Lok Sabha Question No. 3840 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Water Stressed Districts
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sumalatha Ambareesh, M.K. Vishnu Prasad, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, D.K. Suresh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3840

ANSWERED ON 1 8.03 .2021

## WATER STRESSED DISTR ICTS

DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.

## 3840. SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY SHRI D.K.SURESH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is true that a third of the country is parched though India is water rich and annual rainfall, if so, t he details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has any data about the number of water stressed districts/blocks and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to take comprehensive measures to remove water shortage acr country including the water stressed districts;

(d) if so, the number of water stressed districts/ blocks shortlisted for this purpose alo adopted for shortlisting the same;

(e) whether the Government has set any time frame for this purpose and if so, the details the (f) the funds allocated/utilised for various water management programmes during each of t years and the oth er steps taken by the Government to check depleting ground water table in the c

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA

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(a) & (b) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) periodically assess the ground water resources pan -Indi in collaboration with States/Uts. As per the 2017 assessment, out of the total 6881 assessme Taluks/ Mandals/ watersheds/ Firkas) in the country, 1186 units (17 percent of the units) i UTs have been categorized as 'Over -exploited' where the Annual Ground Water Extraction is more than Annual Extractable Ground Water Resource. State - wise status of assessment units are given in Annexure I .

As  per  the  Central  Water  Commission  (CWC)  report  e ntitled  'Reassessment  of  Water Availability in  India using Space Inputs', the average annual water resources potential in the country is assessed as 1999.20 BCM. Details of basin - wise water availability is enclosed at Annexure - II .

(c) to (e) Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management including conservatio harvesting 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 rain water harvesting in the country are at the following URL:

http://jalshakti - dowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Feb2021.pdf.

In addition, a number of States have done notable work in the field of conservation/harvesting. 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 Telang ana,  Neeru  Chettu'  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  Jal  Jeevan  Hariyali  in  Bihar,  'Jal  Hi  Jeevan'  in  Haryana among others.

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Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) in 2019, a time bound campaign mission mode approach intended to improve water availa bility including ground water conditions in water  stressed  blocks  of  256  districts  in  India.  The  districts  were  selected  based  on extraction level as per the information available with the CGWB. In this regard, teams of Central Government along -with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to v stressed  districts  and  to  work  in  close  collaboration  with  district  level  officials  to interventions.  Further,  Ministry  launched  'JSA - II Catch  the  Rain'  on  21  December  2020  for  awareness generation among people.

Government of India is implementing Atal Bhujal Yojana (Atal Jal), a Rs. 6000 Cror Central Sector Scheme, for sustainable management of ground water resources with community participa Jal is being implemented in 80 water stressed districts of Seven States viz. Gujarat, Hary Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Rajasthan and  Uttar  Pradesh  as  a  pilot  project.  The  districts  ha identified based on the criticality of groundwater situations as proposed by the participatin

CGWB periodically assess the Dynamic Ground Water Resources of the country in collab on with States/UTs. The next assessment for the year 2020 is under process.

(f)  Central  Government  supports  construction  of  water  harvesting  and  conservation  works through  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  and  P radhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana -Watershed Development Component (PMKSY- WDC). The expenditure on water related works under MGNREGA during the last three years is given at Annexure III . Further, State - wise details of water harvesting structures creat ed unde  PMKSY - WDC is given at Annexure IV .

Further  other  steps  by  the  Central  Government  may  be  seen  in  the  URL  :  http:/ -dowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Feb2021.pdf.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No. 3840 to be answered in Sabha on 18.03.2021 regarding 'Water Stressed Districts'.

