Lok Sabha Question No. 5270 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Water Conservation Proposals
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Santosh Kumar, Rebati Tripura, Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5270

ANSWERED ON 25 .0 7.2019

## WATER CONSERVATION P ROPOSALS

| 5270.   | SHRI MANOJ TIWARI    | SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR     |
|---------|----------------------|------------------------|
|         | SHRI REBATI T RIPURA | SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY |

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any proposal to start some water conservation projects in nearby areas to ensure sufficient availability of water for drinking and irrigation purposes;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the details of the status of such proposals specially in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi/NCR their nearby areas along with the t ime limit for its completion?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) to (d) Government of India has launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan which is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water condit water stressed blocks of 256 districts in India. In this regard, team of officers from Cen along - wit h technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti have been deputed to visit water str and  to  work  in  close  collaboration  with  district  level  officials  to  undertake  suitable  d supply side interventions.

Water  conservation  works  in  Jhansi  district  have  been  taken  up  under  programme MGNREGA, PMKSY - WDC and 'Khet Talab' schemes etc.

A s per information forwarded by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs , the Model Building Bye Laws,  2016,  has been  issued  for  guidance  of  the  States/UTs  which  has  a  chapter  on  'Rainwater Harvesting'.    3 3 States/UTs  have  adopted  the  rainwater  harvesting  provisions.  The  provisions chapter are applicable to all the buildings.  The implementation of the rainw ater harvesting policy comes within the purview of the State Government/Urban Local Body / Urban Development Authority. Model Building Bye Laws - 2016, provision of rainwater harvesting is applicable to all reside above 100 sq.m.

Central Government supports construction of water harvesting and conservation works p through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The State - wise funds  released  including  Bihar,  Uttar  Pradesh,  North  East  etc  durin g  last  three  years  are  given  a Annexure.

In addition, Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management including c and artificial recharge to ground water in the Country is primarily States' responsibility. The importan t measures taken by the Central Government for conservation, management of ground water and e implementation of rain water harvesting in the country are at the followin http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_J un2019.pdf

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Annexure  referre d  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d) of Unstarred  Question  No. 5270 to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 25 .07.2019 regarding ' Water Conservation Proposals '.

