Lok Sabha Question No. 292 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Micro Water Conservation Projects
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 292

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## MICRO WATER CONSERVATION PROJECTS

*292.  DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, along with targets fixed and the achievements made in, both physical and financial terms;
- (b) whether  the  implementation  of  the  micro  water  conservation  projects  especially those facing water shortage has brought about a transformation in the living standards of rural people and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  promote  water  conservation  in  the areas facing water scarcity in the country and if so, the details thereof and the manner in which the farmers are likely to be benefited through these projects?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 292    DUE FOR REPLY ON 6 TH  DECEMBER, 2016.

(a) to (c): Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) has been operationalised from 1st July, 2015 with the objective of enhancing irrigation coverage and improving the delivery system at farm level.    The programme aims at end-to end solutions  in  irrigation  supply  chain,  viz.  water  sources,  distribution  network  and  farm level applications.   An area of 13.5 lakh hectare for creation of irrigation potential and 15  lakh  hectare  for  coverage  under  command  area  development  has  been  targeted during the period of 2015-16 to 2019-20 under PMKSY.  Besides, creation of protective irrigation in  11.5 lakh hectare through watershed development projects and coverage of 10 million hectares under precision irrigation have been envisaged under the programme.  An amount of Rs. 50,000 crore as central share has been earmarked for implementation of the programme.

During the year 2015-16, a target of 1.2 lakh hectare under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), 0.3 lakh hectare for surface minor irrigation, 2 lakh hectare under command area development,  2.5 lakh hectare under groundwater development, 0.2  lakh  hectare  under  repair  restoration  and  renovation  of  water  bodies,  4.4  lakh protective irrigation through water shed development and 5 lakh hectare under precision irrigation was set under the programme.   The amount released during 2015-16 by the different ministries/departments for implementation of PMKSY is given at Annexure-I. The state-wise achievement under various interventions of PMKSY during 2015-16 is given at Annexure-II.

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Availability  of  irrigation  not  only  minimises  the  risk  of  drought  but  also  helps farmers  to  get  additional  income  due  to  the  scope  of  growing  more  than  one crop/cropping  systems  from  the  same  land.    As  per  available  report,  the  cropping intensity in irrigated area is about 1.4.

The Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 27 th July, 2016 has taken a decision to complete the ongoing 99 major and medium irrigation projects in mission mode by the end  of  December,  2019.    The  mission  targets  bringing  additional  76.03  lakh  hectare under assured irrigation.  To achieve this a dedicated long term irrigation fund is being created  in  NABARD  with  an  initial  corpus  of  about  Rs.  20000  crore.  23  large  and medium irrigation projects have been targeted for completion in 2016-17.

## Annexure-I

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 292 for reply on 06.12.2016 Funds released to States and UTs during 2015-16 under PMKSY

