Lok Sabha Question No. 3151 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Usage of Water for Irrigation
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## 3151 ANSWERED ON 12 .0 3.2020

## USAGE OF WATER FOR I RRIGATION

## 3151. SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government revealed the exact amount of water use for irrigation across India -2019;

(b) if so, the details of break up of water use in irrigation during 2014 - 2019, exact he ctare of area irrigation across India during 2014 - 2019 and exact number of hectare irrigation area, State - wise;

(c) whether the Government has any schemes to increase area of irrigated land and if so, the to expedite irrigation schemes acr os India during 2014 - 2019;

(d) the funds allocated to States for irrigation, State - wise;

(e) the details of total hectares of area which is likely to be irrigated once new schemes and

(f) the irrigation scheme -wise break up of funds al located during 2019 - 2020?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA

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(a) to (f) The National Commission for Integrated Water Resources Development (NCIWRD) in its 1 Reportassessed thepercentage of water demand for irrigation for the year s 2010 and 2025 at78 percent and 72 percent respectively of the total water demand in India .As perAgriculture Census, 2015 -16 (Phase II) ,net irrigated area in India stands at 68,233.83 Thousand Hect are (Th. Ha.). State/UT - wise net irrigated areais given at Annexure I .

The Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY 2015- 16  with  the  aim  to  expand  cultivable  area  under  assured  irrigation,  improve  on - farm  water  u se efficiency,  introduce  sustainable  water  conservation  practices,  etc.  PMKSY  has  various namely,  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefits  Programme  (AIBP);  Command  Area  Development  and  W Management (CADWM); Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) components of Grou nd Water Irrigation, Surface -Minor Irrigation (SMI), and Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies implem Department  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  &  Ganga  Rejuvenation;  Per  Drop  More (PDMC) implemented byDepartment of A griculture, Cooperation and Farmer's Welfare; and Watershed Development (WD) implemented by Department of Land Resources.

In 2016 - 17, ninety - nine (99) on -going Major/Medium Irrigation (MMI) projects (and 7 phase under AIBPwithultimate irrigation potential of 76 lakh hectares ,and balance estimated cost of Rs.77,595 crore,  including  Central  Assistance (CA) component  of  Rs.31,342  crore,  have  been  prioritized  un PMKSY in consultation with the States for completion in phases al ong with the corresponding CADWM works.Ground Water component of PMKSY - HKKP envisages increasing area of irrigated land throu ground water irrigation. As per the proposals received from State Governments, during 2019 - 20,more than 56,000 hectares is pro posed to be brought under additional irrigation through ground water. Under the Surface  Minor  Irrigation  (SMI)  scheme,  since  12 th Plan  onwards,  5838  schemes  are  ongoing  with  an estimated  cost  of Rs. 13222  crore and  t arget  irrigation  potential  creation  of  10 .412  Lakh  Ha.  Central Assistance of Rs. 6531 crore was released to States upto March, 2019 and during current financial year , 2019- 20 ( till date ) CA of Rs. 694.71 crore has been released . Under the Repair, Renovation and Restorati (RRR) of Water Bodies sc heme, since 12 th Plan onwards, 2219 schemes are ongoin g with an estimated cost of Rs. 1910 crore and t arget irrigation potential of1.888 Lakh Ha. Central Assistance (CA) of Rs. 369 crore was released to States upto March, 2019 ,  and  during  current  financial year, 2019 - 20  (till  date),  CA  of Rs. 64.78 crore has been released.

The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer's Welfare implements Per Drop More Crop component of PMKSY. The PMKSY - Per Drop More Crop mainly focuses on water use efficiency farm level through precision/micro irrigation. Besides promoting precision irrigation (Drip Irrigation  System),  better  on - farm  water  management  practices  to  optimize  the  use  of  available resources,  this  component  also  supports  micro  lev el  water  storage  or  water  conservation/managemen activities  to  supplement  Micro  Irrigation. The  Watershed  Management  Division  implementing  by Department  of  Land  Resources  has  sanctioned  8214  watershed  development  projects  from  200 - 10  to 2014- 15  covering an  area  of  about  39.07  million  hectare  under  Integrated  Watershed  Mana Programme  (IWMP).  IWMP  was  amalgamated  as  the  Watershed  Development  Component  (WDC)  of PMKSY in 2015 - 16.

