Lok Sabha Question No. 1610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Agricultural Production using Ground Water
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, D. M. Kathir Anand, Chhatar Singh Darbar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1610

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION USING GROUND WATER

1610.    SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA: SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND: SHRI CHHATAR SINGH DARBAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of agricultural production made by using ground water for irrigation purposes in the country;
- (b) whether  the  depleting  water  table  has  adversely  affected  the  production  of foodgrains in the country including Tamil Nadu;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the effective measures taken by the Union Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Union Government has assessed the current status thereof in every State/Union Territory;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to increase the ground water levels and funds allocated in this regard during the last five years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a):       As per available information, the net sown area in the country is 140.13 million hectare.  The net irrigated area in the country is 68.3 million hectare which includes 41.08 million hectare irrigated by wells and tube wells.
- (b) & (c):     Though there are instances of depletion of ground water in some regions of the country, yet it has had no significant adverse impact on food grain production.  The production of food grain in the country including Tamil Nadu has increased from 252.03 million  tonnes  in  2014-15  to  284.95  million  tonnes  during  2018-19  (4th  advanced estimates).

(d) & (e):      The dynamic Ground Water Resources of the country are being periodically assessed jointly by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and State Governments. As per the  2017  assessment,  total  annual  Ground  Water  recharge  is  432  Billion  Cubic  Meter (BCM)  and  the  Annual  Extractable  Ground  Water  Resource  is  393  BCM.  The  Annual Ground Water Extraction for all uses is 249 BCM, out of which 221 BCM is for irrigation use.

CGWB  periodical  monitors  the  ground  water  levels  throughout  the  country  on  a regional scale, through a network of monitoring wells. In order to assess the decline in water level on a long-term basis, pre-monsoon water level data collected by CGWB during pre-monsoon 2019 has been compared with the decadal average (2009-2018). Analysis of  water  level  data  indicates  that  about  61%  of  the  wells  monitored  have  registered decline in ground water levels, mostly in the range of 0 - 2 m. Decline of more than 4 m has also been observed in pockets of most of the States/ UTs except Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Puducherry and Tripura. The States/UTs where more than 10% of monitoring wells show decline of more than 4m are - Delhi, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttarakhand.

(f):              Central  Ground  Water  Board  is  implementing  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  on 'Ground Water Management & Regulation'.  Water being a State subject, initiatives  on water  management  including  participatory  groundwater  management  in  the  Country  is primarily States' responsibility.  A number of States have done notable work in the field of water  management/conservation  such  as  '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  etc.  The  important  measures  taken  by  the  Central  Government  for  conservation, management of ground water and effective implementation of rain water harvesting in the country is at www.mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_ water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf.

Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a time bound campaign with a mission  mode  approach  intended  to  improve  water  availability  including  ground  water conditions in the water stressed blocks of 256 districts in India. In this regard, teams of officers from Central Government along-with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were  deputed  to  visit  water  stressed  districts  and  to  work  in  close  collaboration  with district level officials to undertake suitable interventions.

Indian  Council  for  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)    has  developed  location  specific rainwater harvesting measures, technology for ground water recharge, conjunctive use of surface  & ground water, and micro-irrigation  for sustainable management  and judicious use  of  groundwater  resources  in  agriculture.    The  Council  also  imparts  training  and organizes frontline demonstration on these aspects.

Central  Government  supports  construction  of  water  harvesting  and  conservation works primarily through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana-  Watershed  Development Component (PMKSY-WDC).   Micro Irrigation viz. Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation is  being promoted  under  Per  Drop  More  Crop  component  of  PMKSY  (PMKSY-PDMC)  for enhancing  water  use  efficiency  at  farm  level.    Crop  diversification  programme  is  also being implemented for encouraging water guzzling crops to be grown in more appropriate agro climatic regions and be replaced by less water intensive crops.  Details of Central Assistance released to States  under  MGNREGS,  PMKSY-WDC and PMKSY-PDMC are given at Annexure I, II and III.

## Annexuxre-I

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1610 for answer on 11.02.2020 regarding Agricultural Production using Ground Water