Rs. in lakh

| States            |   MoWR,RD&GR |   MoRD (DoLR)* |   MoA&FW |   Total |
|-------------------|--------------|----------------|----------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |            0 |           8787 |    20647 |   29434 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |         4553 |           1800 |      260 |    6613 |
| Assam             |        27165 |           4670 |      503 |   32339 |
| Bihar             |         5562 |            500 |     2860 |    8922 |
| Chhattisgarh      |         3277 |           2107 |     2030 |    7414 |
| Goa               |            0 |              0 |       30 |      30 |
| Gujarat           |        48272 |          10000 |    21305 |   79577 |
| Haryana           |         7739 |            691 |     3497 |   11926 |
| HP                |          167 |           2000 |      760 |    2928 |
| J&K               |        14601 |              0 |      487 |   15088 |
| Jharkhand         |        28162 |           2293 |     1497 |   31952 |
| Karnataka         |        26925 |          12500 |    21312 |   60738 |
| Kerala            |          193 |           2080 |      853 |    3126 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |        29251 |          15095 |    16174 |   60520 |
| Maharashtra       |        31259 |          25000 |    10726 |   66985 |
| Manipur           |        21030 |            967 |      276 |   22273 |
| Meghalaya         |         7299 |           1904 |      143 |    9346 |
| Mizoram           |          198 |            887 |      327 |    1412 |
| Nagaland          |         6145 |           2904 |      234 |    9283 |
| Odisha            |        28650 |           7036 |     2870 |   38555 |
| Punjab            |        15697 |            934 |     4300 |   20931 |
| Rajasthan         |        19465 |          20000 |    14284 |   53749 |
| Sikkim            |          434 |            630 |      486 |    1550 |
| Tamil Nadu        |         3849 |           7500 |    12978 |   24328 |
| Telangana         |        15738 |           7099 |    11132 |   33968 |
| Tripura           |            0 |           2140 |      155 |    2295 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |        64838 |           7618 |     3751 |   76207 |
| Uttarakhand       |        12137 |           2667 |      960 |   15763 |
| West Bengal       |          756 |           1074 |      480 |    2310 |
| Delhi             |            0 |              0 |       10 |      10 |
| Puducherry        |            0 |              0 |      203 |     203 |
| A&N Islands       |            0 |              0 |       20 |      20 |
| D&N Haveli        |            0 |              0 |       10 |      10 |
| Daman & Diu       |            0 |              0 |       20 |      20 |
| Total             |       423364 |         150883 |   155623 |  729870 |

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## Annexure-II

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 292 for reply on 06.12.2016 Ministry wise physical achievement during 2015-16

| Sl.   | State            | Ministry of Water Resources                                     | Ministry of Water Resources   | Ministry of Agri.                            | Deptt. of Land Resources                      |
|-------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Sl.   | State            | Irrigation Potential created under AIBP, RRR and SMI ( ha Area) | CCA covered under CADWM (ha)  | Area brought under Precision Irrigation (ha) | Area brought under Protective Irrigation (ha) |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   | 2800                                                            |                               | 94104                                        |                                               |
| 2     | Bihar            | 13200                                                           |                               | 5155                                         |                                               |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh     | 17100                                                           | 2879                          | 8056                                         |                                               |
| 4     | Goa              |                                                                 |                               | 92                                           |                                               |
| 5     | Gujarat          | 185907                                                          | 258816                        | 142681                                       |                                               |
| 6     | Haryana          | 0                                                               | 58754                         | 3117                                         |                                               |
| 7     | Himachal Pradesh | 1600                                                            |                               | 3306                                         |                                               |
| 8     | Jharkhand        |                                                                 |                               | 4528                                         |                                               |
| 9     | Jammu & Kashmir  | 5100                                                            | 5036                          | 0                                            |                                               |
| 10    | Karnataka        |                                                                 |                               | 64220                                        |                                               |
| 11    | Kerala           |                                                                 |                               | 561                                          |                                               |
| 12    | Madhya Pradesh   | 64491                                                           | 58750                         | 75224                                        |                                               |
| 13    | Maharashtra      | 15590                                                           | 165                           | 35242                                        |                                               |
| 14    | Odisha           | 494                                                             | 72663                         | 2907                                         |                                               |
| 15    | Punjab           | 2893                                                            | 82046                         | 1799                                         |                                               |
| 16    | Rajasthan        | 506.6                                                           | 9014                          | 56346                                        |                                               |
| 17    | Tamil Nadu       |                                                                 |                               | 32288                                        |                                               |
| 18    | Telangana        |                                                                 |                               | 39864                                        |                                               |
| 19    | Uttar Pradesh    | 0                                                               | 23412                         | 1598                                         |                                               |
| 20    | Uttarakhand      | 6400                                                            |                               | 721                                          |                                               |
| 21    | West Bengal      |                                                                 |                               | 0                                            |                                               |
| 22    | NE States        | 52900                                                           |                               | 1171                                         |                                               |
|       | Total            | 368982                                                          | 571535                        | 572980                                       | 246000*                                       |

* State wise details not available