Lok Sabha Question No. 4982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Water Scarcity for Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat, Kaushal Kishore

O.I.H.

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4982

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD  JULY, 2019

## WATER SCARCITY FOR AGRICULTURE

4982.  SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT: SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether several bighas of agricultural land in several States of the country particularly Uttar Pradesh are getting barren or farming becoming unproductive due to water scarcity;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to implement the scheme on the lines of several foreign countries to reuse treated sewage effluent, sewage or waste water;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  the  countries  whose  schemes  are likely to be emulated/implemented by the Government; and
- (e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to reuse the waste water for agricultural purposes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  & (b): As per Agricultural Statistics 2017, Government of India, the barren and unculturable land was reduced from 38.16 million ha to 17.00 million ha. from1950-51 to 201415.   In the State of Uttar Pradesh, the same was reduced to 0.46 million ha by 2014-15. The State wise details are given at Annexure-I and district wise of Uttar Pradesh is given at Annexure-II.
- (c) to (e): Government of India is providing funds to the States/UTs under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart Cities Mission of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Development (MoH&UD) for the implementation of the sewerage projects. Recycling  and  reuse  of  treated  wastewater  is  being  encouraged  under  AMRUT  and mandated under Smart Cities Mission.

Further,  a  dedicated  chapter  on  recycling  and  reuse  of  sewage  has  been incorporated  in  the  MoH&UD's    Manual  on  Sewerage  and  Sewage  Treatment  Systems, 2013 - Part A: Engineering including guiding principles for farm forestry and horticulture, for guiding the States/UTs, in this regard.

MoH&UD has published and adopted Service Level Benchmark (SLB) for water and sanitation sector under National Urban Sanitation Programme (NUSP) in 2008 with a view to shift the focus of urban development projects from infrastructure creation to improvement of service levels. The  aforesaid SLB  advocates  20  %  reuse  and  recycling  of  treated wastewater.  This  includes  reuse  and  recycling  of  treated wastewater  for  agricultural purposes.

Government of India has launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan from 1 st July 2019 which is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including reuse of waste water.

## Annexure I

Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4982 for answer on 23.07.2019

## State wise barren and un-culturable land for the year 2014-15

(in Million hectares)

| STATES/UTs                | Barren & Un- culturable land   |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH            | 1.351                          |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 0.037                          |
| ASSAM                     | 1.190                          |
| BIHAR                     | 0.432                          |
| CHHATTISGARH              | 0.288                          |
| GOA                       | -                              |
| GUJARAT                   | 2.552                          |
| HARYANA                   | 0.119                          |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 0.777                          |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 0.305                          |
| JHARKHAND                 | 0.568                          |
| KARNATAKA                 | 0.787                          |
| KERALA                    | 0.013                          |
| MADHYA PRADESH            | 1.357                          |
| MAHARASHTRA               | 1.727                          |
| MANIPUR                   | 0.001                          |
| MEGHALAYA                 | 0.129                          |
| MIZORAM                   | 0.006                          |
| NAGALAND                  | 0.002                          |
| ODISHA                    | 1.078                          |
| PUNJAB                    | 0.058                          |
| RAJASTHAN                 | 2.403                          |
| SIKKIM                    | -                              |
| TAMIL NADU                | 0.489                          |
| TELANGANA                 | 0.607                          |
| TRIPURA                   | -                              |
| UTTARAKHAND               | 0.228                          |
| UTTAR PRADESH             | 0.462                          |
| WEST BENGAL               | 0.011                          |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 0.002                          |
| CHANDIGARH                | -                              |
| DADRA& N HAVELI           | 0.000                          |
| DAMAN & DIU               | -                              |
| DELHI                     | 0.018                          |
| LAKSHADWEEP               | -                              |
| PUDUCHERRY                | 0.000                          |
| ALL INDIA                 | 17.00                          |

Note:'0' relates to the area below 500 Hectares

'-' Not Available

Source: Directorate of Economics And Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

## Annexure II

Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4982 for answer on 23.07.2019

