.18      | 2.85        |
| 16       | Rajasthan         | 75.00     | 71.19       | 52.38     | 40.96       | 72.00     | 47.46       |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu        | 56.63     | 89.39       | 72.75     | 82.43       | 110.00    | 89.56       |
| 18       | Telangana         | 77.57     | 66.02       | 95.15     | 100.13      | 165.00    | 171.52      |
| 19       | Uttarakhand       | 6.97      | 4.39        | 3.50      | 3.45        | 10.00     | 9.26        |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh     | 3.00      | 3.28        | 7.50      | 1.83        | 12.00     | 10.31       |
| 21       | West Bengal       | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.00        | 3.90      | 0.01        |
| 22       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.00        |
| 23       | Assam             | 1.00      | 1.00        | 0.50      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.50        |
| 24       | Manipur           | 2.72      | 2.72        | 1.36      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.00        |
| 25       | Meghalaya         | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.00        |
| 26       | Mizoram           | 4.50      | 4.50        | 2.25      | 2.27        | 3.90      | 0.00        |
| 27       | Nagaland          | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.17        |
| 28       | Sikkim            | 4.26      | 3.07        | 4.26      | 5.53        | 3.90      | 0.00        |
| 29       | Tripura           | 2.00      | 2.00        | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00      | 0.00        |
|          | Grand Total       | 962.65    | 1053.97     | 1000.28   | 1015.24     | 1469.67   | 1456.55     |

* Utilization may also include unspent balance of releases in previous year(s).

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