Lok Sabha Question No. 5245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Micro and Drip Irrigation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5245

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  27 TH  MARCH, 2018

## MICRO AND DRIP IRRIGATION

5245.     SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL: SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  started  any  scheme  to  promote  micro  and  drip irrigation in areas affected by water scarcity and poor quality of water in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  prepared  any  other  special  scheme  to  deal  with drought like situation in several States; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  the  amount  allocated  for  drip irrigation  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State/Union  Territorywise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) to (d): To promote Micro Irrigation (MI) technologies like drip and sprinkler irrigation systems in the agriculture sector, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation (MI) was  launched  in  2005-06.  This  was  up-scaled  to  National  Mission  on  Micro  Irrigation (NMMI) in June  2010, which continued till  2013-14.  NMMI  was  further  subsumed  under 'On  Farm  Water  Management'  (OFWM)  component  of  National  Mission  on  Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) during 2014-15. From 2015-16, MI is being covered under 'Per Drop More  Crop  (PDMC)'  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY) which  is  operational  throughout  the  country.  The  State/Union  Territory  wise  details  of central assistance released under MI during each of the last three years and current year is given at Annexure-I.

Besides  promoting  MI,  the  PMKSY-  PDMC  also  supports  micro  level  water storage,  water  conservation/management  activities  for  drought  proofing.  The  Watershed Development  component  of  PMKSY  also    supports  water  conservation  &  harvesting activities, particularly in rainfed areas for reducing water scarcity issues during drought like situations.  Funds from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are also used for soil and water conservation activities which contribute for resilience towards drought like situations.

Drought affected States are also supported under National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) in the event of natural calamities including drought.

Annexure-I

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5245 to be answered on 27.03.2018

## Central assistance released under Micro Irrigation during each of the last three years & current year

| S.No.   | State/ Union Territory(UT)   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 (As on 20.03.2018) |
|---------|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh               |    121.48 |    177.68 |    265.69 |                       425    |
| 2       | Bihar                        |     35    |     10    |      0    |                         0    |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh                 |     10    |      7.5  |     24    |                        12.5  |
| 4       | Goa                          |      0.2  |      0    |      0.3  |                         0    |
| 5       | Gujarat                      |    140.68 |    204.1  |    250    |                       275    |
| 6       | Haryana                      |     23    |     16.94 |     24    |                         6.81 |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh             |      1.5  |      0.75 |      0.5  |                         2    |
| 8       | Jharkhand                    |     15    |      0    |     12    |                        15    |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir              |      0    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 10      | Karnataka                    |    124.25 |    111.75 |    169    |                       300    |
| 11      | Kerala                       |      3.75 |      0.86 |      0    |                         0    |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh               |     66.5  |    134.33 |     84    |                       150    |
| 13      | Maharashtra                  |    177.5  |     88.38 |    247.5  |                       285    |
| 14      | Odisha                       |     10.14 |      8.35 |     10.8  |                         0    |
| 15      | Punjab                       |      0    |      0    |      1.18 |                         0    |
| 16      | Rajasthan                    |     75    |     52.37 |     72    |                        10    |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu                   |     56.63 |     72.75 |    110    |                       171    |
| 18      | Telangana                    |     77.57 |     95.15 |    165    |                       207    |
| 19      | Uttarakhand                  |      6.97 |      3.5  |     10    |                         7.2  |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh                |      3    |      7.5  |     12    |                        30    |
| 21      | West Bengal                  |      0    |      0    |      3.9  |                         6    |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh            |      0    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 23      | Assam                        |      1    |      0.5  |      0    |                         3    |
| 24      | Manipur                      |      2.72 |      1.36 |      0    |                         3    |
| 25      | Meghalaya                    |      0    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 26      | Mizoram                      |      4.5  |      2.25 |      3.9  |                         4.8  |
| 27      | Nagaland                     |      0    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 28      | Sikkim                       |      4.26 |      4.26 |      3.9  |                         0    |
| 29      | Tripura                      |      2    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 30      | UTs                          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
|         | Total                        |    962.65 |   1000.28 |   1469.67 |                      1913.31 |

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