Lok Sabha Question No. 2192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Availability of Water Resources for Agricultural Purpose
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA, N.K. PREMACHANDRAN, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2192

## ANSWERED ON 08.0 3.201 8

## AVAILABILITY OF WATE R RESOURCES FOR AGRI CULTURAL PURPOSE

| 2192.   | SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA   |
|---------|---------------------------|
|         | SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN    |
|         | SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.  |

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

(a)  the effective  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  for  sustainable  us resources for agricultural purpose particularly in the lower riparian States like Tamil Nadu

(b) whether the Government has assessed the availability of water reso urces for agriculture in each Sta and if so, the outcome thereof; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to increase the ground water level in the country allocated for the purpose, State - wise?

## ANSWER

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

( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a)Water being a State subject, steps for augmentation, conservation and efficient managem resources  to  ensu re  sustainability  and  availability  are  primarily  undertaken  by  the  resp Governments. In order to supplement the efforts of the State Governments, Central Governmen technical  and  financial  assistance  to  State s including lower  riparian  States  like  Tamil  Nadu through various schemes and programmes. The Central Government has taken various steps for sustainable use of water resources for agricultural purpose through various schemes lik e Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme, Command  Area Development, Repair, Renovation & Restoration (RRR) of water bodies, Interlinking of Rivers Project, Dam Rehabilitation & I Project,  etc.  Additionally,  non - structural  measures  have  also been  taken  through  the  development  and augmentation  of  National  Hydrology  Project,  Flood  Forecasting  Stations,  Hydrological  O Stations, etc.

(b)The  average  annual  precipitation  and  average  annual  water  availability  in  the  count asse ssed  as  4000  Billion  Cubic  Meter  (BCM)  and  1869 BCM  respectively.  Due  to  topographic, hydrological  and  other  factors,  the  utilizable  water  availability  is  limited  to  1137  B comprising of 690 BCM of surface water and 447 BCM of replenishable gr ound water. The details of basin - wise availability of surface water and State -wise availability of ground water are at Annexure Iand II respectively.

- (c) Steps taken up by the Central Government to increase the ground water levels include:
- Special focus through Ma atma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for water conservation and water harvesting structures to augment ground water.  Prior given for construction of farm ponds in the year 2016 - 17 to harvest rain water.
- One of the major activities under the 'Watershed Development' component of the 'Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)', inter - alia, includes rainwater harvesting.
- CGWB has taken up Aquifer Mapping and Management program, unde r the scheme of Ground Water Management and Regulation.
- MoWR, RD & GR has circulated a Model Bill to all the States/UTs to enable them to ena ground water legislation for its regulation and development which includes provision harvesting.
- 'Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Ground Water in India' has been prepared, which envisages construction of different types of Artificial Recharge and Rainwater Harvesting stru Country. The Master Plan has been circulated to all State Governments for implementatio
- CGWB has undertaken the Demon strative Rain Water Harvesting and Artificial Recharge Pr during XI Plan under the Scheme of 'Ground Water Management & Regulation', in priority areas.
- 'Atal  Bhujal  Yojana',  envisaging  sustainable  management  of  ground  water  with  emphasis  on demand s ide management through community participation in identified over - exploited and water scarce blocks in Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karn been proposed with an estimated cost of Rs. 6000 Cr.

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Annexure referredto in reply to part (b)  of    Unstarred  Q.No.  2192 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 08.03.2018 regarding ' Availability of Water Resources For Agricultural Purpose ' .

