Lok Sabha Question No. 218 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Development of Wasteland
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMIENT OFINDIA

## MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION No。 218 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03,12.2019

## Development of Wasteland

*218.SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

## SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Willthe Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)Whether the Govemment has implcmented any schemes/programmes for development Of wasteland in the country and if so,the dctails thcreof including thc maor activities carricd out underthese schemes;
- (b)the funds/assistance provided to the States under these schemes/progralrmes during each ofthe last three ycars and the curent year,State/LTT、 vise;
- (C)Whether the Depatment Of Land ReSourccs in collabOration with the National Remote Sensing Centre cゞ RSC)haS recently relcased thc `Wasteland Atlas-2019' with robust geospatial information and if so,the dctails including the aims and o可 eCt市es thereot
- (d)Whether the Govemmcnt is rolling back thc wastcland for product市 e use through various land deve10pment prograrnmes/schemes and ifso,the details thereot and
- (e)Whether the Government has also instructed the States to usc Wastcland Atlas-2019 to maintain data Of wasteland in their respective States, if so, the details thereof and the response ofthe Statcs in this rcgard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRINARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)tO(C):A statementis laid On the Table ofthe HOuse.

## Statement referred to in replv to  parts (a)  to  (e)  of Lok Slbha Starrgd Ouestion No. 218 for answer on 03.12.2019

- (a)  Yes Sir, the Government has implemented a  scheme called Watershed Development Component of Pradhan Mantri Iftishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDCPMKSY) for development of rainfed areas and culturable wastelands in the country since 2015-16. Before this, the scheme was known as Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) which was in operation from 2A0g-10 to 201415. The major activities carried out under the scheme  are ridge area treatment, drainage  line treatment, soil and moisture conservation,  rain water harvesting, nursery raising, afforestation, horticulture,  pasture development, livelihoods for assetless  persons, etc.
- (b) Status of funds / assistance  provided to the States under this scheme  during  each of last three years and the current yatr, State / UT-wise is at Annexure.
- (c) Yes Sir, the Department  of Land Resources  in collaboration with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) has recently released  the 'Wasteland Atlas- 2019' with robust geospatial information.  The Atlas aims at articulation  of the spatial change of different wastelands categories that happened between 2008-09 and 2015-16  for the country  at 1:50,000  scale. The objective  set forth for this Atlas are (i) update wastelands  maps of 2008-09 with 2015-16 Resourcesat-Z data and generate  wastelands map of 2015-16, (ii) identify  and depict areas with major wastelands change between 2008-09 and 2015-16, (iii) creation of wastelands geospatial  database and disseminating  through Bhuvan geo-portal  and (iv) preparation  of wastelands  category-wise spatial change statistics and summation in the form of atlas.
- (d)  Yes Sir, the Government is continuously making efforts to roll back the wasteland for productive use through this scheme.As  per the information received frorn the States under the scheme, between 2014-15 to 20 tg-20 (upto Sept. z}lg),about 6.08 Iakh water harvesting  structures were created  / rejuvenated, an additional area of about 13.47 lakh ha has been brought  under protective irrigation and about 27 .25 lakh farmers have been benefitted  during the said period.
- (e)  The Government has already  hosted the Atlas on the Department's  website besides sharing the soft tink to the State Level Nodal Agencies  (SLNAs) for their reference. Copies of Atlas have also been provided  to the States. Relevant Ministries I Departments  of Government of India have also been supplied with copies of Atlas for their references. While planning the development  of rainfed areas and culturable wastelands, the State Governments  may use the Atlas.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) of Lok Sabha Starred  Question  No. 218 for answer on 03.12.2A19

State-wise status of funds / assistance provided to the States under WDC-PMKSY  during each of last three years and the current years.

(Amount in Rs. crore)

| Sre No   | State             | 2016- 17   | 2017-18   | 2018- 19   | 2019- 20   |
|----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 120。 96    | 123.35    | 139。 15    | 70.05      |
|    g  | Arunachal Pradesh | 23.12      | 9.62      | 19。 17     | 0.00       |
|  Â  i  | Assam             | 0.00       | 65.09     | 66。 55     | 38.67      |
| .4       | Bihar             | 28.26      | 19。 21    | 46。 77     |            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 34.96      | 33.45     | 57.03      | 22.47      |
| 6        | Gui霞試             | 115.04     | 87.51     | 151.84     |            |
| 7        | Haryana           | 12.82      | 10。 94    | 10,00      | 3.24       |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 35。 40     | 26.83     | 24.04      |            |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir*  | 25.59      | 43。 66    | 71.87      |            |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 17,68      | 0.00      | 28.83      |            |
|          | Karnataka         | 145。 72    | 175。 69   | 101.07     | 21.76      |
|  Â    | Kerala            | 16.62      | 17.83     | 13.06      | 19。 39     |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 129。 44    | 134.84    | 162.41     | 87。 62     |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 186。 95    | 279。 21   | 163.33     |            |
|  ­  Ò  | Manipur           | 11.29      | 13.84     | 14。 14     |            |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 11.56      | 8.95      | 6.69       |            |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 16,06      | 22.35     | 23。 14     |            |
| 18       | Nagaland          | 60。 84     | 32.08     | 38.51      | 39.85      |
| 19       | Odisha            | 91.99      | 94。 48    | 102.17     |            |
| 20       | Puniab            | 0.00       | 7.96      | 0.00       |            |
| ︐ g     | Raiasthan         | 199。 35    | 243.59    | 299.00     | 119。 43    |
| 22       | Sikkirn           | 0.00       | 1.40      | 0.00       |            |
| 23       | Tamll Nadu        | 62.36      | 82.75     | 90.59      |            |
| 24       | Telangana         | 0.00       | 51,14     | 81。 93     |            |
| 25       | Tripura           | 27.12      | 16・ 66    | 15。 89     | 10。 75     |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       | 16。 15     | 9.97      | 6.98       |            |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 58.38      | 63.93     | 0.00       |            |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 24.06      | 15。 48    | 46。 39     | 18。 93     |
|          | Total             | 1471。 72   | 1691。 81  | 1780。 55   | 452。 16    |

Note: There is no sanctioned project in Goa.

*  Erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir