Lok Sabha Question No. 1751 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Conservation of Rural Water Bodies
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## 1751 ANSWERED ON 2 8.11 .2019

## CONSERVATION OF RURA L WATER BODIES

## 1751. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  new  plan  for  conservation  of  rural  water  b ground water recharge across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the concrete steps taken by the Government for sustainability of drinking water supply i the country including Latur district of Maharashtra and Chatra District of Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  to  (c) Government  of  India  launched  Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan  which  is  a  time  bound  campaign  w mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditi waterstressed blocks of 256 districts in India. In this regard, teams of officers from Cent along - with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to visit water stresse to  work  in  close  collaboration  with  district level  officials  to  undertake  suitable  intervention sustainable water management.

Water  being  a  State  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including  conserva artificial  recharge  to  ground  water  in  the  Country  is  primarily  States'  responsibility. The  important measures taken by the Central Government for conservation, manage ment of ground water and effective implementation of rain water harvesting in the country are at the followin http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Ste ps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf .

Rural water supply is a State subject and Government of India supplements the effo States by providing financial and technical assistance. To enable every rural household to h Household  Ta p  Connection  (FHTC)  by  2024,  Government  of  India  has  launched  Jal  Jeevan  Mis (JJM), with an outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore. This Mission, under the Department of Drinking Wate Sanitation,  will  focus  on  integrated  demand  and  supply  side  management  of w t r  at  the  local  level, including creation of local infrastructure for source sustainability like rainwater harvest recharge and management of household wastewater for reuse in agriculture.

Central  Government  supports  construction  of  water  harvesting  and  conservation primarily through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana -Watershed Development Component (PMKSY- WD C).

As per Management Information System (MIS), the detailed works of renovation of tra water bodies completed during last five years under MGNREGS including in Maharashtra and Jha is given at Annexure I.

As  per  information  received  from  Mi nistry  of  Rural  Development,  as  on  31.10.2019,  R 17751.75  crore  has  been  released  to  States  including  Maharashtra  and  Jharkhand  as  Central implementation under PMKSY - WDC. State wise details of watershed projects sanctioned, area co by  theprojects  and  funds  released  as  Central  share  are  given  at Annexure - II. Further,  as per  the information received from the States, between 2014 - 15 to 2019 - 20 (upto Sept. 2019), total 6,08,384 wate harvesting structures were created/rejuvenated. State wise details are given at Annexure - III.

The total projects sanctioned and area covered by the projects in Latur district o and Chatra District of Jharkhand under WDC - PMKSY is as under:

the

| State       | District   |   Total No. of Projects sanctioned |   Area covered by projects (in lakh hectare) |
|-------------|------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Maharashtra | Latur      |                                 41 |                                         1.7  |
| Jharkhand   | Chatra     |                                  6 |                                         0.34 |

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Annexure referredto in reply to part (a) to (c) of Unstarred Question No. 1751 to be answered i Sabha on 28.11.2019 regarding ' Conservation of rural water bodies ' .

## Details of works of renovation of traditional water bodies completed during last five y Mahatma Gandhi NREGS:

| Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                                  | States/UTs                               | 2018- 19                                 | 2017- 18                                 | 2016- 17                                 | 2015- 16                                 | 2014- 15                                 |
| 1                                        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                      | 1                                        | 3                                        | 6                                        | 10                                       | 4                                        |
| 2                                        | ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 19196                                    | 10126                                    | 23091                                    | 15346                                    | 13714                                    |
| 3                                        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        | 0                                        | 34                                       | 35                                       | 13                                       | 2                                        |
| 4                                        | ASSAM                                    | 591                                      | 588                                      | 366                                      | 286                                      | 333                                      |
| 5                                        | BIHAR                                    | 1637                                     | 1831                                     | 1353                                     | 1072                                     | 833                                      |
| 6                                        | CHHATTISGARH                             | 4527                                     | 5944                                     | 6068                                     | 2722                                     | 3770                                     |
| 7                                        | GOA                                      | 5                                        | 27                                       | 88                                       | 103                                      | 97                                       |
| 8                                        | GUJARAT                                  | 4724                                     | 5429                                     | 5435                                     | 3007                                     | 1727                                     |
| 9                                        | HARYANA                                  | 410                                      | 445                                      | 645                                      | 272                                      | 400                                      |
| 10                                       | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 706                                      | 527                                      | 595                                      | 553                                      | 632                                      |
| 11                                       | JAMMU & KASHMIR                          | 509                                      | 1154                                     | 1127                                     | 1345                                     | 690                                      |
| 12                                       | JHARKHAND                                | 198                                      | 955                                      | 5024                                     | 1519                                     | 1528                                     |
| 13                                       | KARNATAKA                                | 6280                                     | 7450                                     | 8333                                     | 6917                                     | 6960                                     |
| 14                                       | KERALA                                   | 6410                                     | 9382                                     | 25757                                    | 23269                                    | 22607                                    |
| 15                                       | LAKSHADWEEP                              | 0                                        | 1                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        |
| 16                                       | MADHYA PRADESH                           | 3845                                     | 2867                                     | 2013                                     | 992                                      | 1976                                     |
| 17                                       | MAHARASHTRA                              | 2518                                     | 2093                                     | 3409                                     | 2438                                     | 2035                                     |
| 18                                       | MANIPUR                                  | 25                                       | 52                                       | 103                                      | 42                                       | 73                                       |
| 19                                       | MEGHALAYA                                | 144                                      | 201                                      | 264                                      | 152                                      | 152                                      |
| 20                                       | MIZORAM                                  | 247                                      | 157                                      | 26                                       | 74                                       | 39                                       |
| 21                                       | NAGALAND                                 | 1                                        | 50                                       | 30                                       | 29                                       | 3                                        |
| 22                                       | ODISHA                                   | 1893                                     | 4726                                     | 9417                                     | 4268                                     | 3511                                     |
| 23                                       | PUDUCHERRY                               | 501                                      | 500                                      | 482                                      | 441                                      | 233                                      |
| 24                                       | PUNJAB                                   | 2243                                     | 2592                                     | 3402                                     | 2102                                     | 1802                                     |
| 25                                       | RAJASTHAN                                | 2762                                     | 3288                                     | 6137                                     | 2985                                     | 3282                                     |
| 26                                       | SIKKIM                                   | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 2                                        | 3                                        |
| 27                                       | TAMIL NADU                               | 12433                                    | 47951                                    | 31757                                    | 35413                                    | 33736                                    |
| 28                                       | TELANGANA                                | 977                                      | 1967                                     | 5695                                     | 526                                      | 387                                      |
| 29                                       | TRIPURA                                  | 133                                      | 463                                      | 976                                      | 2787                                     | 4814                                     |
| 30                                       | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 9073                                     | 10104                                    | 13639                                    | 7769                                     | 6456                                     |
| 31                                       | UTTARAKHAND                              | 1144                                     | 1225                                     | 672                                      | 516                                      | 359                                      |
| 32                                       | WEST BENGAL                              | 9958                                     | 18851                                    | 21495                                    | 20511                                    | 17811                                    |
|                                          | Total                                    | 93091                                    | 140983                                   | 177440                                   | 137481                                   | 129970                                   |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Unstarred Question No. 1751 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 28.11.2019 regarding ' Conservation of rural water bodies '.