## CATEGORIZATION OF BLOCKS/ MANDALS/ TALUKAS IN INDIA (2017)

| S.No.   | States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assessed Units   | Safe   | Safe   | Semi-Critical   | Semi-Critical   | Critical   | Critical   | Over - Exploited   | Over - Exploited   | Saline   | Saline   |
|---------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------|--------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
| S.No.   | States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assessed Units   | Nos.   | %      | Nos.            | %               | Nos.       | %          | Nos.               | %                  | Nos.     | %        |
|         | States                       |                               |        |        |                 |                 |            |            |                    |                    |          |          |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh               | 670                           | 501    | 75     | 60              | 9               | 24         | 4          | 45                 | 7                  | 40       | 6        |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh            | 11                            | 11     | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 3       | Assam                        | 28                            | 28     | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 4       | Bihar                        | 534                           | 432    | 81     | 72              | 13              | 18         | 3          | 12                 | 2                  | 0        | 0        |
| 5       | Chattisgarh                  | 146                           | 122    | 84     | 22              | 15              | 2          | 1          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 6       | Delhi                        | 34                            | 3      | 9      | 7               | 21              | 2          | 6          | 22                 | 65                 | 0        | 0        |
| 7       | Goa                          | 12                            | 12     | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 8       | Gujarat                      | 248                           | 194    | 78     | 11              | 4               | 5          | 2          | 25                 | 10                 | 13       | 5        |
| 9       | Haryana                      | 128                           | 26     | 20     | 21              | 16              | 3          | 2          | 78                 | 61                 | 0        | 0        |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh             | 8                             | 3      | 38     | 1               | 13              | 0          | 0          | 4                  | 50                 | 0        | 0        |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir              | 22                            | 22     | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 12      | Jharkhand                    | 260                           | 245    | 94     | 10              | 4               | 2          | 1          | 3                  | 1                  | 0        | 0        |
| 13      | Karnataka                    | 176                           | 97     | 55     | 26              | 15              | 8          | 5          | 45                 | 26                 | 0        | 0        |
| 14      | Kerala                       | 152                           | 119    | 78     | 30              | 20              | 2          | 1          | 1                  | 1                  | 0        | 0        |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh               | 313                           | 240    | 77     | 44              | 14              | 7          | 2          | 22                 | 7                  | 0        | 0        |
| 16      | Maharashtra                  | 353                           | 271    | 77     | 61              | 17              | 9          | 3          | 11                 | 3                  | 1        | 0        |
| 17      | Manipur                      | 9                             | 9      | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 18      | Meghalaya                    | 11                            | 11     | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 19      | Mizoram                      | 26                            | 26     | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 20      | Nagaland                     | 11                            | 11     | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 21      | Odisha                       | 314                           | 303    | 96     | 5               | 2               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 6        | 2        |
| 22      | Punjab                       | 138                           | 22     | 16     | 5               | 4               | 2          | 1          | 109                | 79                 | 0        | 0        |
| 23      | Rajasthan                    | 295                           | 45     | 15     | 29              | 10              | 33         | 11         | 185                | 63                 | 3        | 1        |
| 24      | Sikkim                       | 4                             | 4      | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                   | 1166                          | 427    | 37     | 163             | 14              | 79         | 7          | 462                | 40                 | 35       | 3        |
| 26      | Telangana                    | 584                           | 278    | 48     | 169             | 29              | 67         | 11         | 70                 | 12                 | 0        | 0        |
| 27      | Tripura                      | 59                            | 59     | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh*               | 830                           | 540    | 65     | 151             | 18              | 48         | 6          | 91                 | 11                 | 0        | 0        |
| 29      | Uttarakhand                  | 18                            | 13     | 72     | 5               | 28              | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 30      | West Bengal **               | 268                           | 191    | 71     | 76              | 28              | 1          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
|         | Total States                 | 6828                          | 4265   | 62     | 968             | 14              | 312        | 5          | 1185               | 17                 | 98       | 1        |
|         | Union Territories            |                               |        |        |                 |                 |            |            |                    |                    |          |          |
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar            | 36                            | 35     | 97     | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 1        | 3        |
| 2       | Chandigarh                   | 1                             | 0      | 0      | 1               | 100             | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 3       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli         | 1                             | 1      | 100    | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 4       | Daman & Diu                  | 2                             | 1      | 50     | 0               | 0               | 1          | 50         | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 5       | Lakshdweep                   | 9                             | 6      | 67     | 3               | 33              | 0          | 0          | 0                  | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 6       | Puducherry                   | 4                             | 2      | 50     | 0               | 0               | 0          | 0          | 1                  | 25                 | 1        | 25       |
|         | Total UTs Total              | 53                            | 45     | 85     | 4               | 8               | 1          | 2          | 1                  | 2                  | 2        | 4        |
| Grand   | Grand                        | 6881                          | 4310   | 63     | 972             | 14              | 313        | 5          | 1186               | 17                 | 100      | 1        |

Note

Blocks -Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, M.P., Manipur, Mizoram, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, T Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Taluks - Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra

Mandals -Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

Districts/Valley -Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland

Islands -Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Firka- Tamil Nadu

Region -Puducherry

UT -Chandigarh, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

Tehsil - NCT Delhi

*Uttar Pradesh: There are total 820 block and 10 Cities

**The Ground Water resources assessment as on 2013 has been considered for the state of West Bengal

## Annexu re referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No. 3840 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 18.03.2021 regarding 'Water Stressed Districts'.

Basin - wise Details of Average Ann ual Water Availability in India .

