Lok Sabha Question No. 3153 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Irrigation Facility to Farmers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Suresh Pujari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3153

## ANSWERED ON 12 .0 3.2020

## IRRIGATION FACILITY TO FARMERS

## 3153. SHRI SURESH PUJARI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any plan to provide irrigation facility to the farmers acros all the Sub - divisions/Blocks of every districts where there is a potential for irrigation;

( b) if so, the status and progress of the pending and proposed irrigation projects in Padamp -division of Bargarh district of Odisha;

(c) whether the Government is planning to use modern technology and the ideas of multiple medium irrigation projects in place of major project to provide irrigation facilities to the fa to  avoid  large  scale  displacement  of  families  and  connected  resistance  causing  delay  in irrigation projects and escalations of project costs; and

( d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  to  (b) The  Water  Resources  Projects  are  planned,  funded,  executed  and  maintained  by  t Governments  themselves  as  per  their  own  resources  and  priority.  In  order  to  supplement  t Government  of  India  provides  technical  and  financial  assistance  to Sta e  Governments  to  encourage sustainable  development  and  efficient  management  of  water  resources  through  various  sch programmes.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched during the year 2015 - 16, with an aim to enhance physica l access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured i improve on - farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, e has various components viz. Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP), PMKSY -Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) including Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM), Surface - Minor Irrigation (SMI) and Repair, Renovationand Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies [Implemented by DoWR, RD & GR, MoJS],  PMKSY -Per Drop More C rop (PDMC) [Implemented by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare] and PMKSY -Watershed Development Component(WDC) [Implemented by Department of Land Resources].

Further,  during  2016 - 17,  Ninety -Nine  (99)  on - going  Major/Medium  irrigation/  Extension, Renovation & Modernization (ERM) projects (and 7 phases) under PMKSY - AIBP including 8 projects of Odisha,  having  ultimate  irrigation  potential  of  76.03  lakh  hectare  and balance  cost  of  Rs.77595  crore [Central Assistance (CA) component of Rs.31342 crore] estimated at that time, have been p consultation with States for completion in phases along with their Command Area Development Management (CADWM) wor ks. Funding mechanism through NABARD has also been approved by the Government for both Central and State Share.

AIBP  works  of  40  prioritized  projects  (including  5  in  Odisha)  have  been  repor completed/ almost completed. At present there is no ongo ing PMKSY -AIBP Project in Padampur Sub -Division of Bargarh district of Odisha.

(c) & (d) For the efficient distribution of available water and to avoid the problems of L use of pressurized pipe system wherever feasible is encouraged.  DoW R, RD & GR and Central Water Commission  (CWC)  has  prepared  guidelines  for  proper  planning,  design  and  implementation  o Irrigation Network and the same was circulated to States for reference during July, 2017.

Further, the CADWM programme is also be ing implemented in respect of 99 prioritized proj The CADWM programme mandates to cover atleast 10% of the command under micro irrigation.

Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers  Welfare  (DoAC & FW)  is  also implementing  Per  Drop  More  Cro p  (PDMC)  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri KrishiSinchayeeYojana (PMKSY).  The  PMKSY - PDMC  focuses  on  water  use  efficiency  at  farm  level  through  precision irrigation.

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