Lok Sabha Question No. 3641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3641

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  8 TH  AUGUST, 2017

## PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA

## 3641.    SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana to benefit farmers in various States in the country including Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the salient features of the scheme and the details of the facilities provided to the farmers under the said scheme;
- (c) whether drip irrigation based farming is being promoted under the said scheme, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any review of the implementation of the said scheme, if so, the details of the outcome thereof State/Union Territory-wise;
- (e) the  time  by  which  the  said  objective  is  likely  to  be  achieved  and  the  details thereof, State/Union Territory-wise;
- (f) the details of the funds allocated by the Government and spent under the said scheme during the last one year and the current year; and
- (g) the efforts made by the Government as on date to ensure water for each farm, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam. With the vision of providing end-to end solutions in irrigation supply  chain,  viz.  water  sources,  distribution  network  and  farm  level  applications, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) has been launched with effect from 1 st July,  2015.  PMKSY  has  been  formulated  amalgamating  ongoing  schemes  viz. Accelearated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources; and On Farm Water Management (OFWM) component  of  National  Mission  on  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA)  of  Department  of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare. The scheme is being implemented across the country including Maharashtra.

(c): Micro  Irrigation  systems  like  Drip  and  sprinkler  irrigation  are  being  promoted under the Per Drop More Crop Component (PDMC) of PMKSY to improve water use efficiency.  Besides,  micro  irrigation  is  also  being  promoted  under  Command  Area Development and water Management Programme (CADWM) Scheme of 'Har Khet Ko Pani' component of the scheme.

(d): For  effective  implementation  of  the  programme  two  national  level  committees namely National Steering Committee (NSC) under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Prime Minister  and  National  Executive  Committee  (NEC)  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog have been constituted. Besides, a dedicated Mission has been established  to  address  over  all  coordination  and  outcome  focused  monitoring  of  all components of PMKSY. A Council headed by Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog with representatives  of  all  the  concerned  Ministries  has  been  set  up  to  look  after  overall implementation  of  works  and  policy  matters.  So  far,  two  meetings  of  the  National Executive Committee (NEC) and two meetings of the Council have been held.

In  case  of  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefit  Programme  (AIBP),  States,  namely, Gujarat,  Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Punjab,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Jharkhand,  Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana have performed better compared to  others.  The  performance  of  Micro  Irrigation  is  encouraging  as  the  targets  set  for 2015-16 & 2016-17 have been surpassed.

(e): Mission  mode  approach  for  implementation  of  99  prioritized  projects  under PMKSY (AIBP) and PMKSY (CADWM) is being adopted for completion in phases by December, 2019 to create additional irrigation coverage of 7.60 Million ha. area. Out of these, 26 projects are in Maharashtra.

(f) & (g): Central  assistance  of  Rs.3307.86  crore  under  AIBP,  Rs.853.954  crore under  CADWM,  Rs.148.01  crore  under  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  (SMI)  has  been released  to  the  States.  Further,  Rs.2514  crore  was  released  to  Polavaram  project  of Andhra Pradesh and NABARD has released Rs.3334 crore in respect of State Share for 6 states during 2016-17.

State  share  amounting  to  Rs.1547.21  crore  and  Rs.762.49  crore  in  respect  of Maharashtra and Gujarat respectively for 2017-18 has been sanctioned and recommended to NABARD. Further, budget provisions of Rs.450 crore has been kept during 2017-18 for Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) and Repair, Resoration & Renovation (RRR) of water bodies components of PMKSY.

Central Share of Rs.1991.17 crore has been released to States under Per Drop More  Crop  (PDMC)  component  of  PMKSY  during  2016-17.  A  budget  provision  of Rs.3400.00 crore has been made for 2017-18 under PDMC component, against which Rs.1378.20 crore has been released so far.

Central Share  of Rs.1471.73  crore has been  released  under  Watershed Development component of PMKSY during 2016-17. A budget provision of Rs.2045.47 crore has been made for 2017-18 under Watershed Development component against which Rs.412 crore has been released so far.

The  details  of  fund  released  to  States  during  2016-17  by  the  respective Ministries/Departments for implementation of various components of PMKSY is given at Annexure-I.

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