## Fund released for WATER CONSERVATION &WATER HARVESTING  UNDER MGNREGS

Rs. in lakhs

| S.No.   | State               |         2018-19 |   2017-18 |   2016-17 |   2015-16 |   2014-15 |
|---------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar |     21.28       |     27.06 |      6.85 |     25.24 |     70.2  |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      |  76072.5        |  45564.4  |  26883.3  |  57995.8  |  17854.8  |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   |    934.29       |    415.94 |    449.53 |     53.38 |     22.43 |
| 4       | Assam               |   9077.23       |   6309.15 |   7289.78 |   2210.78 |   1792.06 |
| 5       | Bihar               |  18503.8        |  15755.3  |  12815.3  |   9129.91 |   3728.03 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh        |  56564.3        |  46126.8  |  56969    |  29691.2  |  28990.4  |
| 7       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |      0          |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 8       | Daman &Diu          |      0          |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 9       | Goa                 |      0          |      0.79 |      4.17 |      2.99 |      8.58 |
| 10      | Gujarat             |  19052.7        |   9356.06 |  10616    |   7252.24 |   4553    |
| 11      | Haryana             |   5388.3        |   4807.84 |   4676.48 |   1272.51 |   2734.26 |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh    |   9222.73       |   6197.81 |   6097.89 |   4398.76 |   5772.01 |
| 13      | Jammu And Kashmir   |   3543.53       |   5146.23 |   3492.12 |   2731.55 |   1302.12 |
| 14      | Jharkhand           |   9108.26       |  13762.1  |  64559.9  |  33972.4  |  24965.3  |
| 15      | Karnataka           |  58124.3        |  45327.6  |  42815.7  |  17620.8  |  17153.5  |
| 16      | Kerala              |  90044          |  52227.1  |  47288.4  |  31616.2  |  38591.6  |
| 17      | Lakshadweep         |      2.34       |      1.91 |      0    |      2.04 |     10.18 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh      |  97836          |  49304.1  |  54783    |  26539.3  |  37800    |
| 19      | Maharashtra         |  32376.1        |  28270.5  |  35478.2  |  36689.5  |  26225.9  |
| 20      | Manipur             |   3032.1        |    756.16 |   2230.21 |   1217.14 |   1868.07 |
| 21      | Meghalaya           |   5417.5        |   7612.55 |   6564.46 |   1850.71 |   2160.72 |
| 22      | Mizoram             |   3772.23       |   1423.71 |   1029.55 |   2068.48 |    782.75 |
| 23      | Nagaland            |   1787.86       |   6735.86 |   2441.35 |    740.32 |     95.19 |
| 24      | Odisha              |  15187.2        |  15557.6  |  21500.7  |  13281.9  |  10003.5  |
| 25      | Puducherry          |    340.04       |    273.47 |     94.26 |     73.32 |     37.21 |
| 26      | Punjab              |    918.43       |    697.23 |    441.21 |    323.83 |    184.9  |
| 27      | Rajasthan           | 112575          |  76703.8  |  94708.2  |  82303.7  |  70101.5  |
| 28      | Sikkim              |    403.93       |    639.97 |   1256.02 |   1037.73 |    737.35 |
| 29      | Tamil Nadu          | 218409          |  52327.6  |  46809.3  |  55366.4  |  43614.4  |
| 30      | Telangana           |  54154          |  57285.7  |  39857    |  41593.8  |  19973.1  |
| 31      | Tripura             |   9378.79       |   7190.18 |  15142.9  |  10881.1  |  13918.4  |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh       |  74204.5        |  55417.1  |  98099    |  37596.2  |  30083.1  |
| 33      | Uttarakhand         |   6029.63       |   5742.98 |   4615.97 |   2990.56 |   1987.53 |
| 34      | West Bengal         |  41323.2        |  67351.1  |  85368    |  49600.8  |  65130    |
|         | Total               |      1.0328e+06 | 684316    | 794384    | 562131    | 472252    |

Annexuxre-II

Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1610 for answer on 11.02.2020 regarding Agricultural Production using Ground Water

