Lok Sabha Question No. 4493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Reclamation of Wasteland
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHAGIRATH PRASAD

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

## LOK SABHA

TTNSTARRED  QUESTTON NO 4493 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.20T8

## Reclamation of Wasteland

## 4493. DR. BHAGIRATH PRASAD:

will the Minister  of RURAL  DEVELOPMENT  be pleased  to state:

- (a) the estimated  area of wasteland  in the country, State-wise;
- (c) the efforts and achievements  made in arresting  the advancement  of ravines and to make use of land under Chambal ravines;  and
- (b) the details of the area reclaimed  for cultivation  during  the last ten years,  State-wise;
- (d) the details of the plans chalked out by the Union Government the problem  of the wasteland to make gainful  use of such lands? to tackle comprehensively

## ANSWER

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

(a) The estimated area under wastelands in the country during 200g-0g  is 46702116  square km. as per "Wastelands  Atlas of India,2011-Change  Analysis Based on Temporal Satellite Data of 2OO5-O6and 200g09" (2011).  The State / ur-wise details  are given in Annexure  I.

(b) The State  / ur-wise  details of wastelands  reclaimed not centrally  maintained. for cultivation during the last ten years is

(c)  & (d) Department  of Land Resources has sanctioned  8214 watershed development projects  in 2g States (except Goa)  [during  the period 2009-10  to 2014-l5l  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  including those situated in the catchment of chambal  river.

The activities being undertaken  through the watershed development  proje cts 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 sanctioned projects  ,  area covered  by the projects and funds released  as Central share  [from  2009-10 to 2017-18 (upto 16th March 201S)] are given in Annexure  II.

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.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok sabha unstarred  Question  No. 44g3 for answer on 22.03.2019

State / UT-wise  area of wastelands  (square  km.): 200g-09

| Sl. No.   | State / UT        | Area of wasteland   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 37296.62            |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 14895.24            |
| ; J       | Assam             | 8453.86             |
| 4         | Bihar             | 9601.01             |
| = 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 11482.18            |
| 9         | Delhi             |                     |
| 7         | Goa               | 90.21               |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 489.08              |
| 9         | Haryana           | 20108.06            |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 2145.98             |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 22347.88            |
| t2        | Jharkhand         | 7s435.77            |
| 13        |                   | 11017.38            |
| 14        | Karnataka Kerala  | 13030.62            |
| l5        | Madhya Pradesh    | 2445.62             |
| t6        | Maharashtra       | 40113.27            |
|           |                   | 37830.82            |
| T7        | Manipur           | 5648.53             |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 4127.43             |
| t9        | Mizoram           | 4958.64             |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 5266.72             |
| 21        | Odisha            | 1642s.76            |
| 22        | Punjab            | 936.83              |
| z)        | Rajasthan         | 84929.10            |
| 24        | Sikkim            | 3273.15             |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 8721.79             |
| 26        | Tripura           | 964.64              |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 128s9.s3            |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     | 9881.24             |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 1929.20             |
| 30        | Union Territory   | 315.00              |
|           | Total             | 467021.16           |

Source:  "Wastelands  Atlas of India, 2 Data of 2005-06 and 2008-09,, (201  l)

## Annexure referred  to in reply to parts (c) and (d) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 4493 for answer on22.03.2018

State-wise  details of number  of WDC-PMKSY projects  sanctioned,  areacovered by the projects  and funds released as Central share

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

8214 39.07 15662.80 @  Sanctioned  under the erstwhile trteg.ated  wuterrhed  Manage@ which has been amalgamated as the Watershed Development  Component  (WDC) of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (pMKSy)  with effect from 2015-16.

| SL No   | State             | Sanctioned (from 2009-10 to 2014-151@   | Sanctioned (from 2009-10 to 2014-151@   | Central share released (from 2009-10 to 2017 -lB#)   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| SL No   | State             | Total no. of Proiects                   | Area of the proiects                    | Central share released (from 2009-10 to 2017 -lB#)   |
| I       | Andhra Pradesh    | 432                                     | 1.810                                   | 848.77                                               |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | Is6                                     | 0.467                                   | 215.54                                               |
| J       | Assam             | 372                                     | 1.577                                   | 387.s3                                               |
| 4       | Bihar             | 123                                     | 0.612                                   | t04.54                                               |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 263                                     | 1.195                                   | 250.85                                               |
| 6       | Guiarat           | 610                                     | 3. 103                                  | 1136.80                                              |
| 7       | Haryana           | 88                                      | 0.362                                   | 88.70                                                |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh  | t63                                     | 0.840                                   | 259.54                                               |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 159                                     | 0.652                                   | 15s.54                                               |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 171                                     | 0.911                                   | 162.69                                               |
| lt      | Karnataka         | 571                                     | 2.569                                   | 1771.87                                              |
| 12      | Kerala            | 83                                      | 0.423                                   | 9s.72                                                |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 517                                     | 2.937                                   | 1247.46                                              |
| t4      | Maharashtra       | 1 186                                   | 5.128                                   | 2250.62                                              |
| l5      | Manipur           | 102                                     | 0.491                                   | 134.96                                               |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 96                                      | 0.236                                   | 166.34                                               |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 89                                      | 0.373                                   | 236.7s                                               |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 111                                     | 0.476                                   | 460.79                                               |
| t9      | Odisha            | 310                                     | 1.700                                   | 902.14                                               |
| 20      | Punlab            | 67                                      | 0.314                                   | 60.42                                                |
| 2l      | Rajasthan         | 1025                                    | 5.764                                   | 2109.0s                                              |
| 22      | Sikkim            | l5                                      | 0.066                                   | 22.08                                                |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu        | 270                                     | 1.368                                   | 834.35                                               |
| 24      | Telangana         | 330                                     | 1.399                                   | 51 1.08                                              |
| 25      | Tripura           | 65                                      | 0.213                                   | 184.32                                               |
| 26      | Uttarakhand       | 65                                      | 0.346                                   | 124.t0                                               |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 6t2                                     | 3.04s                                   | 808.49                                               |
| 28      | West Bengal       | 163                                     | 0.693                                   | 131.76                                               |
|         | Total             | 8214                                    | 39.07                                   | 15662.80                                             |

#upto 16.03-2018,  including  releases under the erstwhile IWMp.

- Note: 1) WDC-PMKSY is not operationar in the Union Territories.
- 2) There is no sanctioned project in Goa.

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