Lok Sabha Question No. 5298 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Availability of Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

5298. SHRI P.R. NATARAJAN

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is having any statistics with regard to total quantum of water for and the quantum of water available from water resources as on date;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, source and State - wise;
- (c) the details of names of the Central and State schemes functioning for preservation of rai funds allocated and utilised during each of the last five years including current year, scheme - wise; and
- (d) the initiatives taken/ to be taken by the Government for preserving rainwater in urban/rur State - wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) & (b) Total water requirement of the country for different uses for high demand scenario fo 2025 and 2050, as assessed by National Commission on Integrated Water Resources Development in constituted by erstwhile Ministry of Water Resources, is g iven below:

| S. No.   | Uses       |   Water Demand by 2025 (in BCM) |   Water Demand by 2050 (in BCM) |
|----------|------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Irrigation |                             611 |                             807 |
| 2        | Domestic   |                              62 |                             111 |
| 3        | Industries |                              67 |                              81 |
| 4        | Power      |                              33 |                              70 |
| 5        | Others     |                              70 |                             111 |
|          | Total      |                             843 |                            1180 |

The average annual water availability in the Country has been assessed as 1999.20 BCM. However, due to various factor, the entire quantum of available water is not utilizable. The average annual water availability in the country, river basin - wise, as ass essed by Central Water Commission, is given at Annexure - I .

(c) & (d) Water being a State subject, steps for augmentation, conservation and efficient manageme resources are primarily undertaken by the respective State Governments. Central Govern ment supplements the efforts of the State Governments through various schemes and programme.

Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA)-a campaign for water conservation and water  security.  During  the  campaign,  officers,  groundwater  experts  and  scientists  from  the  Go India  will  work  together  with  State  and  district  officials  in  India's  most water - stressed  districts forwater conservation and water resource management.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5298

ANSWERED ON 25.07.2019

## AVAILABILITY OF WATE R

A meeting of the State Ministers of Water Resources and Water Supply chaired by Minister o was  held  on  11 th June  2019  to  review  the  steps  taken  by  various  States  on  water  conservatio implementation of action plans to deal with the water supply situation, plan for water harvesting in  convergence  with  other  programmes.  State  Governments were  requested  to  complete  water  conservati measures so that large - scale rain water harvesting could be possible in the upcoming monsoon season.

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), Ministry of Jal Shakti, has prepared a conceptual docum led 'Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Ground Water - 2013' which provides information about area - specific artificial recharge techniques to augment ground water resources. The Master Plan has been circul Governments for implementatio n.

Further, Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has issued directives to all States/UTs to t to promote artificial recharge of ground water / rain water harvesting.

An  'Inter -Ministerial  Committee'  under  the  Chairmanship  of Secretary  (WR,  RD  &  GR)  has  been constituted to take forward the subject of 'Push on water conservation related activities for optimum utilization of monsoon rainfall'.

Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development, has sa nctioned 8214 watershed development projects in 28 States during the period 2009 - 10 to 2014 - 15 covering an area of about 39.07 milli hectare  under  Integrated  Watershed  Management  Programme  (IWMP).  IWMP  was  amalgamated  as  t Watershed Development Compone nt (WDC) of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) in 20 -16.  The  activities  being  undertaken  through  the  watershed  development  projects  inter  alia  in moisture conservation, rain water harvesting, etc. The State wise details of p rojects sanctioned, area covered b the projects and funds released as Central share to States under WDC - PMKSY are given at Annexure - II .

Government of India has launched Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMR 25 th June, 2015 in select 500 cities across the country for a period of five years i.e. from 2015 - 16 to 2019 - 20 with focus on development of basic civic amenities in the Mission cities. Under the water supply co Mission, projects related to rain water harvesting, rejuvenation of water bodies specifically for drin supply,  recharging  of  ground  water,  etc.,  can  be  taken  up  by  the  States/UTs  to  enhance  water Mission cities.

AMRUT guidelines incentivizes States/UTs for implementing reforms in the Mission cities. One of t reform is adopting Model Building Bye -laws (MBBL) by the State and one of its milestone is 'State to formulate a policy and action plan for having Rain water harvesting structures in all commer cial, public buildings and new buildings on plots of 300 sq. meters and above'.