## District wise barren and un-culturable land in Uttar Pradeshfor the year 2014-15 (in Million hectares)

| Name of District       |   Area |
|------------------------|--------|
| 1.AGRA                 |   0    |
| 2.ALIGARH              |   0.01 |
| 3.ALLAHABAD            |   0.02 |
| 4.ALMORA               |   0    |
| 5.AMBEDKAR NAGAR       |   0    |
| 6.AMETHI               |   0.01 |
| 7.AMROHA               |   0    |
| 8.AURAIYA              |   0.01 |
| 9.AZAMGARH             |   0.01 |
| 10.BAGESHWAR           |   0    |
| 11.BAGHPAT             |   0    |
| 12.BAHRAICH            |   0    |
| 13.BALLIA              |   0.01 |
| 14.BALRAMPUR           |   0    |
| 15.BANDA               |   0.01 |
| 16.BARABANKI           |   0    |
| 17.BAREILLY            |   0.01 |
| 18.BASTI               |   0    |
| 19.BIJNOR              |   0    |
| 20.BUDAUN              |   0.01 |
| 21.BULANDSHAHR         |   0    |
| 22.CHAMOLI             |   0    |
| 23.CHAMPAWAT           |   0    |
| 24.CHANDAULI           |   0    |
| 25.CHITRAKOOT          |   0.02 |
| 26.DEHRADUN            |   0    |
| 27.DEORIA              |   0    |
| 28.ETAH                |   0    |
| 29.ETAWAH              |   0.01 |
| 30.FAIZABAD            |   0    |
| 31.FARRUKHABAD         |   0.01 |
| 32.FATEHPUR            |   0.01 |
| 33.FIROZABAD           |   0.01 |
| 34.GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR |   0    |
| 35.GHAZIABAD           |   0    |
| 36.GHAZIPUR            |   0    |
| 37.GONDA               |   0    |
| 38.GORAKHPUR           |   0    |
| 39.HAMIRPUR            |   0.01 |
| 40.HAPUR               |   0    |
| 41.HARDOI              |   0.01 |
| 42.HARIDWAR            |   0    |
| 43.HATHRAS             |   0    |
| 44.JALAUN              |   0.01 |

| 46.JHANSI             |   0.03 |
|-----------------------|--------|
| 47.KANNAUJ            |   0.01 |
| 48.KANPUR DEHAT       |   0.02 |
| 49.KANPUR NAGAR       |   0.01 |
| 50.KASGANJ            |   0    |
| 51.KAUSHAMBI          |   0.01 |
| 52.KHERI              |   0    |
| 53.KUSHI NAGAR        |   0    |
| 54.LALITPUR           |   0.01 |
| 55.LUCKNOW            |   0.01 |
| 56.MAHARAJGANJ        |   0    |
| 57.MAHOBA             |   0.01 |
| 58.MAINPURI           |   0.01 |
| 59.MATHURA            |   0    |
| 60.MAU                |   0    |
| 61.MEERUT             |   0    |
| 62.MIRZAPUR           |   0.01 |
| 63.MORADABAD          |   0    |
| 64.MUZAFFARNAGAR      |   0    |
| 65.NAINITAL           |   0    |
| 66.PAURI GARHWAL      |   0    |
| 67.PILIBHIT           |   0.01 |
| 68.PITHORAGARH        |   0    |
| 69.PRATAPGARH         |   0.01 |
| 70.RAE BARELI         |   0.01 |
| 71.RAMPUR             |   0.01 |
| 72.RUDRA PRAYAG       |   0    |
| 73.SAHARANPUR         |   0    |
| 74.SAMBHAL            |   0    |
| 75.SANT KABEER NAGAR  |   0    |
| 76.SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR |   0    |
| 77.SHAHJAHANPUR       |   0.01 |
| 78.SHAMLI             |   0    |
| 79.SHRAVASTI          |   0    |
| 80.SIDDHARTH NAGAR    |   0    |
| 81.SITAPUR            |   0.01 |
| 82.SONBHADRA          |   0.01 |
| 83.SULTANPUR          |   0.01 |
| 84.TEHRI GARHWAL      |   0    |
| 85.UDAM SINGH NAGAR   |   0    |
| 86.UNNAO              |   0.01 |
| 87.UTTAR KASHI        |   0    |

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