Lok Sabha Question No. 4653 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Farmers Participation in Water Resources Management
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4653

ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## FARMERS PARTICIPATION IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

## 4653.        SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government has taken any initiatives for participation of farmers in water resource management in the country including Rajasthan; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the progress achieved as a result of the same?

## ANSWER

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

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) The Union Government has been pursuing with the State Governments, including Rajasthan, for  implementation  of  Participatory  Irrigation  Management  (PIM)  practices  through  enactment  of PIM Act. So far, 16 States ( Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh)  have  either  enacted  exclusive  PIM  Act  or  amended  their  existing  Irrigation  Acts  for involvement of farmers in irrigation management through formation of Water Users' Associations (WUAs).  The  Union  Government,  under  its  ongoing  scheme  of  Command  Area  Development  & Water Management (CADWM), also provides central assistance to the State Governments for release of one-time functional grant and infrastructure grant for strengthening of WUAs.  As per information available  with  the  Government,  about  84,800  WUAs  have  been  formed  by  various  States  in  the country (Annexure-I).

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Annexure-I refers to in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4653 for reply on 15.12.2016  regarding  " Farmers  Participation  in  Water  Resources  Management '  asked  by SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT, M.P.

Details of State-wise Water User Associations (WUAs) formed and Area Covered

| Sl.No.   | Name Of State            | Number Of WUAs Formed   |   Area Covered (Thousand hectare) |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1-2      | Andhra Pradesh/Telangana | 10884                   |                          4179.25  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 43                      |                            10.97  |
| 4        | Assam                    | 847                     |                            95.02  |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 80                      |                           209.47  |
| 6        | Chattisgarh              | 1324                    |                          1244.56  |
| 7        | Goa                      | 84                      |                             9.54  |
| 8        | Gujarat                  | 8278                    |                           662.99  |
| 9        | Harayana                 | 8490                    |                          1616.27  |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh         | 1173                    |                           140.56  |
| 11       | J&K                      | 383                     |                            32.794 |
| 12       | Jharkhand                | 0                       |                             0     |
| 13       | Karnataka                | 2787                    |                          1418.66  |
| 14       | Kerala                   | 4398                    |                           191.22  |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh           | 2062                    |                          1999.64  |
| 16       | Maharashtra              | 2959                    |                          1156.22  |
| 17       | Manipur                  | 69                      |                            29.4   |
| 18       | Meghalaya                | 159                     |                            20.17  |
| 19       | Mizoram                  | 390                     |                            18.23  |
| 20       | Nagaland                 | 24                      |                             3.44  |
| 21       | Orissa                   | 20794                   |                          1757.71  |
| 22       | Punjab                   | 4845                    |                           610.29  |
| 23       | Rajasthan                | 1994 *                  |                          1144.45  |
| 24       | Sikkim                   | 0                       |                             0     |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu               | 1910                    |                           935.664 |
| 26       | Tripura                  | 0                       |                             0     |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            | 802                     |                           318.69  |
| 28       | Uttrakhand               | 0                       |                             0     |
| 29       | West Bengal              | 10000                   |                            37     |
| Total    | Total                    | 84779                   |                         17842.2   |

Note: The above information is on the basis of information received from States and compiled by  Agricultural  Finance  Corporation  (Report  on  Evaluation  and  Impact  Study  of Command Area Development and Water Management Programme, AFCL, New Delhi, 2013).