Lok Sabha Question No. 4149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Completion of Water Projects
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4149

## ANSWERED ON 1 8.0 7.2019

## COMPLETION OF WATER PROJECTS

## 4149. SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is assisting financially and otherwise to complete water relate Telangana and also 'Jalayaguam' project in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;

(b) th e number of projects assisted by the Government so far, State/UT - wise during the last five years;

(c) the criteria adopted therefor;

(d) the role played/to be played by financial institutions and international agencies in co projects in b oth the States; and

(e) the time frame fixed to complete all the projects along with the action plan chalked o them within the prescribed time frame?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  to  (e) Water  Resources  Projects  are  planned,  funded,  executed  and  maintained  by  the Governments themselves as per their own resources and priority. In order to supplement t Government  of  India  provides  technical and  financial  assistance  to  State  Governments  to  encour sustainable  development  and  efficient  management  of  water  resources  through  various  sche programmes such as Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP), etc. under Pradhan Mant Krishi SinchayeeYojana (PMKSY).

During  2016 - 17,  a  Committee  under  the  chairmanship  of  Minister  (WR),  Government Chhattisgarh prioritized  ninety - nine  (99)  on -going  Major/Medium  Irrigation  (MMI)  projects  under PMKSY - (AIBP), in consultation with States, having ultimate irrigation potential of 76.03 lakh ha balance  estimated  cost  of Rs. 77,595 crore  [Central  Assistance  (CA)  component:  Rs.31342  crore] completion  in  phases  up  to  December,  2019  along  with  their  Command  Area  Development  &  W Managem ent (CADWM) works. Funding arrangement for both Central & State share for these pr has been approved through NABARD under Long - Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF).

State - wise distribution of prioritized 99 MMI projects and other projects approved f thereafter is annexed .

Out of prioritized 99 projects under PMKSY, 8irrigation projects are of Andhra Pradesh. As informed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh , Jalayagnam programme was started in 2004 with aim t complete various irrigation projects in the State.  Two prioritised projects of Andhra Pr Yerrakalva and Maddigedda were started before 2004 and are not part of Jalayagnam programme. of six  prioritised  projects  of  Andhra  Pradesh  namely  Gundlakamma,  Tarakarama Thirth ,  Pushkara, Thotapalli,  Tadipudi  and  Musurumilli  are  part  of  Jalayagnam  programme.    CA  of  Rs.22.70  c Rs.69.18  crore  has  been  released  for  the  8  prioritised  project s  of  Andhra  Pradesh  under  AIBP  and CADWM components respectively since 2016 - 7. In addition, the Government of Andhra Prade sh availed State Share of Rs. 489.34 crore from NABARAD under LTIF since 2016 - 17 for the prioritised projects.

There are11 prioriti sed irrigation projects of Telangana.   CA of Rs.560.69 crore and R crore has been released for the 11 prioritised projects of Telangana under AIBP and CADWM com respectively since 2016 - 17.

Further,  under  Repair  Renovation  and  Restoration (RRR)  of  Water  Bodies  scheme,  CA  of Rs.2.7  crore  and  Rs.104.56  crore  has  been  released  to  the  States  of  Andhra  Pradesh  and respectively since XII Plan onwards.

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Annexure  as  refe rred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (e)  Unstarred Question. No.  4149  to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 18.07.2019 regarding 'COMPLETION OF WATER PROJECTS'

Project

AP

Project and

| Sl. No.   | Name of State   |   No. of MMI Irrigation Projects under PMKSY - AIBP | Other Irrigation projects receiving Central Assistance target for completion                                     |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh  |                                                   8 | Polavaram Irrigation declared as National Project section 90(1) of Reorganization act, 2013 ( June, 2021)        |
| 2.        | Assam           |                                                   3 |                                                                                                                  |
| 3.        | Bihar           |                                                   2 |                                                                                                                  |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh    |                                                   3 |                                                                                                                  |
| 5.        | Goa             |                                                   1 |                                                                                                                  |
| 6.        | Gujarat         |                                                   1 |                                                                                                                  |
| 7.        | Jammu & Kashmir |                                                   4 |                                                                                                                  |
| 8.        | Jharkhand       |                                                   1 |                                                                                                                  |
| 9.        | Karnataka       |                                                   5 |                                                                                                                  |
| 10.       | Kerala          |                                                   2 |                                                                                                                  |
| 11.       | Madhya Pradesh  |                                                  14 |                                                                                                                  |
| 12.       | Maharashtra     |                                                  26 | Special Package in Vidarbha Marathwada and other drought prone areas of Maharashtra ( in phased manner 2022- 23) |
| 13.       | Manipur         |                                                   2 |                                                                                                                  |
| 14.       | Odisha          |                                                   8 |                                                                                                                  |
| 15.       | Punjab          |                                                   2 | 1.ShahpurKandi Dam ( June 2022 ) 2.Relining of Sirhind Rajasthan Feeder ( June 2021 )                            |
| 16.       | Rajasthan       |                                                   2 |                                                                                                                  |
| 17.       | Telangana       |                                                  11 |                                                                                                                  |
| 18.       | Uttar Pradesh   |                                                   4 |                                                                                                                  |
| Total     | Total           |                                                  99 |                                                                                                                  |

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