## WATER RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF RIVER BASINS OF INDIA

| S. No .   | River Basin                                                | Catchment area (Sq.Km)   | Average Water Resources Potential (BCM)*   | Utilisable surface water resources (BCM)**   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Indus                                                      | 321289                   | 73.3                                       | 46                                           |
| 2         | Ganga-Brahmaputra - Meghna                                 |                          |                                            |                                              |
|           | (a) Ganga                                                  | 861452                   | 525                                        | 250                                          |
|           | (b) Brahmaputra                                            | 194413                   | 537.2                                      | 24                                           |
|           | (c) Barak & others                                         | 41723                    | 48.4                                       |                                              |
| 3         | Godavari                                                   | 312812                   | 110.5                                      | 76.3                                         |
| 4         | Krishna                                                    | 258948                   | 78.1                                       | 58                                           |
| 5         | Cauvery                                                    | 81155                    | 21.4                                       | 19                                           |
| 6         | Subernarekha                                               | 29196                    | 12.4                                       | 6.8                                          |
| 7         | Brahmani- Baitarni                                         | 51822                    | 28.5                                       | 18.3                                         |
| 8         | Mahanadi                                                   | 141589                   | 66.9                                       | 50                                           |
| 9         | Pennar                                                     | 55213                    | 6.3                                        | 6.9                                          |
| 10        | Mahi                                                       | 34842                    | 11                                         | 3.1                                          |
| 11        | Sabarmati                                                  | 21674                    | 3.8                                        | 1.9                                          |
| 12        | Narmada                                                    | 98796                    | 45.6                                       | 34.5                                         |
| 13        | Tapi                                                       | 65145                    | 14.9                                       | 14.5                                         |
| 14        | West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to                           | Tadri 55940              | 87.4                                       | 11.9                                         |
| 15        | West Flowing Rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari              | 56177                    | 113.5                                      | 24.3                                         |
| 16        | East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar            | 86643                    | 22.5                                       | 13.1                                         |
| 17        | East Flowing Rivers between Pennar Kanyakumari             | & 100139                 | 16.5                                       | 16.5                                         |
| 18        | West Flowing Rivers of Kutch and Saurashtra including Luni | 321851                   | 15.1                                       | 15                                           |
| 19        | Area of Inland Drainage in Rajasthan                       | ---                      | Negl.                                      | --                                           |
| 20        | Minor Rivers draining into Myanmar (Burma) andBangladesh   | 36302                    | 31                                         | --                                           |
|           | Total                                                      |                          | 1,869.4                                    | 690                                          |

Annexure referredto in reply to part (b)  of    Unstarred  Q.No. 2192 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 08.03.2018 regarding ' Availability of Water Resources For Agricultural Purpose ' .

## STATE - WISE GROUND WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY, UTILIZATION AND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT

INDIA (As on 31st March 2013)

