Lok Sabha Question No. 389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Development of Waste/Barren Land
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, PARASURAMAN K., HARISH DWIVEDI

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 389

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016

## Development of Waste/Barren Land

## 389.  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANE:  SHRI  K.  PARASURAMAN:  SHRI  HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  waste  land  or  barren  land  which  are  likely  to  be  made  cultivable  or  arable; State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether  schemes/programmes  have  been  started  by  the  Union  Government  to  make  such lands arable or cultivable, and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  amount  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  State  Governments  to  make  such  land fertile/arable during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise;
- (d)  the  total  area  of  such  land  converted  into  cultivable/arable  land  during  the  said  period, State/UT-wise; and
- (e)  whether the Union Government has instructed States to maintain data of waste land/barren land and if so, the details thereof State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): Department of Land Resources is currently implementing 8214 watershed development projects in 28  States  (except  Goa)  covering  an  area  of  about  39.07  million  hectare  under  the  Watershed Development  Component  (WDC)  of  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY) principally for development of rainfed portions of net cultivated area and culturable wastelands.

The activities being undertaken inter alia include ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment, soil and moisture conservation, rain water harvesting, nursery raising, afforestation, horticulture, pasture development, livelihoods for assetless persons, etc.

State-wise  details  of  number  of  projects,  sanctioned  area  of  the  projects  and  central  assistance released during the last three years and the current year are at Annexure .

The projects are at various stages of implementation.

In  addition,  other  Central  Ministries  /  Departments  like  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers Welfare are implementing schemes and programmes like the Per Drop More Crop component of PMKSY  which inter  alia includes  activities  for  water  conservation,  drought  proofing,  water harvesting, ground water recharge, etc. that complement and supplement interventions undertaken under the WDC-PMKSY.

- (e): A  Watershed  is  a  geo  hydrological  unit  comprising  of  various  categories  of  land.  Holistic development of each such geo-hydrological unit is undertaken under the programme. Database of different  categories  of  land  in  all  the  watersheds  across  the  country  is  not  centrally  maintained. States have not been asked to create a database of all the various categories of land that comprise the watersheds.

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 389 due for reply on 17.11 . 2016

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

(Area in million ha & Amount in Rs. crore)

| S.No.   | State             | No. of Projects   | Sanctioned area of the   | Central Share Released   | Central Share Released   | Central Share Released   | Central Share Released      |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| S.No.   | State             | No. of Projects   | Projects                 | 2013-14 @                | 2014-15 @                | 2015-16 #                | 2016-17# (upto 31- 10-2016) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 432               | 1.810                    | 107.67                   | 163.28                   | 86.73                    | 83.09                       |
| 12 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 156               | 0.467                    | 110.83                   | 0.00                     | 18.00                    | 23.12                       |
| 3       | Assam             | 372               | 1.577                    | 116.60                   | 6.99                     | 45.00                    | 0.00                        |
| 3 4     | Bihar             | 123               | 0.612                    | 15.42                    | 21.47                    | 5.00                     | 19.19                       |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 263               | 1.195                    | 26.00                    | 10.00                    | 20.00                    | 34.96                       |
| 6       | Gujarat           | 610               | 3.103                    | 60.0                     | 72.34                    | 100.00                   | 57.48                       |
| 7       | Haryana           | 88                | 0.362                    | 14.20                    | 26.97                    | 6.91                     | 12.82                       |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh  | 163               | 0.840                    | 46.08                    | 0.00                     | 20.00                    | 35.40                       |
| 9       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 159               | 0.652                    | 0.0                      | 51.43                    | 0.00                     | 0.00                        |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 171               | 0.911                    | 29.40                    | 0.00                     | 20.00                    | 0.00                        |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 571               | 2.569                    | 586.11                   | 125.43                   | 125.00                   | 69.70                       |
| 12      | Kerala            | 83                | 0.423                    | 0.0                      | 15.16                    | 20.00                    | 11.37                       |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 517               | 2.937                    | 135.57                   | 303.98                   | 150.00                   | 89.27                       |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 1186              | 5.128                    | 180.35                   | 197.91                   | 250.00                   | 80.34                       |
| 15      | Manipur           | 102               | 0.491                    | 30.28                    | 11.10                    | 9.00                     | 0.00                        |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 96                | 0.236                    | 28.06                    | 37.16                    | 18.00                    | 11.56                       |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 89                | 0.373                    | 69.18                    | 75.81                    | 8.87                     | 16.06                       |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 111               | 0.476                    | 74.67                    | 95.09                    | 27.00                    | 28.20                       |
| 19      | Odisha            | 310               | 1.700                    | 136.91                   | 248.79                   | 67.50                    | 63.38                       |
| 20      | Punjab            | 67                | 0.314                    | 15.44                    | 0.00                     | 7.95                     | 0.00                        |
| 21      | Rajasthan         | 1025              | 5.764                    | 0.0                      | 403.08                   | 200.00                   | 199.35                      |
| 22      | Sikkim            | 15                | 0.066                    | 0.0                      | 0.00                     | 6.30                     | 0.00                        |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu        | 270               | 1.368                    | 168.55                   | 124.02                   | 75.00                    | 0.00                        |
| 24      | Telangana         | 330               | 1.399                    | 75.58                    | 124.58                   | 70.00                    | 0.00                        |
| 25      | Tripura           | 65                | 0.213                    | 47.81                    | 19.04                    | 20.89                    | 12.47                       |
| 26      | Uttarakhand       | 65                | 0.346                    | 0.0                      | 49.77                    | 25.68                    | 11.23                       |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 612               | 3.045                    | 88.09                    | 75.39                    | 75.00                    | 0.00                        |
| 28      | West Bengal       | 163               | 0.693                    | 0.0                      | 25.85                    | 10.00                    | 24.06                       |
|         | Total             | 8214              | 39.07                    | 2162.80                  | 2284.63                  | 1487.83                  | 883.05                      |

# Released under the Watershed Development Component (WDC) of the Pradhan MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (PMKSY)

Note: 1) WDC-PMKSY is not operational in Union Territories.

2) There is no sanctioned project in Goa.