State - wise  details  of  watershed  projects  sanctioned,  area  covered  by  the  projects  and  fu released as Central share to States under WDC -PMKSY (as on 31.10.2019)

(Area in million ha, Amount in Rs. crore)

| Sl. No   | State             | Sanctioned (from 2009 -10 to 2014 -15) @   | Sanctioned (from 2009 -10 to 2014 -15) @   | Central share released (from 2009 -10 to 2019 - 20)#   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No   | State             | Total no. of Projects                      | Area of the projects                       | Central share released (from 2009 -10 to 2019 - 20)#   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh *  | 432                                        | 1.810                                      | 1060.68                                                |
| 12 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 156                                        | 0.467                                      | 244.33                                                 |
| 3        | Assam             | 372                                        | 1.577                                      | 492. 75                                                |
| 4        | Bihar             | 123                                        | 0.612                                      | 151.31                                                 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 263                                        | 1.195                                      | 307.88                                                 |
| 3 6      | Gujarat           | 610                                        | 3.103                                      | 1288.64                                                |
| 7        | Haryana           | 88                                         | 0.362                                      | 98.70                                                  |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 163                                        | 0.840                                      | 283.58                                                 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir^  | 159                                        | 0.652                                      | 230.82                                                 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 171                                        | 0.911                                      | 191.52                                                 |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 571                                        | 2.569                                      | 1894.70                                                |
| 12       | Kerala            | 83                                         | 0.423                                      | 109.30                                                 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 517                                        | 2.937                                      | 1497.49                                                |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 1186                                       | 5.128                                      | 2413.95                                                |
| 15       | Manipur           | 102                                        | 0.491                                      | 149.10                                                 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 96                                         | 0.236                                      | 173.03                                                 |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 89                                         | 0.373                                      | 259.89                                                 |
| 18       | Nagaland          | 111                                        | 0.476                                      | 539.15                                                 |
| 19       | Odisha            | 310                                        | 1.700                                      | 1004.31                                                |
| 20       | Punjab            | 67                                         | 0.314                                      | 60.42                                                  |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | 1025                                       | 5.764                                      | 2415.27                                                |
| 22       | Sikkim            | 15                                         | 0.066                                      | 22.08                                                  |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        | 270                                        | 1.368                                      | 924.94                                                 |
| 24       | Telangana *       | 330                                        | 1.399                                      | 590. 30                                                |
| 25       | Tripura           | 65                                         | 0.213                                      | 210.96                                                 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       | 65                                         | 0.346                                      | 131.08                                                 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 612                                        | 3.045                                      | 808.49                                                 |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 163                                        | 0.693                                      | 197.08                                                 |
|          | Total             | 8214                                       | 39.07                                      | 17751.75                                               |

Annexure referred toin reply to part (a) to (c) of Unstarred Question No. 1751 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 28.11.2019 regarding ' Conservation of rural water bodies ' .

State - wise details of WHS created/rejuvenated, additional area brought under irrigation a farmers benefitted under WDC -PMKSY during 2014 - 15 to 2 019- 20 (as on 30.09.2019)

| Sl. No   | State             |   WHS created / Rejuvenated (in Nos.) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh**  |                                192501 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                   588 |
| 3        | Assam             |                                  6445 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                                  4105 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                                  8075 |
| 6        | Gujarat           |                                 18575 |
| 7        | Haryana           |                                  3191 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                  9009 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                  3458 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |                                  3192 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |                                 28410 |
| 12       | Kerala            |                                 20766 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 26543 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                                 10330 |
| 15       | Manipur           |                                 10851 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                                  2438 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                                  8201 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                                  2656 |
| 19       | Odisha            |                                 21186 |
| 20       | Punjab            |                                   336 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |                                101098 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |                                   169 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |                                 51350 |
| 24       | Telangana         |                                 21220 |
| 25       | Tripura           |                                  2548 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                 22696 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                                 17009 |
| 28       | West Bengal       |                                 11438 |
|          | Total             |                                608384 |

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