Lok Sabha Question No. 1705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Watershed Development in Drought Prone Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF NDIA MDJISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND FESOURCES

## LOK SABⅡ A

UNSTARRED QUESTION No 1705 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.122018

## Watershed Developmentin Drought Prone Areas

1705,SHRI KALIKESH N SINGH DEO:

Willthe Minister ofRURAL DEVELOPMENT bc pleased to state:

- (→ the dettls of steps taken for watcrShed development in dЮ ught prone areas along  Ⅲth the prograltmes implementcd thcreto,State- 、 v■se;
- (b)the quantoffunds sttctioncd,releascd and utilized for the said purpose,Statewise;
- (C)Whether the Govertllncnt proposes any training and development programmes for anctionaries involvcd in、 vatershed development programmes;
- (d)ifSO,the details thereot and
- (e)Whether the Govemment proposes to take initiative for watershed development in forest areas and ifso,the detalls thereoP

## ANSWER

## MnヾISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRIRAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (al:  The Govemment in thc Deparment Of Land Resources(DoLD was earlier implementing three area devclopment programmes nallnely Drought Prone Area Programme のPAP),Desert Development PЮ gramme(DDP)and lntegrated Wastelands Development Progra-c(IWDP)on watershed basis.

■esc three programmes were integrated and consolidatcd into a single modifled progralme called th lntented Watershcd Management Prograle(IWMP)宙 th Cffect from 26.02.2009.

Dcpannent of Land Resources has sancioned 8214 watershed developmcnt pttectS in 28 States(except Go→ [during the peHod 200910 to 2014- 15]covering an area ofag ut 39 07 milllon hectare llndcr lntegrated Watershed Management Programme(IWMP)■ に IWNIP was amalgamated in 2015-16 as the Watershed Dcvclopment Component of the Pradhan Mantri R■ shi Sinchayce Yaana(WDC- PMKSY)and iS being implemented pHncipally for development ofralnfed po」 Ы ons ofnet cultivated area and culturable wastelands.

The act市ities being undcrtaken■ Юugh the watershed deve10pment proieCtS i″ セ″″ jα include Hdge area treatment,drainage line treatment,soil and moisture conservation,min w・ ater harvesting, nursery ralsing, attrestation, horticulture, pasture development, livelihoods for assetless persons,ctc.

- (b): 8214 projects sanctioned with a total cost of Rs. 50,739.58  crore (Rs. 33,642.24 crore as central share)  under IWMP are being  implemented under  wDC-pMKSy. State wise details of funds released  as Central share  [from  2009-10 to 201g-19 (up to 30.11.2018)l and funds  utilized under WDC-PMKSY are given at Annexure,
- (c)  & (d): There is no separate  fund released  for training  and development of functionaries involved in the implementation  of WDC-PMKSY.  However, as per the Common Guidelines for watershed  Development Projects- 2008 (Revised in 2011),  5% of the totat project  cost is earmarked  for Institution  and Capacity  Building.
- (e): Treatment  of forest area in the project  is also an integral  part of the WDC-PMKSY project  guidelines. Under WDC-PMKSY,  States  prepare  the Annual  Action  plan  comprising of the proposed activities  and the fund requirements. The available Central assistance is provided amongst  the states  inter-alia  on the basis of number  of projects  sanctioned,  pace ofutilisation,  Annual  Action Plan formulated by the States etc.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred  euestion  No. 1705 for answer on20.l2.2AlB

## State-wise details of funds released  as Central  share and funds utilized from 2009-10 to 2018-19 under WDC-PMKSY

(Rs in crore)

|  ¡  @  O ︒  r  m   | State             | Central share released #   | Funds utilized S   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
| I                       | Andhra Pradesh    | 978.12                     | 1564.72            |
| 2  n                   | Arunachal Pradcsh | 244.33                     | 252.05             |
|  i                     | Assam             | 387.53                     | 420.39             |
| 4                       | Bihar             | 130.62                     | 145.3              |
| 5                       | Chhattisearh      | 283.34                     | 425.23             |
| 6                       | Guiarat           | 1221.49                    | 1538.04            |
| 7                       | Haryana           | 88.70                      | 92.1               |
| 8                       | Hirnachal Pradesh | 283.58                     | 290.28             |
| 9                       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 190.05                     | 193.63             |
| 10                      | Jharkhand         | 191.52                     | 212.63             |
|                         | Karnataka         | 1872.94                    | 2343.35            |
| 12                      | Kerala            | 109.30                     | 129.73             |
| 13                      | Madhya Pradesh    | ° 1344.91                  | 1785。 16           |
| 14                      | Maharashtra       | 2250.62                    | 2791.95            |
| 15                      | Manipur           | 149.10                     | 148.02             |
| 16                      | Meghalaya         | 166.34                     | 178。 12            |
| 17                      | Mizoram           | 251.16                     | 264.46             |
| 18                      | Nagaland          | 483.89                     | 532.57             |
| 19                      | Odisha            | 960.31                     | 1189。 23           |
| 20                      | Puniab            | 60.42                      | 63.46              |
| 21                      | Raiasthan         | 2295。 67                   | 3169。 51           |
| 22                      | Sikkim            | 22.08                      | 26.15              |
| 23                      | Talnil Nadu       | 870.35                     | 1055.76            |
| 24                      | Telangana         | 556。 78                    | 454.48             |
| 25                      | Tripura           | 196.02                     | 206。 16            |
| 26                      | Uttarakhand       | 131.08                     | 122.46             |
| 27                      | Uttar Pradesh     | 808.49                     | 870.73             |
| 28                      | West Bengal       | 157.63                     | 181.83             |
|                         | Total             | 1668`.37                   | 20647.50           |

2. There is no sanctioned project in Goa

- Note: 1. WDC-PMKSY  is not operational  in union Territories.