Lok Sabha Question No. 189 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Dark Zones
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*189

ANSWERED ON 08 . 03.2018

## DARK ZONES

| †*189.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN   |
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| Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has declared many regions of the country as dark zones; (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise; and (c) the details of the arrangements being made/the schemes formulated by the Government |                                                      |
| ANSWER THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND REJUVENATION, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS AND SHIPPIN G                                                                                                                                                                                                           | GANGA                                                |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART S (a) TO (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. † *189 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 08.03.2018  REGARDING  ' DARK ZONE' ASKED  BY SHRI  RAM  TAHAL  CHOUDHARY  AND  SHRI  HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN, M.Ps

(a) & (b)As per the assessment of dynamic ground water resources of country (As on 31 st March 2013) carried out jointly by Central Ground Water Board and State Ground Water Department ut of the total 6584 numbers of assessment units (Block/ Taluks/ Mandals/ watershed/ Firkka), have been categorized as 'Over -exploited'.   State -wise number of 'Over -exploited' units are given at Annexure.

(c) Water Resources Project s are planned, funded, executed and maintained by the State Governm themselves  as  per  their  own  resources  and  priority.  In  order  to  supplement  the  efforts Governments,  Ministry  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  &  Ganga  Rejuvenation  has been providing  financial  assistance  to  State  Governments  for  its  irrigation  projects  under Irrigation  Benefits  Programme  (AIBP)  since  1996 - 97.  During  2015 -16,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi Sichayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  was  launched  and  AIBP  is  one  of  its  com ponents.  Funds  have  been provided to the projects as per their eligibility and availability of funds through budget - 16.

During  2016 - 17,  Ninety  Nine  (99)  ongoing  Major/Medium  Irrigation  Projects  (includi projects of Madhya Pradesh) under Acc elerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) having poten of  76.03  lakh  ha.,  have  been  prioritized  in  consultation  with  States  for  completion December,  2019  along  with  their  Command  Area  Development  &  Water  Management  (CADWM) works.  For  c ompletion  of  these  projects  in  a  mission  mode,  funding  mechanism  under  Long Irrigation Fund (LTIF) through NABARD has been approved by the Government for both Centra State share as per above estimated cost.

Rural drinking water supply is a State subject. For improving the coverage of safe drinking water to rural population, M/o Drinking Water & Sanitation supplements the efforts of th providing them with technical and financial assistance through the centrally sponsored s National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP).    Under  NRDWP,  no  separate  funds  ar provided to over - exploited  blocks  to  formulate  drinking  water supply schemes. However, the State Government is free to prioritize implementation of the scheme including i mplementation of schemes for over - exploited blocks. It is the State Governments who plan, design, approve, execute and & maintain the schemes for providing safe drinking water to rural population. The f nds provided to the States under NRDWP can be utilized for coverage and tackling water quality problems.

Other steps taken by the Central Government for conservation of ground water are av the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/MeasuresForGW -Depletion\_1.pdf .

## Annexure referred toin reply to part (a) & (b) of Starred Q.No. † *189 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 08.03.2018 regarding ' Dark Zones '

## CATEGORIZATION OF BLOCKS/ MANDALS/ TALUKS IN INDIA (2013)

| Sl. No.   | States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assessed Units   | Over- Exploited   | Over- Exploited   |
|-----------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|           |                              |                               | Nos.              | %                 |
|           | States                       |                               |                   |                   |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh               | 670                           | 61                | 9                 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh            | 11                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 3.        | Assam                        | 27                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 4.        | Bihar                        | 534                           | 0                 | 0                 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                 | 146                           | 1                 | 1                 |
| 6.        | Delhi                        | 27                            | 15                | 56                |
| 7.        | Goa                          | 12                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 8.        | Gujarat                      | 223                           | 23                | 10                |
| 9.        | Haryana                      | 119                           | 64                | 54                |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh             | 8                             | 1                 | 13                |
| 11.       | Jammu & Kashmir              | 22                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 12.       | Jharkhand                    | 260                           | 4                 | 2                 |
| 13.       | Karnataka                    | 176                           | 43                | 24                |
| 14.       | Kerala                       | 152                           | 1                 | 1                 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh               | 313                           | 25                | 8                 |
| 16.       | Maharashtra                  | 353                           | 9                 | 3                 |
| 17.       | Manipur                      | 9                             | 0                 | 0                 |
| 18.       | Meghalaya                    | 11                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 19.       | Mizoram                      | 22                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 20.       | Nagaland                     | 11                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 21.       | Odisha                       | 314                           | 0                 | 0                 |
| 22.       | Punjab                       | 138                           | 105               | 76                |
| 23.       | Rajasthan                    | 248                           | 164               | 66                |
| 24.       | Sikkim                       | -                             | -                 | -                 |
| 25.       | Tamil Nadu                   | 1139                          | 358               | 31                |
| 26.       | Telangana                    | 443                           | 46                | 10                |
| 27.       | Tripura                      | 39                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh                | 820                           | 113               | 14                |
| 29.       | Uttarakhand                  | 18                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 30.       | West Bengal                  | 268                           | 0                 | 0                 |
|           | Total (States)               | 6533                          | 1033              | 16                |
|           | Union Territories            |                               |                   |                   |
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar            | 34                            | 0                 | 0                 |
| 2.        | Chandigarh                   | 1                             | 0                 | 0                 |
| 3.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli         | 1                             | 0                 | 0                 |
| 4.        | Daman & Diu                  | 2                             | 0                 | 0                 |
| 5.        | Lakshadweep                  | 9                             | 0                 | 0                 |
| 6.        | Puducherry                   | 4                             | 1                 | 25                |
|           | Total (UTs)                  | 51                            | 1                 | 2                 |
|           | Grand Total                  | 6584                          | 1034              | 16                |