State - wise  Central  Assistance  released  under  major  components  of  PMKSY, namely,  AIBP, CADWM, Per Drop More Crop and WatershedDevelopment are given at Annexure - II , Annexure - III , Annexure - IV , and Annexure - V respectively.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of Unstarred Question No. 3151 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 12.03.2020 regarding ' Usage of Water for Irrigation '

State - wise Net Irrigated Area as per Agriculture Census ,2015- 16

| S. No.    | States/UTs        |   Net Irrigated Area (inThousand Hectare) |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1         | A & N Islands     |                                      0.26 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                   3158.24 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                     56.22 |
| 4         | Assam             |                                    188.92 |
| 5         | Bihar             |                                   3287.81 |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |                                      0.88 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |                                   1437.97 |
| 8         | D & N Haveli      |                                      2.55 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu       |                                      0.27 |
| 10        | Delhi             |                                     21.27 |
| 11        | Goa               |                                     23.84 |
| 12        | Gujarat           |                                   5322.5  |
| 13        | Haryana           |                                   3492.27 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                    121.41 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                    383.01 |
| 16        | Jharkhand         |                                    247.29 |
| 17        | Karnataka         |                                   3411.83 |
| 18        | Kerala            |                                    311.03 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep       |                                      0    |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                   8422.12 |
| 21        | Maharashtra       |                                   3058.49 |
| 22        | Manipur           |                                     35.6  |
| 23        | Meghalaya         |                                     69.03 |
| 24        | Mizoram           |                                     15.63 |
| 25        | Nagaland          |                                     98.19 |
| 26        | Odisha            |                                   1179.97 |
| 27        | Puducherry        |                                     12.06 |
| 28        | Punjab            |                                   3936.19 |
| 29        | Rajasthan         |                                   7758.8  |
| 30        | Sikkim            |                                     10.16 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu        |                                   2953.61 |
| 32        | Telangana         |                                   1577.42 |
| 33        | Tripura           |                                     81.47 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                  13703.1  |
| 35        | Uttarakhand       |                                    327.02 |
| 36        | West Bengal       |                                   3527.43 |
| All India | All India         |                                  68233.8  |

Source: Agriculture Census Division, Dept. of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of Unstarred Question No. 3151 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 12.03.2020 regarding ' Usage of Water for Irrigation '

## State - wise Central Assistance Released for Implementation of 99 Priorit ized AIBPprojects under PMKSY

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT        |   2016- 2019 | 2019- 20*   |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh  |        22.63 | 0           |
| 2         | Assam           |         0    | 0           |
| 3         | Bihar           |        84.14 | 11.98       |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh    |        30.54 | 4.09        |
| 5         | Goa             |         0    | -           |
| 6         | Gujarat         |      3419.65 | 485.35      |
| 7         | Jammu & Kashmir |        26.49 | 5.88        |
| 8         | Jharkhand       |       756.73 | -           |
| 9         | Karnataka       |       791.98 | 163.42      |
| 10        | Kerala          |         0    | 0           |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh  |       562.41 | 26.45       |
| 12        | Maharashtra     |      1270.42 | 291.68      |
| 13        | Manipur         |       174.34 | 30.5        |
| 14        | Odisha          |      1041.83 | 90.65       |
| 15        | Punjab          |        52.42 | 0           |
| 16        | Rajasthan       |       357.91 | 7.04        |
| 17        | Telangana       |       560.67 | 214.04      |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh   |       598.39 | 407.68      |
|           | Total           |      9750.55 | 1738.76     |

* Till date

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of Unstarred Question No. 3151 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 12.03.2020 regarding ' Usage of Waterfor Irrigation '

## State - Wise Central Assistance released forCADWM works under PMKSY

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT        |   2016- 2019 | 2019- 20*   |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh  |        69.18 |             |
| 2         | Assam           |         3.55 |             |
| 3         | Bihar           |        35.82 |             |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh    |        21.71 |             |
| 5         | Goa             |         0    |             |
| 6         | Gujarat         |      1719.16 |             |
| 7         | Jammu & Kashmir |         1.7  |             |
| 8         | Jharkhand       |         0    |             |
| 9         | Karnataka       |        60.15 | 3.79        |
| 10        | Kerala          |         0    |             |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh  |       251.45 |             |
| 12        | Maharashtra     |        73.79 |             |
| 13        | Manipur         |         0    |             |
| 14        | Orissa          |        97.5  |             |
| 15        | Punjab          |         0    |             |
| 16        | Rajasthan       |         9.91 | 10.22       |
| 17        | Telangana       |        36.34 |             |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh   |         0    | 150.00      |
|           | Total           |      2380.26 | 164.01      |

* Till date

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of Unstarred Question No. 3151 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 12.03.2020 regarding ' Usage of Water for Irrigation '