| Sl. No   | States / Union    | Annual Replenish able   | Natural Discharge during non-   | Net Annual Ground Water   | Annual Ground Water Draft   | Annual Ground Water Draft     | Annual Ground Water Draft   | Stage of                     |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| .        | Territories       | Ground Water            | monsoon                         | Availability              | Irrigati on                 | Domest ic and industri aluses | Total                       | Ground Water Development (%) |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | Resource 20.39          | season 1.91                     | 18.48                     | 7.29                        | 0.81                          | 8.1                         | 44                           |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 4.433                   | 0.443                           | 3.99                      | 0.002                       | 0.007                         | 0.01                        | 0.23                         |
| 3        | Assam             | 32.11                   | 3.21                            | 28.9                      | 4.06                        | 0.68                          | 4.74                        | 16                           |
| 4        | Bihar             | 31.31                   | 2.82                            | 28.49                     | 10.36                       | 2.37                          | 12.73                       | 45                           |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 12.8                    | 0.9                             | 11.9                      | 3.76                        | 0.64                          | 4.4                         | 37                           |
| 6        | Delhi             | 0.34                    | 0.03                            | 0.31                      | 0.14                        | 0.25                          | 0.39                        | 127                          |
| 7        | Goa               | 0.24                    | 0.1                             | 0.15                      | 0.02                        | 0.03                          | 0.05                        | 37                           |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 20.85                   | 1.07                            | 19.79                     | 12.3                        | 1.14                          | 13.44                       | 68                           |
| 9        | Haryana           | 11.36                   | 1.06                            | 10.3                      | 13.32                       | 0.6                           | 13.92                       | 135                          |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.56                    | 0.03                            | 0.53                      | 0.16                        | 0.11                          | 0.27                        | 51                           |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5.25                    | 0.43                            | 4.82                      | 0.2                         | 0.98                          | 1.18                        | 24                           |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 6.56                    | 0.57                            | 5.99                      | 0.63                        | 0.72                          | 1.35                        | 23                           |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 17                      | 2.16                            | 14.83                     | 8.76                        | 0.99                          | 9.76                        | 66                           |
| 14       | Kerala            | 6.27                    | 0.6                             | 5.66                      | 1.18                        | 1.45                          | 2.63                        | 47                           |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 35.98                   | 1.82                            | 34.16                     | 17.95                       | 1.41                          | 19.36                       | 57                           |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 33.19                   | 1.71                            | 31.48                     | 15.93                       | 1.14                          | 17.07                       | 54                           |
| 17       | Manipur           | 0.474                   | 0.047                           | 0.426                     | 0.004                       | 0.001                         | 0.004                       | 1.01                         |
| 18       | Meghalaya         | 3.31                    | 0.33                            | 2.98                      | 0.008                       | 0.004                         | 0.012                       | 0.4                          |
|          |                   |                         |                                 |                           |                             |                               | 0.0010                      |                              |
| 19       | Mizoram           | 0.03942                 | 0.00394                         | 0.03548                   | 0                           | 0.00104                       | 4                           | 2.9                          |
| 20       | Nagaland          | 1.94                    | 0.194                           | 1.75                      | 0                           | 0.03                          | 0.03                        | 2                            |
| 21       | Odisha            | 17.78                   | 1.09                            | 16.69                     | 4.14                        | 0.87                          | 5.02                        | 30                           |
| 22       | Punjab            | 25.91                   | 2.52                            | 23.39                     | 34.05                       | 0.77                          | 34.81                       | 149                          |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 12.51                   | 1.26                            | 11.26                     | 13.79                       | 1.92                          | 15.71                       | 140                          |
|          |                   |                         |                                 |                           | -                           | -                             |                             |                              |
| 24       | Sikkim            | -                       | -                               | -                         |                             |                               | -                           | -                            |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 20.65                   | 2.07                            | 18.59                     | 12.98                       | 1.38                          | 14.36                       | 77                           |
| 26       | Telangana         | 14.74                   | 1.35                            | 13.39                     | 7                           | 0.76                          | 7.77                        | 58                           |
| 27       | Tripura           | 2.471                   | 0.202                           | 2.269                     | 0.093                       | 0.072                         | 0.165                       | 7.3                          |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 76.34                   | 4.75                            | 71.58                     | 48.35                       | 4.41                          | 52.76                       | 74                           |
| 29       | Uttarakhand       | 2                       | 0.03                            | 1.97                      | 0.84                        | 0.15                          | 0.99                        | 50                           |
| 30       | West Bengal       | 29.33                   | 2.77                            | 26.56                     | 10.84                       | 1                             | 11.84                       | 45                           |
|          | Total States      | 446.14                  | 35.49                           | 410.65                    | 228.16                      | 24.71                         | 252.87                      | 62                           |
|          | Union Territories |                         |                                 |                           |                             |                               |                             |                              |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar | 0.42                    | 0.042                           | 0.378                     | 0.0001                      | 0.0035                        | 0.0037                      | 1                            |
| 2        | Chandigarh        | 0.022                   | 0.0022                          | 0.0194                    | 0                           | 0                             | 0                           | 0                            |
|          | Dadara& Nagar     |                         |                                 |                           |                             |                               |                             |                              |
| 3        | Haveli            | 0.07                    | 0.007                           | 0.063                     | 0.008                       | 0.013                         | 0.02                        | 32                           |
| 4        | Daman & Diu       | 0.015                   | 0.001                           | 0.014                     | 0.008                       | 0.002                         | 0.01                        | 70                           |
|          |                   |                         |                                 |                           |                             |                               | 0.0023                      |                              |
| 5        | Lakshdweep        | 0.01055                 | 0.00704                         | 0.0035                    | 0                           | 0.00237                       | 7                           | 68                           |
| 6        | Puducherry        | 0.193                   | 0.019                           | 0.174                     | 0.124                       | 0.029                         | 0.153                       | 88                           |
|          | Total UTs         | 0.73                    | 0.08                            | 0.65                      | 0.139                       | 0.05                          | 0.189                       | 29                           |
|          | Grand Total       | 446.87                  | 35.56                           | 411.3                     | 228.3                       | 24.76                         | 253.06                      | 62                           |

(in BCM)