| Fund released to State/UT under MGNREGA (2016 -17 to 2019 -20) (Rs. in   | Fund released to State/UT under MGNREGA (2016 -17 to 2019 -20) (Rs. in   | Fund released to State/UT under MGNREGA (2016 -17 to 2019 -20) (Rs. in   | Fund released to State/UT under MGNREGA (2016 -17 to 2019 -20) (Rs. in   | Fund released to State/UT under MGNREGA (2016 -17 to 2019 -20) (Rs. in   | Fund released to State/UT under MGNREGA (2016 -17 to 2019 -20) (Rs. in   |
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| Sl No.                                                                   | States/UTs                                                               | 2016-17 *                                                                | 2017-18 #                                                                | 2018-19 $                                                                | 2019-20 (as on 02.07.2019)                                               |
| 1                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                           | 394021.193                                                               | 512763.000                                                               | 761458.36                                                                | 324686.13                                                                |
| 2.                                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                        | 15675.987                                                                | 20679.650                                                                | 19800.64                                                                 | 10756.62                                                                 |
| 3.                                                                       | Assam                                                                    | 125459.790                                                               | 112366.538                                                               | 105037.23                                                                | 72973.98                                                                 |
| 4.                                                                       | Bihar                                                                    | 166740.556                                                               | 246888.442                                                               | 289194.25                                                                | 116910.18                                                                |
| 5.                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                             | 223193.550                                                               | 289885.207                                                               | 308997.05                                                                | 133643.47                                                                |
| 6.                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                  | 64323.810                                                                | 82505.071                                                                | 106079.98                                                                | 34925.14                                                                 |
| 7.                                                                       | Haryana                                                                  | 28771.330                                                                | 30140.644                                                                | 35625.15                                                                 | 6446.88                                                                  |
| 8.                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                         | 38860.834                                                                | 58684.461                                                                | 78034.36                                                                 | 16999.35                                                                 |
| 9.                                                                       | Jammu and Kashmir                                                        | 80408.520                                                                | 125417.690                                                               | 79334.12                                                                 | 75829.87                                                                 |
| 10.                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                                | 167914.171                                                               | 135264.566                                                               | 154629.50                                                                | 40902.88                                                                 |
| 11.                                                                      | Karnataka                                                                | 225864.879                                                               | 295632.542                                                               | 304975.56                                                                | 196212.96                                                                |
| 12.                                                                      | Kerala                                                                   | 158248.959                                                               | 185406.396                                                               | 235473.91                                                                | 153941.22                                                                |
| 13.                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                           | 344891.617                                                               | 376889.916                                                               | 470364.71                                                                | 178346.97                                                                |
| 14.                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                              | 165708.925                                                               | 185828.742                                                               | 201918.84                                                                | 61632.56                                                                 |
| 15.                                                                      | Manipur                                                                  | 34370.410                                                                | 15778.890                                                                | 28698.66                                                                 | 18142.18                                                                 |
| 16.                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                                | 86069.230                                                                | 87060.440                                                                | 79654.70                                                                 | 22228.69                                                                 |
| 17.                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                  | 14451.260                                                                | 20081.040                                                                | 40288.92                                                                 | 22362.07                                                                 |
| 18.                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                 | 50152.800                                                                | 110492.875                                                               | 19560.20                                                                 | 24275.77                                                                 |
| 19.                                                                      | Odisha                                                                   | 189526.844                                                               | 219834.665                                                               | 222418.39                                                                | 48920.61                                                                 |
| 20.                                                                      | Punjab                                                                   | 49073.460                                                                | 61895.859                                                                | 60000.32                                                                 | 28085.58                                                                 |
| 21.                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                                | 481816.863                                                               | 472828.409                                                               | 549230.58                                                                | 292499.21                                                                |
| 22.                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                   | 13262.560                                                                | 10571.148                                                                | 9762.58                                                                  | 1551.45                                                                  |
| 23.                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                               | 455277.907                                                               | 583166.132                                                               | 498193.66                                                                | 214711.20                                                                |
| 24.                                                                      | Telangana                                                                | 180684.744                                                               | 253920.331                                                               | 297094.62                                                                | 115205.41                                                                |
| 25.                                                                      | Tripura                                                                  | 101629.140                                                               | 40440.497                                                                | 44462.89                                                                 | 16933.05                                                                 |
| 26.                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                            | 391584.937                                                               | 369177.652                                                               | 547575.02                                                                | 150257.63                                                                |
| 27.                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                              | 51435.079                                                                | 71685.063                                                                | 61194.75                                                                 | 13553.90                                                                 |
| 28.                                                                      | West Bengal                                                              | 537722.785                                                               | 592702.953                                                               | 737344.61                                                                | 384642.88                                                                |
| 29.                                                                      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                              | 801.395                                                                  | 966.068                                                                  | 761.93                                                                   | 186.98                                                                   |
| 30.                                                                      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                   | 0.000                                                                    | 0.000                                                                    | 484.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                     |
| 31.                                                                      | Daman & Diu                                                              | 0.000                                                                    | 0.000                                                                    | 0.00                                                                     | 0.00                                                                     |
| 32.                                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                              | 0.000                                                                    | 26.710                                                                   | 15.97                                                                    | 11.91                                                                    |
| 33.                                                                      | Puducherry                                                               | 346.917                                                                  | 1569.028                                                                 | 1475.36                                                                  | 91.33                                                                    |
| 34.                                                                      | Goa                                                                      | 425.850                                                                  | 56.050                                                                   | 48.83                                                                    | 144.28                                                                   |
|                                                                          | Total                                                                    | 4838716.305                                                              | 5570606.675                                                              | 6259189.67                                                               | 2778012.35                                                               |

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