## Centralassistance released under PMKSY -PDMC

| S.No.   | States/UT               |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (upto 25.2.2020) |
|---------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh          |    206.47 |    308.69 |    517.1  |    520    |                     452    |
| 2       | Bihar                   |     28.6  |     21.6  |     12.5  |     27.91 |                       0    |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh            |     20.3  |     44.8  |     55    |     43.39 |                      32.15 |
| 4       | Goa                     |      0.3  |      0.8  |      0    |      1.2  |                       0.5  |
| 5       | Gujarat                 |    213.05 |    274    |    300    |    272.5  |                     280    |
| 6       | Haryana                 |     34.97 |     27    |     14.01 |     27.41 |                      16.8  |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh        |      7.6  |      8.5  |     19.25 |     26    |                      18    |
| 8       | Jharkhand               |     14.97 |     30.7  |     25    |     10    |                      22.97 |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir         |      4.87 |      5.4  |      3    |      7.8  |                       5.5  |
| 10      | Karnataka               |    213.12 |    229    |    385    |    372.03 |                     410    |
| 11      | Kera la                 |      8.53 |      0    |     25    |      4    |                       0    |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh          |    161.74 |    121.1  |    150    |    132.56 |                     102    |
| 13      | Maharashtra             |    107.26 |    305.7  |    362.5  |    360    |                     325    |
| 14      | Odisha                  |     28.7  |     39.7  |     48    |     58    |                      30    |
| 15      | Punjab                  |     43    |      1.18 |      0    |      9    |                       0    |
| 16      | Rajasthan               |    142.84 |    129    |    107.5  |    168.48 |                      75    |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu              |    129.78 |    143.5  |    369.55 |    355    |                     204    |
| 18      | Telangana               |    111.32 |    189    |    257    |    122    |                       0    |
| 19      | Uttarakhand             |      9.6  |     15    |     27.2  |     43    |                      32    |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh           |     37.51 |     41.4  |     55    |     87.88 |                     100    |
| 21      | West Bengal             |      4.8  |     19.9  |     31    |     40    |                      20    |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh       |      2.6  |      2    |      8.3  |     12.5  |                      18    |
| 23      | Assam                   |      5.03 |     11    |      3    |     30    |                      42    |
| 24      | Manipur                 |      2.76 |      3.6  |      7.5  |     40    |                      15    |
| 25      | Meghalaya               |      1.43 |      0    |      3.3  |     12    |                       0    |
| 26      | Mizoram                 |      3.27 |      8.1  |     12.3  |     27.8  |                      27    |
| 27      | Nagaland                |      2.34 |      4.5  |     11.8  |     35    |                      30    |
| 28      | Sikkim                  |      4.86 |      5.4  |      4    |     55.19 |                      31.8  |
| 29      | Tripura                 |      1.55 |      0    |      3.75 |     15    |                      18    |
| 30      | Andman & Nicobar Island |      0.2  |      0    |      0.5  |      0    |                       0    |
| 31      | Puducherry              |      2.03 |      0    |      0    |      0    |                       0    |
|         | Grand Total             |   1555.4  |   1990.57 |   2818.06 |   2915.65 |                    2307.72 |

(Rs. in crore)

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of Unstarred Question No. 3151 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 12.03.2020 regarding ' Usage of Water for Irrigation '

## CentralA ssistance released under PMKSY - Watershed Development Component

(Rs. in crore)

- # As on 31.12.2019 including the erstwhile IWMP.

| Sl.No.   | State             |   Central Share released (2014 - 15 to 2019- 20)# |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                            749.97 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                            125.62 |
| 3        | Assam             |                                            222.3  |
| 4        | Bihar             |                                            172.44 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                                            177.91 |
| 6        | Gujarat           |                                            526.73 |
| 7        | Haryana           |                                             70.88 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                            106.27 |
| 9        | Jammu and Kashmir |                                            192.55 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |                                             66.51 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |                                            694.67 |
| 12       | Kerala            |                                            102.06 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                           1101.95 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                                           1077.4  |
| 15       | Manipur           |                                             59.37 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                                             83.55 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                                            161.4  |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                                            391.07 |
| 19       | Odisha            |                                            642.47 |
| 20       | Punjab            |                                             15.91 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |                                           1464.45 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |                                              7.7  |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |                                            434.72 |
| 24       | Telangana         |                                            327.65 |
| 25       | Tripura           |                                            110.35 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       |                                            108.55 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                            272.7  |
| 28       | West Bengal       |                                            214.65 |
| Total    | Total             |                                           9681.8  |

## Note:

1. WDC - PMKSY has not been taken up in any U.T. (J & K and Ladakh).
2. There is no sanctioned project in Goa

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