| Sl.   | No. RiverBasin                                    | Catchment area   | (sq.km)Average Water Resources Potential (BCM)   |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1.    | Indus                                             | 317708           | 45.53                                            |
| 2.    | Ganga- Brahmaputra - Meghna                       |                  |                                                  |
|       | (a) Ganga                                         | 838803           | 509.52                                           |
|       | (b) Brahmaputra                                   | 193252           | 527.28                                           |
|       | (c) Barak & others                                | 86335            | 86.67                                            |
| 3.    | Godavari                                          | 312150           | 117.74                                           |
| 4.    | Krishna                                           | 259439           | 89.04                                            |
| 5.    | Cauvery                                           | 85167            | 27.67                                            |
| 6.    | Subarnarekha                                      | 26804            | 15.05                                            |
| 7.    | Brahmani- Baitarani                               | 53902            | 35.65                                            |
| 8.    | Mahanadi                                          | 144905           | 73.00                                            |
| 9.    | Pennar                                            | 54905            | 11.02                                            |
| 10.   | Mahi                                              | 39566            | 14.96                                            |
| 11.   | Sabarmati                                         | 31901            | 12.96                                            |
| 12.   | Narmada                                           | 96659.79         | 58.21                                            |
| 13.   | Tapi                                              | 65805.80         | 26.24                                            |
| 14.   | West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to                  | Tadri 58360      | 118.35                                           |
| 15.   | West Flowing Rivers from Tadri Kanyakumari        | to 54231         | 119.06                                           |
| 16.   | East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi Pennar       | and 82073        | 26.41                                            |
| 17.   | East Flowing Rivers between Pennar Kanyakumari    | & 101657         | 26.74                                            |
| 18.   | West Flowing rivers of Kutch and including Luni   | Surashtra 192112 | 26.93                                            |
| 19.   | Area of Inland Drainage in Rajasthan              | 144835.90        | Negligible                                       |
| 20.   | Minor Rivers draining into Myanmar and Bangladesh | (Burma) 31382    | 31.17                                            |
|       | Total                                             | 3271953          | 1999.20                                          |

Source: Reassessment of Water Availability in India using Space Inputs, June 2019.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of Unstarred Question No. 3840 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 18.03.2021 regarding 'Water Stressed Districts'.

The works taken up on Water Conservation & Water Harvesting under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in last three year & current year in all States/UTs.

| WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING WORKS TAKEN UP UNDER MAHATMA GANDHI NREGA IN ALL STATES/UTS (as on 15th Ma rch 2021)   | WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING WORKS TAKEN UP UNDER MAHATMA GANDHI NREGA IN ALL STATES/UTS (as on 15th Ma rch 2021)   | WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING WORKS TAKEN UP UNDER MAHATMA GANDHI NREGA IN ALL STATES/UTS (as on 15th Ma rch 2021)   | WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING WORKS TAKEN UP UNDER MAHATMA GANDHI NREGA IN ALL STATES/UTS (as on 15th Ma rch 2021)   | WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING WORKS TAKEN UP UNDER MAHATMA GANDHI NREGA IN ALL STATES/UTS (as on 15th Ma rch 2021)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| YEAR                                                                                                                         | COMPLETED                                                                                                                    | COMPLETED                                                                                                                    | ONGING                                                                                                                       | ONGING                                                                                                                       |
| YEAR                                                                                                                         | NUMBER OF WORKS                                                                                                              | EXPENDITURE (in Rs. Lakh)                                                                                                    | NUMBER OF WORKS                                                                                                              | EXPENDITURE (in Rs. Lakh)                                                                                                    |
| 2020- 21                                                                                                                     | 4,09,727                                                                                                                     | 5,94,210.71                                                                                                                  | 9,96,961                                                                                                                     | 15,27,538.27                                                                                                                 |
| 2019- 20                                                                                                                     | 3,61,683                                                                                                                     | 8,66,406.33                                                                                                                  | 7,44,236                                                                                                                     | 4,43,911.50                                                                                                                  |
| 2018- 19                                                                                                                     | 3,16,917                                                                                                                     | 8,08,484.14                                                                                                                  | 6,04,991                                                                                                                     | 2,26,140.19                                                                                                                  |
| 2017- 18                                                                                                                     | 3,81,705                                                                                                                     | 6,11,878.52                                                                                                                  | 4,70,559                                                                                                                     | 69,815.22                                                                                                                    |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of Unstarred Question No. 3840 to be answered in Sabha on 18.03.2021 regarding 'Water Stressed Districts'.

State - wise details of WHS created/rejuvenated under PMKSY - WDC during 2015 - 16 to 2020- 21 (as on 30.09.2020)

| Sl. No   | State             | WHS created /rejuvenated (in Nos.)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 182075                               |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 441                                  |
| 3        | Assam             | 6797                                 |
| 4        | Bihar             | 6045                                 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 7608                                 |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 39061                                |
| 7        | Haryana           | 3245                                 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 6655                                 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir*  | 4898                                 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 3630                                 |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 24430                                |
| 12       | Kerala            | 25296                                |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 27132                                |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 9673                                 |
| 15       | Manipur           | 6814                                 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 1522                                 |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 9092                                 |
| 18       | Nagaland          | 2488                                 |
| 19       | Odisha            | 21292                                |
| 20       | Punjab            | 365                                  |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | 91869                                |
| 22       | Sikkim            | 125                                  |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        | 40220                                |
| 24       | Telangana         | 19011                                |
| 25       | Tripura           | 2355                                 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | 20307                                |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 14634                                |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 13558                                |
|          | Total             | 5,90,638                             |

Note: Provisional and subject to change (As per information received from States)

* erstwhile J&K

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