Lok Sabha Question No. 4708 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Assessment and Development of Wasteland
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHAGIRATH PRASAD

## MNI S&OYTIXYREII  3: #ill,,-, DEPARTMENT  OF LAND RESOURCES

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## LOK SABHA

LNSTARRED  QUESTION No. 4708 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 30.03.20I7

## Assessment  rnd Development  of Wssteland

4708. DR. BHAGIRATH  PRASAD:

Will the  Minister  of RURAL  DEVELOPMENT be pleased  to state:

- (a) the estimated  area of wasteland  as assessed  by the  Union  Govemment,  State/  UT-wise;
- (c) the  efforts  and  achievements  made  in arresting "dr"n".r"nt of ravines  and  make  use of land  in Chambal  ravines;  and
- (b)  the area reclaimed  for cultivation  durirg  tl,. Iurt  r.n  i"u.r,i-or.ruf\_*ir.,
- (d)  the steps  taken  by the Gove gainful  use  ofsuch  lands? mment to tackle comprehensibly  the problem  of wasteland  to make

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF STATE  FOR  RUML DEVELOPMENT (SHRI  RAM KRIPAL  YADAV,)

- (a): The estimated  area  under wastelands  in the country  during  2008-0g  is 46702r.16 square  km' as Der^  "wastelands  Atras "i lri,.,"zo r r-change  Anarysis Based  on Ii[H::,  :il |;: D"" ;il6;:;6;o', ili,"'i!',lt,  o, r  ). rhe state  / Ljr-wi s;;-e; i  r s
- (b): H:,tlif"lyJilli;*"#i:,::J"*rands recraimed  ror currivation  dudns  the rast  ten
- (c)  & (d) Department  of Land Resources  is currentlv aeu.eropmenr i-.;.Io  in 28 Srares  lexcept coai ":TI].."-T"::i"i 8214 . watershed illl,".l  ffiff ; J*;:  iT Y'l;;;l ;;;;iil;i ;ffi1,?:"?ffi  ;e,*:i:[i;,.I Itm:;iltffi .I?;ffi i:,Xffi  l,#ff :xlli^fl ,1;f#s:l.,;:,I",,f  l;:

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State-wise  details  oflumber  ofprojects,  sanctioned  area of the projects  and

The projects  are at various  stages  of implementation.

funds  released  as Central  share  are given  in Annexure  II.

In addition'  other  centrar  Minisrries  / Depanmens  like  Ministry  of Agricurture  and Farmers  Welfare are imptemenring  ,.h"r;;;J;;;mmes tike the  per  Drop  More crop component  of  pMK.sy *ti;; i"r.;;i" il.'i,ro""r"r.tiuiti.,  for warer  conservation. drought  proofing,  water harvestin!, ;;"il;;;;arge, etc.  that  complement  and supptement  interventions  undertakf  ;  il;;,h;;il-""r*sr.

## .Annexurereferredtoinreplytopart(a)ofLok'sabhaUnstarredQuestionNo'4708duefor rePlY on 30.03.2017

State / UT-wise area ofwastelands  (square km'): 2008-09

| SI. No.   | State / UT        | Area of wasteland   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|
| I         | Andhra Pradesh    | 37296.62            |
| z         | Arunachal Pradesh | 14895.24            |
| 3         | Assam             | 84s3.86             |
| 4         | Bihar             | 9601.01             |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | I1482.18            |
| 6         | Delhi             | 90.21               |
| l         | Goa               | 489.08              |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 20108.06            |
| 9         | Haryana           | 2145.98             |
| l0        | Himachal Pradesh  | 22347.88            |
| 1t        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 75435.77            |
| l2        | Jharkhand         | I1017.38            |
| l3        | Karnataka         | 13030.62            |
| t4        | Kerala            | 2445.62             |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 40113.27            |
| l6        | Maharashtra       | 37830.82            |
| t7        | Manipur           | 5648.53             |
| l8        | Meghalaya         | 4127.43             |
| l9        | Mizoram           | 4958.64             |
| 20        | Nagaland          | s266.72             |
| 2t        | Odisha            | t6425.76            |
| 22        | Punjab            | 936.83              |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 84929.10            |
| 24        | Sikkim            | 3273.15             |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 8721.79             |
| 26        | Tripura           | 964.64              |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 12859.s 3           |
| 28        | Uttar hadesh      | 9881 .24            |
| 29        | West Bengal       | t929.20             |
| 30        | Union Territory   | 3 15.00             |

