Lok Sabha Question No. 4677 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: India Water Week
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4677

ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## INDIA WATER WEEK

## 4677. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI

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

(a) whether India Water Week was organised in New Delhi in the month of April, 2016;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  of  countries  which  participated  in  the  event  and  shared  their  views  on  better  water management in the country;

(c)  whether  Israeli  delegation  of  experts  on  water  also  participated  in  the  meet,  if  so,  the  ways  suggested including new technology for conservation and better management of water usage in the country; and

(d) the steps taken or being taken by the Government after deliberation for better use of water in the country?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a)  &  (b)    Yes,  Madam.  International  Delegates  from  Israel,  Hungary,  Burundi,  Bhutan,  Zimbabwe,  Nepal, Democratic  Republic  of  Congo,  Philippines,  Niger,  Sierra  Leone,  Kingdom  of  Cambodia,  Bangladesh, Australia,  Netherlands  and  Singapore  participated in the  event. The  papers  presented by  the  delegates  are  at Annexure.

(c) Delegates  from  Israel  shared  their  experience  on,  inter-alia,  drip  irrigation,  precise  irrigation,  and flood/sprinkler/rain port-overhead micro irrigation system / water use efficiency in surface irrigation ensuring judicious use of water.

(d) Under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana,  launched  in  2015,  the  Government  of  India, promotes  the  vision  of  extending  the  coverage  of  irrigation  'Har  Khet  Ko  Pani'  and  improving  water  use efficiency 'More Crop Per Drop' in a focused manner with end to end solutions on source creation, distribution, management, field applications and extension activities.

National Water Mission (NWM) has also initiated preparation of 21 base line studies to evaluate water use efficiency of completed Medium/ Major Irrigation projects to find out existing level of performance/leakage in  the  irrigation  projects  through  various  Water  and  Land  Management  Institutes  at  Tezpur,  Hyderabad  and Aurangabad.  NWM  has  initiated  preparation  of  State  Specific  Action  Plans  (SSAP)  for  water  resources covering irrigation, agriculture, domestic water supply, industrial water supply and waste water utilization in respect of all the States/ UTs.

The National Water Policy (2012) formulated by this Ministry, inter-alia,  advocates  water  saving  in irrigation by aligning cropping pattern with natural resource endowments, micro irrigation (drip, sprinkler etc.), automated irrigation operation, evaporation-transpiration reduction etc.

Annexure Various papers presented by the various Countries

|   Sl. No. | Name of Country participated   | Name of Paper/Session                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|-----------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Kingdom of Cambodia            | Basin Level Management Initiatives                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|         2 | Nepal &Burundi                 | Institutionalising People's Participation in Water Planning and Management                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|         3 | Bhutan                         | Water and Power                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         4 | Burundi and Niger              | Knowledge Transfer and Capacity Building of Water Resources Professionals                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|         5 | Zimbabwe                       | Water Management-Learning from Ancient Wisdom and Traditional Practices                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|         6 | Bhutan                         | Challenges of Water Supply and Sanitation for Urban and Rural areas                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|         7 | Burundi                        | Rainwater Harvesting and Water Conservation at Local Level                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|         8 | Sierra Leone                   | Water and health - Management Water Quality                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|         9 | Israel                         | a) Israel Makes in India- Success Stories, b) Adding precision to precision irrigation c) Efficient water in agriculture, flood/sprinkler/drip, Rain port-overhead micro irrigation system d) Improving water use efficiency in surface water irrigation e) The Indo-Israel project - A Government to Government partnership |