Lok Sabha Question No. 2726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Watershed Management Programme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, P.R. SUNDARAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MDJISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUEST10N No 2726 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02082018

## Watershed  Ⅳ 【 anagement Programme

2726 SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SIIRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SⅡRISATAV RAJEEV:

DR HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSNH SHANKARRAO:

DR.」 .JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI P.R.SUNDARAM

Willthe Minister ofRURAL DEVELOPMENT bc plcascd to statc:

- (O Whether thc Govenlment is implementing lntcgrated Watershcd Managcmcnt PЮ gramme (IWMP)in thC COuntry,if so,the dctalls thereof along with the district covered in the colmtw cspecially in the States ofTamil Nadu and Maharashtra;
- (D the Challenges faced by thc Govertlmcnt to ovcrcomc thc difflcultics in the implemeiセ ■ lon Of the scheme;
- (C)the nalnes ofthe proiects/SChemes implemCllted under IWMP duHng the lastthree years;
- g )the funds allocated for each of thcse proiectS/SChemcs during the last threc years and the current year,State/UT- 、 vise;and
- (C)the prOgress mg e so far undcrthese prdeCtS/schemcs,State/UT- wise?

## ANSWER

## MDttISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

(SHRIRAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (→ tO(C)Department of Land Resollrces has sanctioned 8214 watershed development proJects in 576 districts(including 26 districts of Tarnil Nadu and 33 distticts of Maharashtra)in 28 States (eXCept Goo[duHng the pe五 od 2009-10 to 2014- 15]covc五 ng an area of about 39.07 mllllon hectare undcr lntcgrtted Wttershed Management Progralme(IWMP)prinCipally for dcvclopment of ralnfcd Portions of net cuhivated area and culturable wastclands  Thc IWヽ 4P was amalgamated as dle Watershed Development Compollent of thc Pradhan Mantri 10ishi Sinchayee Yoiana(WDCPMKSY)■om 2015- 16

Administrative and technical constraints  are occasionally observed  in the implementation of watershed  development  projects  and these are appropriately  addressed on continuing basis. The strategies adopted to overcome the challenges  are (i) optimal  utilization of available resources, (ii) convergence  and (iii) prioritization, as well as (i) accountability  and (ii) real-time monitoring.

- (d) State-wise  details of number  of sanctioned projects and Central share released during the last three years and the current year (upto 26th July 2018) are given in Annexure  I.
- (e) As per the information  received from the States, since 2014-15, 5,06,001  water harvesting structures were created  / rejuvenated. An additional area of 10,27,837  ha has been brought under protective  irrigation  upto 2017 -1 8. The number  of farmers  benefitted is 19,41  ,01 7 during the said period. State-wise details  are given in Annexure  II.

*****

R 

︑

## Annexure  referred to in repry to parts (d) ofLok Sabha unstarred  euestion No.2i26 for answer  on 02.08.2018

State-wise details  ofnumber  ofprojects,  sanctioned area of the projects  and funds released for the projects  in the last 3 years  and the current  year

(Arca in milliOn ha&Amotlllt in Rs crore)