Source: "Wastelands  Atlas of India" 201 I on Temporal Satellite Data of India,  201 I -Change  Analysis  Based on Temporal 2005-06 and 2008-09" (201l)

## Annexure referred  to in reply to parts (c) and (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question  No' 4708 due for rePlY on 30'03'2017

State-wise  details of projects, area sanc;iaor:el;#::13J,?*t  cost and funds released  as Central

## (Area in million  ha.& Rs' in crore)

| sl.                         |                             | ffi5o                       | ffi5o                       | ffi5o                       | Central share released (2009-10 to 2016'17) #   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| No                          | State                       | Total no. of Proiects       | Area of the projects        | Total Project cost          |                                                 |
| I                           | ,qndh.a Pradesh             | 432                         | l.6lu                       | 2290.00                     | 725.42 85.33                                    |
| 2                           | Bihar                       | 123                         | 0.61'2                      | 841.53                      | 217.40                                          |
| J                           | Chhattisgarh                | 263                         | 1 .195                      | 1517.87                     | 1049.29                                         |
| 4                           | Gujarat                     | 610                         | 3.1ui                       | 4022.19                     | 17.76                                           |
| 5                           | Haryana                     | 88                          | 0362                        | 437.25                      | 232;ll                                          |
| 6                           | ui-""tlut Pradesh           | 163                         | 0.840                       | t2s9.94                     | t 15.29                                         |
| 1                           | Jammu eg Kasnmlr            | 159                         | 0.6s2                       | 919.ls                      | 162.69                                          |
|                             | Jharkhand                   | t'7 |                  | 0.91I                       | | 142.70               | 8                                               |
| 8                           | ffi                         | szl                         | Ls69                        | 3324.45                     | r 596.1                                         |
| 9                           |                             | 83                          | 0.423                       | 589J4                       | 78.41                                           |
| l0 ll                       | Kerala Madh)'a Pradesh      | 5t/                         | 2.93"1                      | 3s68. I 1                   | |12.62 t97l .41                            |
| a                           | Maharashtra                 | 1 186                       | 5.IZU                       | 65t7.49 2l9l .50            | 6U /.OO                                         |
| l3                          | Odisha                      | 310                         | 1.700                       |                             | 52.46                                           |
| t4                          | Punjab                      | 6',7                        | 0.314                       | 3'l'l .6 t                  | 1872.68                                         |
| 5                           | Rajasthan                   | r 025                       | 5.764                       | '7892.61                    | 151.60                                          |
| l6                          | TamilNadu                   | 2'70                        | 1.368                       | 1 643.1 9 I I t+/.          | 459.94                                          |
| t1                          | Telangana                   | 330                         | 1.399                       | 3s83.70                     | 744.56                                          |
| 18                          | tJttar Pradesh              | 6t2                         | 3.U4)                       | 492.88                      | 1 14.13                                         |
| l9                          | I lttarakhand               | 65                          | 0.346                       |                             | 116.28                                          |
|                             |                             | 163                         | 0.693                       | 896.16                      |                                                 |
| 20                          | West Bengal                 |                             |                             | 701.48                      | 2t5.54                                          |
|                             | North Eastern states        |                             | 0.467                       |                             |                                                 |
| 2',|                   | Aiunachal Pradesh           | 156                         | 1,577                       | l946.l l                    | 322.44                                          |
| 22                          | Assam                       | 372                         |                             | 735.13                      | 121.12                                          |
| L)                          | Manipur                     | 102                         | 0.491                       | 351 .99                     | 157.39                                          |
| 24                          | MeghalaYa                   | 96                          | 0.236                       |                             | 214,4t)                                         |
| 25                          | Nti                         | 89                          | 0.373                       | 560.87                      | 428.71                                          |
| 26                          | Nagaland                    | ll l                        | 0.476                       | 9U.U /                      | 20.68                                           |
| 21                          | Sikkim                      | l5                          | 0.066                       | 320.31                      | 167.66                                          |
| 28                          | Trinura                     | 65                          | 0.213                       | s0739.59                    | 13991.16                                        |
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