Lok Sabha Question No. 65 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Atal Bhujal Yojana
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *65

ANSWERED ON 06 . 02.20 20

## ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

## *65. DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  has  launched  the  Atal  Bhujal  Yojana  to  strengthen  the  ins framework  for  participatory  ground  water  management  and  bringing  abou t  behavioural  changes  for sustainable ground water resource management in seven States and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the Government has allocated the budget for the said Yojana and if so, the detail (c) whether the financial assistance has been sought from the World Bank for the said Yojana the details thereof; and (d) the details of other important initiatives being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF

JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKH

AWAT)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART s (a)  TO  ( d)  OF  STARRED  QUESTION NO. - *65 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2020 REGARDING ' ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA '  ASKED  BY DR.  SUKANTA  MAJUMDAR  &  SANGEETA  KUMARI  SINGH  DEO, M.P .

(a) to (c) Yes Sir, Government of India has approved Atal Bhujal Yojana (Atal Jal ), a Rs. 6000 Crore Central  Sector  Scheme,  for  sustainable  management  of  ground  water  resources  with  com y participation. The scheme is being implemented with the financial assistance of World Bank with a pattern of 50:50 between Government of India and World Bank. Atal Jal shall be implemented in 8353 Gram Panchayats spread over 193 identified  b locks in 78 districts of Seven States viz. Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Ra Uttar  Pradesh  during  the  period  2020 - 21  to  2024 - 25.  Tentative  allocations  to  S ta es  are  given  at Annexure - I . (d)Government  of  India  launched  Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan,  a  time  bound  campaign  with  a  mission approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditions in the w blocks of 256 districts in India. In this regard, teams of of ficers from Central Government along -with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to visit water stressed district close collaboration with district level officials to undertake suitable interventions. Water  being  a  Sta te  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including  partici groundwater  management  in  the  Country  is  primarily  States'  responsibility. However,  the  important measures taken by the Central Government for conservation, management of ground water and effective implementation of rain water harvesting in the country are at the following URL: http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_dep letion\_Jun2019.pdf . field

Further, a number of States have done notable work in the management/conservation.  Of these, mention can be made of 'Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan' in Rajasthan, 'Jalyukt Shibar' in Maharashtra, 'Sujalam Sufalam Abhiyan' in Gujarat, 'Mission Kakatiya' in Telangana, Neeru Chettu' in Andhra Pradesh, Jal Jeevan Hariyali in Bihar among others.

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ANNEXURE - I

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Starred Question No. *65 to be answer Lok Sabha on 06.02.2020 regarding 'Atal Bhujal Yojana'.

|   S.No. | State          |   Tentative Allocation (Rs. in Crore) |
|---------|----------------|---------------------------------------|
|       1 | Haryana        |                                723.19 |
|       2 | Gujarat        |                                756.76 |
|       3 | Karnataka      |                               1201.52 |
|       4 | Maharashtra    |                                925.77 |
|       5 | Rajasthan      |                               1189.65 |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  |                                729.24 |
|       7 | Madhya Pradesh |                                314.54 |

State - wise tentative allocations

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