Rs.in crore

## State-wise /  Year-wise details of funds released  under WDC-PMKSY (erstwhile IWMP) from 2014-15 to 2018-19

| S. No.   | State             |   2014-15 | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |    Total |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |    163.28 | 86.73     | 120.96    | 123.35    | 139.15    |  633.47  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    | 18        | 23.12     | 9.62      | 19.17     |   69.91  |
| 3        | Assam             |      6.99 | 45        | 0         | 65.09     | 66.55     |  183.63  |
| 4        | Bihar             |     21.47 | 5         | 28.26     | 19.21     | 46.77     |  120.71  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |     10    | 20        | 34.96     | 33.45     | 57.03     |  155.44  |
| 6        | Goa               |      0    |           |           |           |           |    0     |
| 7        | Gujarat           |     72.34 | 100       | 115.04    | 87.51     | 151.84    |  526.73  |
| 8        | Haryana           |     26.97 | 6.91      | 12.82     | 10.94     | 10        |   67.64  |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    | 20        | 35.4      | 26.83     | 24.04     |  106.27  |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   |     51.43 |           | 25.59     | 43.66     | 71.87     |  192.55  |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |      0    | 20        | 17.68     |           | 28.83     |   66.51  |
| 12       | Karnataka         |    125.43 | 125       | 145.72    | 175.69    | 101.07    |  672.91  |
| 13       | Kerala            |     15.16 | 20        | 16.62     | 17.83     | 13.06     |   82.67  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |    303.98 | 150       | 129.44    | 134.84    | 162.41    |  880.67  |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |    197.91 | 250       | 186.95    | 279.21    | 163.33    | 1077.4   |
| 16       | Manipur           |     11.1  | 9         | 11.286    | 13.84     | 14.14     |   59.366 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |     37.16 | 18        | 11.56     | 8.95      | 6.69      |   82.36  |
| 18       | Mizoram           |     75.81 | 8.87      | 16.06     | 22.35     | 23.14     |  146.23  |
| 19       | Nagaland          |     95.09 | 27        | 60.84     | 32.08     | 38.51     |  253.52  |
| 20       | Odisha            |    248.79 | 67.5      | 91.99     | 94.48     | 102.17    |  604.93  |
| 21       | Punjab            |      0    | 7.953     | 0         | 7.96      | 0         |   15.913 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |    403.07 | 200       | 199.35    | 243.59    | 299       | 1345.01  |
| 23       | Sikkim            |      0    | 6.3       | 0         | 1.4       | 0         |    7.7   |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |    124.02 | 75        | 62.36     | 82.75     | 90.59     |  434.72  |
| 25       | Telangana         |    124.58 | 70        | 0         | 51.14     | 81.93     |  327.65  |
| 26       | Tripura           |     19.04 | 20.89     | 27.12     | 16.66     | 15.89     |   99.6   |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     |     75.39 | 75        | 58.38     | 63.93     | 0         |  272.7   |
| 28       | Uttrakhand        |     49.77 | 25.677    | 16.15     | 9.97      | 6.98      |  108.547 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |     25.85 | 10        | 24.06     | 15.48     | 46.39     |  121.78  |
|          | Grand Total       |   2284.63 | 1487.83   | 1471.72   | 1691.81   | 1780.55   | 8716.54  |

## ANNEXURE-III

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1610 for answer on 11.02.2020 regarding Agricultural Production using Ground Water

## Central assistance released under PMKSY-PDMC

Rs in Crore

| S.No.   | States/UT               |   2014-15* |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|---------|-------------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh          |     121.48 |    206.47 |    308.69 |    517.1  |    520    |
| 2       | Bihar                   |      35    |     28.6  |     21.6  |     12.5  |     27.91 |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh            |      10    |     20.3  |     44.8  |     55    |     43.39 |
| 4       | Goa                     |       0.2  |      0.3  |      0.8  |      0    |      1.2  |
| 5       | Gujarat                 |     140.68 |    213.05 |    274    |    300    |    272.5  |
| 6       | Haryana                 |      23    |     34.97 |     27    |     14.01 |     27.41 |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh        |       1.5  |      7.6  |      8.5  |     19.25 |     26    |
| 8       | Jharkhand               |      15    |     14.97 |     30.7  |     25    |     10    |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir         |       0    |      4.87 |      5.4  |      3    |      7.8  |
| 10      | Karnataka               |     124.25 |    213.12 |    229    |    385    |    372.03 |
| 11      | Kerala                  |       3.75 |      8.53 |      0    |     25    |      4    |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh          |      66.5  |    161.74 |    121.1  |    150    |    132.56 |
| 13      | Maharashtra             |     177.5  |    107.26 |    305.7  |    362.5  |    360    |
| 14      | Odisha                  |      10.14 |     28.7  |     39.7  |     48    |     58    |
| 15      | Punjab                  |       0    |     43    |      1.18 |      0    |      9    |
| 16      | Rajasthan               |      75    |    142.84 |    129    |    107.5  |    168.48 |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu              |      56.63 |    129.78 |    143.5  |    369.55 |    355    |
| 18      | Telangana               |      77.57 |    111.32 |    189    |    257    |    122    |
| 19      | Uttarakhand             |       6.97 |      9.6  |     15    |     27.2  |     43    |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh           |       3    |     37.51 |     41.4  |     55    |     87.88 |
| 21      | West Bengal             |       0    |      4.8  |     19.9  |     31    |     40    |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh       |       0    |      2.6  |      2    |      8.3  |     12.5  |
| 23      | Assam                   |       1    |      5.03 |     11    |      3    |     30    |
| 24      | Manipur                 |       2.72 |      2.76 |      3.6  |      7.5  |     40    |
| 25      | Meghalaya               |       0    |      1.43 |      0    |      3.3  |     12    |
| 26      | Mizoram                 |       4.5  |      3.27 |      8.1  |     12.3  |     27.8  |
| 27      | Nagaland                |       0    |      2.34 |      4.5  |     11.8  |     35    |
| 28      | Sikkim                  |       4.26 |      4.86 |      5.4  |      4    |     55.19 |
| 29      | Tripura                 |       2    |      1.55 |      0    |      3.75 |     15    |
| 30      | Andman & Nicobar Island |       0    |      0.2  |      0    |      0.5  |      0    |
| 31      | Puducherry              |       0    |      2.03 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         | Grand Total             |     962.65 |   1555.4  |   1990.57 |   2818.06 |   2915.65 |

*Released under On Farm Water Management Scheme (OFWM)

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