| SL No.          | State             | Number of Projects    | Central Share Released   | Central Share Released   | Central Share Released   | Central Share Released    |
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
| SL No.          | State             | Number of Projects    | 2015- 16                 | 2016- 17                 | 2017- 18                 | 2018- 19〈uptO 26.07.2018) |
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh    | 432                   | 8673                     | 12096                    | 123.35                   | 7791                      |
|  Â  ñ         | Arunachal Pradesh | 156                   | 1800                     | 2312                     | 9.62                     |                           |
| 3               | Assam             |  ¤  S ︐    Â  Â | 4500                     | 000                      | 65.09                    |                           |
| 4               | Bihar             | 123                   | 500                      | 2826                     | 1921                     |                           |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh      | 263                   | 20.00                    | 3496                     | 3345                     |                           |
| 6               | Guiarat           | 610                   | 10000                    | 11504                    | 8751                     |                           |
| 7               | Haryana           | 88                    | 691                      | 1282                     | 1094                     |                           |
| 8               | Himachal Pradcsh  | 163                   | 20.00                    | 35.40                    | 2683                     |                           |
| 9               | Jammu & Kashmir   | 159                   | 000                      | 25.59                    | 4366                     |                           |
| 10              | Jharkhand         | 171                   | 2000                     | 1768                     | 000                      |                           |
|                 | Kamataka          | 571                   | 12500                    | 14572                    | 17569                    |                           |
|  ¤  e         | Kerala            |  Â  i  O  O       | 2000                     | 1662                     | 1783                     |                           |
| 13              | Madhya Pradesh    | 517                   | 150.00                   | 12944                    | 13484                    | 9745                      |
| 14              | Maharashtra       | H86                   | 25000                    | 18695                    | 27921                    |                           |
| 15              | Manipur           | 102                   | 900                      | 1129                     | 1384                     |                           |
| 16              | Meghalaya         | 96                    | 1800                     | 1156                     | 895                      |                           |
| 17              | Mizoram           | 89                    | 8.871                    | 1606                     | 2235                     |                           |
| 18              | Nagaland          |                       | 2700                     | 6084                     | 3208                     | 23 10                     |
| 19              | Odisha            | 310                   | 6750                     | 9199                     | 9448                     |                           |
| 20              | PunJab            | 67                    | 795                      | 000                      | 7.96                     |                           |
|  ¤  ñ         | Raiatsthan        | 1025                  | 2000o                    | 19935                    | 24359                    | 7641                      |
|  ¤  ³  ¤  e | Sikkim            | 15                    | 630                      | 000                      | 140                      |                           |
| 23              | Tamil Nadu        | 270                   | 7500                     | 6236                     | 82.75                    |                           |
| 24              | Telangana         | 330                   | 7000                     | 000                      | 51.14                    |                           |
|  ­    Â  ñ | THpura            | 65                    | 2089                     | 2712                     | 16.66                    |                           |
| 26              | U⾊狂熱 and          | 65                    | 25.68                    | 1615                     | 997                      |                           |
| 27              | U枕⽥Pradesh        | 612                   | 7500                     | 58.38                    | 6393                     |                           |
| 28              | We st Bengal      | 163                   | 1000                     | 2406                     | 1548                     | 2587                      |
| Total           | Total             | 8214                  | 1487.83                  | 1471.72                  | 1691.81                  | 300.44                    |

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question  No.2726 for answer on 02.08.2018

State-wise details of WHS created/rejuvenated, additional area brought under irrigation and farmers benefitted  under WDC-PMKSY  during 2014-15 to 2017-18 (as on 31.03.2018).

|  r  ︒  m︒   | State             | WHS created/ rejuvenated ( in Nos.)   | Additional area brought under irrisation ( Ha)   |   Farmers benefitted (in Nos.) |
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh    | 174194                                | 229490.00                                        |                         188118 |
| 2               | Arunachal Pradesh | 464                                   | 560.00                                           |                          20701 |
| 3               | Assam             | 4638                                  | 69667.28                                         |                         145918 |
| 4               | Bihar             | 3617                                  | 17525.00                                         |                          50040 |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh      | 5934                                  | 16221.14                                         |                          26815 |
| 6               | Gujarat           | 16746                                 | 41647.74                                         |                          37387 |
| 7               | Haryana           | 2654                                  | 35587.00                                         |                          30787 |
| 8               | Himachal Pradesh  | 7783                                  | 11205.08                                         |                          53422 |
| 9               | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2601                                  | 10087.40                                         |                          60658 |
| 10              | Jharkhand         | 2758                                  | 2437.10                                          |                          32852 |
|                 | Karnataka         | 24144                                 | 53623.00                                         |                         137166 |
| 12              | Kerala            | 15357                                 | 20734.13                                         |                         102325 |
| 13              | Madhya Pradesh    | 20769                                 | 94487。 30                                        |                         102915 |
| 14              | Maharashtra       | 9088                                  | 84370.00                                         |                          99909 |
| 15              | Manipur           | 8948                                  | 2749.96                                          |                         141391 |
| 16              | Meghalaya         | 2099                                  | 3728.66                                          |                           7485 |
| 17              | Mizoram           | 6950                                  | 46708.35                                         |                          47853 |
| 18              | Nagaland          | 2077                                  | 1971.00                                          |                           7164 |
| 19              | Odisha            | 19349                                 | 38101.80                                         |                          55321 |
| 20              | Punjab            | 236                                   | 6559.00                                          |                           3941 |
| 21              | Rajasthan         | 77439                                 | 43346.00                                         |                         133913 |
| 22              | Sikkim            | t69                                   | 32.75                                            |                           1005 |
| 23              | Tallnil Nadu      | 39487                                 | 76679.07                                         |                         210403 |
| 24              | Telangana         | 13886                                 | 25377.00                                         |                          36468 |
| 25              | Tripura           | 1963                                  | 5256.79                                          |                           5656 |
| 26              | Uttar Pradesh     | 17737                                 | 81745.00                                         |                         140105 |
| 27              | Uttarakhand       | 16808                                 | 2215.26                                          |                          51220 |
| 28              | West Bengal       | 8084                                  | 5724.41                                          |                          10079 |
|                 | Total             | 506001                                | 1027837.22                                       |                        1941017 |

ffisubjecttochange(AsperinformationreceivedfromStates)