Lok Sabha Question No. 343 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Irrigated Area under CADWM Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal

## THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) to (c) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*343

ANSWERED ON 12 . 12.201 9

## IRRIGATED AREA UNDER CADWM PROGRAMME

## †*343. SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government proposes to formulate any scheme to develop irrigated area and Jodhpur districts under Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) Programme or any other scheme to benefit the farmers keeping in view the geographical location of Rajast
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the irrigated areas developed in the country during the last three years, - wi e?

## ANSWER

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO †*343  REGARDING 'IRRIGATED AREA UNDER  CADWM PROGRAMME' BY SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

(a ) & ( b) The Command Area Development & Water Management (CADWM) programme under the Ministry has been taken up with a view to enhance utilization of irrigation potential improve agriculture production on a sustainable basis through Participatory Irrigation Ma (PIM).    CADWM Programme is presently being imp lemented as a component of Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sincha yee Yojana (PMKSY) for 99 AIBP prioritized projects in the country. Presently, there are 2 Projects namely Gang Canal Phase -II  and  Narmada  Canal Project, of Rajasthan whi ch are included under ongoing CADWM programme of Government of India . None of the above two projects benefit Nagaur and Jodhpur districts.

The scope of CADWM works ispresently restricted to prioritized projects under PMKSY . For coverage of command areaunder other projects , a new scheme , namely 'Incentivization Scheme for Bridging Irrigation Gap' (ISBIG) ,hasbeen proposed by this Ministry and itispresently under process  for  Government  approval . 13  projects of  Rajasthan have  beenincludedunder propose d scheme ofISBIG.

(c) From  2016- 17  onwards , Command  Area  Development  & Water  Management  (CADWM) Programme  is  being  implemented  for  99  AIBP  prioritized  projects  in  the  country.  Out prioritized AIBP Projects, depending on the requirements of State Governmen ts, 88 projects spread over 18 S tates have been included for CADW M programme so far. As per these included projects, i is  targeted  to  develop  44.34  lakh  hectare  of  Culturable  Command  Area  (CCA)  with  Cen A ssistance  (CA)  of  Rs.8186  crore. During  2016 - 19,    Rs.2380.242  crore  have  been  released  as Central Assistance, a nd CCA of 13.43 lakh hectare have been developed as per State - wise details given at Annexure - I .

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART (c) OF STARRED  QUESTION NO. †*343 T O BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12 .1 2.2019 REGARDING ' IRRIGATED AREA UNDER CADWM PROGRAMM E '.

## State - Wise Physical progress (CCA covered , as reported by State Government) under CADWM Programme during  2016 - 17 to 2018 - 19

|         |                   |          |          | Area in Th. Ha   | Area in Th. Ha   |
|---------|-------------------|----------|----------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No. | Name of the State | 2016- 17 | 2017- 18 | 2018- 19         | Total            |
| 1       | 2                 | 3        | 4        | 5                | 6                |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 2       | Assam             | 0.000    | 0.000    | 14.25            | 14.25            |
| 3       | Bihar             | 2.245    | 5.492    | 4.00             | 11.74            |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh      | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 5       | Goa               | 0.010    | 0.010    | 0.77             | 0.79             |
| 6       | Gujarat           | 385.282  | 290.060  | 260.27           | 935.62           |
| 7       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.000    | 0.000    | 1.28             | 1.28             |
| 8       | Jharkhand         | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 9       | Karnataka         | 11.075   | 10.954   | 8.90             | 30.93            |
| 10      | Kerala            | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 11      | Madhya Pradesh    | 74.935   | 85.060   | 50.05            | 210.04           |
| 12      | Maharashtra       | 7.634    | 16.557   | 33.69            | 57.88            |
| 13      | Manipur           | 0.000    | 0.000    | 5.03             | 5.03             |
| 14      | Odisha            | 10.470   | 24.340   | 20.36            | 55.17            |
| 15      | Rajasthan         | 6.863    | 7.224    | 7.08             | 21.17            |
| 16      | Telangana         | 0.000    | 0.000    | 0.00             | 0.00             |
| 17      | Uttar Pradesh     | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00             | 0.00             |
|         | TOTAL :           | 498.51   | 439.70   | 405.67           | 1343.88          |

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