Lok Sabha Question No. 367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Rain Water Storage Capacity
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †367

ANSWERED ON 19.0 7.201 8

## RAIN WATER STORAGE C APACITY

## †367. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  additional  water  storage  capacity  for  rain  water  h Government sector has been created in the country during Marc h, 2014 to March, 2018 and if so, the details and the facts thereof;
- (b) the additional rain water harvesting capacity created in every State of the countr said period; and
- (c) the total storage capacity of rain water noticed in the country a t the end of March, 2018?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) to (c) The Ministry of Rural Development in consultation and agreement with the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR and the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare has developed an actionable  framework  for  Natural  Resources  Management  (NRM ), titled 'Mission  Water Conservation' to ensure gainful utilization of funds.  The Framework strives to ensure synergies in Mah atma Gandhi National Rural Empl oyment GuaranteeScheme (MGNREGS), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) and Command Area Development & Water Management (CAD& WM), given their common objectives. Types of common works undertaken under these programmes/schemes are water conservation a management,  water  harvesting,  soil  and  moisture  conservation,  groundwater  recharge, protection,  land  development,  Command Area  Development  &  Watershed  Management .    State -wise details of water conservation and water harvesting works completed under NRM during t period 2014 - 15 to 2018 -19 are given at Annexure.

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Annexure  referredto in  reply  to parts  (a)  to  (c)  of  Unstarred  Question  No. † 367  to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 19 .0 7 .2018 regarding ' Rain Water Storage Capacity '

| S.No.   |                      | No. of Works Completed   | No. of Works Completed   | No. of Works Completed   | No. of Works Completed   | No. of Works Completed   |
|---------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| S.No.   | State/UT             | FY 14-15                 | FY 15-16                 | FY 16-17                 | FY 17-18                 | FY 18-19 (So Far)        |
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar  | 21                       | 22                       | 49                       | 5                        | 0                        |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       | 39569                    | 45889                    | 87343                    | 42552                    | 17950                    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 13                       | 15                       | 588                      | 83                       | 6                        |
| 4       | Assam                | 551                      | 568                      | 906                      | 1969                     | 660                      |
| 5       | Bihar                | 2454                     | 3220                     | 3688                     | 5829                     | 1517                     |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh         | 7074                     | 5937                     | 17018                    | 18509                    | 7458                     |
| 7       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 8       | Daman & Diu          | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 9       | Goa                  | 10                       | 8                        | 7                        | 2                        | 0                        |
| 10      | Gujarat              | 4028                     | 4289                     | 7468                     | 6473                     | 1050                     |
| 11      | Haryana              | 852                      | 616                      | 718                      | 582                      | 171                      |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh     | 6141                     | 5725                     | 6972                     | 6007                     | 2630                     |
| 13      | Jammu And Kashmir    | 1940                     | 4052                     | 3616                     | 2968                     | 682                      |
| 14      | Jharkhand            | 18588                    | 16468                    | 104810                   | 49194                    | 4863                     |
| 15      | Karnataka            | 16440                    | 19872                    | 23992                    | 17053                    | 3873                     |
| 16      | Kerala               | 42779                    | 34509                    | 46100                    | 22088                    | 2147                     |
| 17      | Lakshadweep          | 3                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh       | 23665                    | 18117                    | 24095                    | 18682                    | 6762                     |
| 19      | Maharashtra          | 16155                    | 19729                    | 21844                    | 14243                    | 6338                     |
| 20      | Manipur              | 379                      | 484                      | 533                      | 166                      | 56                       |
| 21      | Meghalaya            | 611                      | 899                      | 1234                     | 552                      | 35                       |
| 22      | Mizoram              | 260                      | 366                      | 403                      | 797                      | 112                      |
| 23      | Nagaland             | 69                       | 602                      | 701                      | 385                      | 0                        |
| 24      | Odisha               | 4390                     | 4854                     | 12009                    | 5460                     | 439                      |
| 25      | Puducherry           | 4                        | 14                       | 16                       | 33                       | 3                        |
| 26      | Punjab               | 73                       | 137                      | 189                      | 185                      | 23                       |
| 27      | Rajasthan            | 8355                     | 8488                     | 15886                    | 9748                     | 1675                     |
| 28      | Sikkim               | 213                      | 181                      | 246                      | 140                      | 23                       |
| 29      | Tamil Nadu           | 11824                    | 9340                     | 6497                     | 10084                    | 993                      |
| 30      | Telangana            | 5216                     | 11028                    | 115679                   | 65459                    | 4292                     |
| 31      | Tripura              | 17115                    | 9604                     | 6515                     | 7023                     | 521                      |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh        | 16638                    | 23070                    | 44327                    | 26960                    | 4846                     |
| 33      | Uttarakhand          | 1368                     | 2094                     | 3922                     | 6308                     | 1734                     |
| 34      | West Bengal          | 29202                    | 26838                    | 32921                    | 34601                    | 16592                    |

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