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MOH&UA) has taken measures aimed at water conservati issuance of guidelines for Urban Regional Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI) and Model Building Bye -Laws  (MBBL)  for  the  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)  and  Urban  Development  Authorit (UDAs) to implement rain water harvesting and take other water conservation measures. Till date, out of 36 States/UTs have amended their Building Bye Laws (BBLs) or issued guidelines in this reg .

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Annexure referred to in reply to part s(a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No. 5298 to be answered inLok Sabha on 25.07.2019 regarding 'Availability of Water'.

## Basin- wise Details of Average Annual Water Availability in India

| S. No .   | River Basin                                           | Catchment area (sq.km)   | Average Water Resources Potential   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1         | Indus                                                 | 317708                   | 45.53                               |
| 2         | Ganga-Brahmaputra - Meghna                            |                          |                                     |
|           | (a)Ganga                                              | 838803                   | 509.52                              |
|           | (b) Brahmaputra                                       | 193252                   | 527.28                              |
|           | (c) Barak & others                                    | 86,335                   | 86.67                               |
| 3         | Godavari                                              | 312150                   | 117.74                              |
| 4         | Krishna                                               | 259439                   | 89.04                               |
| 5         | Cauvery                                               | 85167                    | 27.67                               |
| 6         | Subarnarekha                                          | 26804                    | 15.05                               |
| 7         | Brahmani- Baitarani                                   | 53902                    | 35.65                               |
| 8         | Mahanadi                                              | 144905                   | 73.00                               |
| 9         | Pennar                                                | 54905                    | 11.02                               |
| 10        | Mahi                                                  | 39566                    | 14.96                               |
| 11        | Sabarmati                                             | 31901                    | 12.96                               |
| 12        | Narmada                                               | 96659.79                 | 58.21                               |
| 13        | Tapi                                                  | 65805.80                 | 26.24                               |
| 14        | West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to Tadri                | 58360                    | 118.35                              |
| 15        | West Flowing Rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari         | 54231                    | 119.06                              |
| 16        | East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi and              | Pennar 82073             | 26.41                               |
| 17        | East Flowing Rivers between Pennar & Kanyakumari      | 101657                   | 26.74                               |
| 18        | West Flowing Rivers of Kutch and Saurashtra Luni      | including 192112         | 26.93                               |
| 19        | Area of Inland Drainage in Rajasthan                  | 144835.90                | Negl.                               |
| 20        | Minor Rivers draining into Myanmar (Burma) Bangladesh | and 31382                | 31.17                               |
|           | Total                                                 | 3271953                  | 1999.20                             |

Source: Reassessment of Water Availability in India using Space Inputs, June 2019

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of Unstarred Question No. 5298 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 25.07.2019 regarding 'Availability of Water'.

## State - wise details of number of projects sanctioned, area covered by the projects and funds released as Central share under WDC -PMKSY

(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 (from 2009 - 10 to 2018- 19 # )   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No   | State             | Total no. of Projects                        | Area of the projects                         | Central share (from 2009 - 10 to 2018- 19 # )   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 432                                          | 1.810                                        | 987.92                                          |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 156                                          | 0.467                                        | 244.33                                          |
| 12 3     | Assam             | 372                                          | 1.577                                        | 454.08                                          |
| 4        | Bihar             | 123                                          | 0.612                                        | 151.31                                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 263                                          | 1.195                                        | 307.88                                          |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 610                                          | 3.103                                        | 1288.64                                         |
| 3 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                                        | 1872.94                                         |
| 12       | Kerala            | 83                                           | 0.423                                        | 109.30                                          |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 517                                          | 2.937                                        | 1409.87                                         |
| 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                                        | 499.30                                          |
| 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                                        | 593.01                                          |
| 25       | Tripura           | 65                                           | 0.213                                        | 200.21                                          |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       | 65                                           | 0.346                                        | 131.08                                          |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 612                                          | 3.045                                        | 808.49                                          |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 163                                          | 0.693                                        | 178.15                                          |
|          | Total             | 8214                                         | 39.07                                        | 17464.12                                        |

# including releases under the erstwhile IWMP.

- Note:   1) WDC - PMKSY is not operational in the Union Territories.
- 2) There is no sanctioned project in Goa .