Lok Sabha Question No. 1570 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: National Watershed Project
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Bhola Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OF RURAlン DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUEST10N No.1570

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.09.2020

## National Watershed ProJect

1570.SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKARI

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DRoJAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRIMATISANGEETA KUMARISINGH DEO:

DR.SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

Wi‖ the Ministcr of RURAL DEVELOPMENT bc plcased to statc:

- (a)WhCther thc Ministry has iaunched a NatiOnal Watcrshed Prqcctヽ Nccranchal'to improvc incrcmcntal conscrvation outcollles and agricultural yiclds for col■ lmunitics in the country and if so,the dcta‖ s thcrcot
- (b)the quantum ofloan provided by World Bank along with thc terms and conditions:
- (C)the details ofthe various components and features ofthc Necranchal Prdcct;
- (d)the criteria for a1locating ttnds tO various Statcs undcr thc praCCt:
- (C)thC funds a‖ ocated and relcascd undcr the prolcct during cach of thc last four ycars and thc currcnt ycal・ ,Statcぃ 、 visc including Uttar Pradeshi
- (O thC dCtails ofthe Statcs bencntcd through thc prqcct during thc said pc⾯ odi and
- (g)thC OthCr ilnponant steps takcn or proposcd to bc takcn by the Ministryお r watershed dcvelopment in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRINARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)tO(d)Ycs Sir.Thc Govcrnmcnt had entcred into an agrccmcnt on 14.Ol.20!6 with the Worid Bank for nnancing a tcchnical assistance praect named`Neeranchal'National ヽ′ atcrshcd PrQlcCt tO SuppOrt thcヽVatcrshcd Dcvclopmcnt Componcnt ofthc Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchaycc Yttana(WDCPMKSY).Thc prqcct was to bc implcmcntcd at thc Ccntral lcvcl in thc Departincnt of Land Rcsourccs and in 9 States namely Andhra Pradesh,Chhattisgarh,Gttarat,Jharkhand,Madhya Pradcsh,Maharashtra, Odisha,Rttasthan and l｀ elangana.Thc total outlay ofthe prtteCt Was Rs.2142.30 crore (US S 357 mil1lon)l out Of Which 50%amount was to bc provided as long term loan by thcヽ /orid Bank in intcrnational Dcvcloplncnt Association(lDA)AnanCing.As pcr thc Financing Agrccincnt signcd with thc Worid Bank,thc closing datc ofthc praCct 、 vas 31St March 2022. Ho、 vcvcr, duc to tcchnical rcasons, World Bank c10sed the Neeranchal praCCt with effect from 22nd July,2019.

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T'he project was having fbur components  namely. (a) Central Institutional  and Capacity  Building, (b)  National Innovation Support, (c)  WDC-PMKSY lmplementation Support in Participating States  and (d) Project Management  and Coordination. As  per the project design, the component  WDC-PMKSY lmplementation Support in Participating States was to be implemented  by the 9 States mentioned above for which a provision of 85% of the Project cost had been made. The sharing pattern  of funds between  Centre  and State for this component  was 60:40.

- (e) & (0 Details of tunds released  to the States under the pro.iect  during each of the last fbur years, and the current yeari State-wise are given in Annexure.  Since, Uttar Pradesh was not a Neeranchal Pro.iect  State, no tund was released to them.
- (g) Department  of  Land Resources,  Ministry of  Rural Development has been impleurentirlg Watershed Development  Conrponent of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yo.iana (WDC-PMKSY) fbr development  of raintbd and degraded areas in the country.

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Annexure  referred to in reply to part (e) & (0 of l,ok Satrha Unstarred  Question  No. 1570 due for reply on 20,92020

Details of furrds  released to the States uncler  Neeranchal National Watershed Project during the last four years and the current  Year

|  r  ．  m ︒   | State           | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in crore)   |
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|  r  ．  m ︒   | State           | 2016-17                         | 2017- 18                        | 2018-19                         | 2019-20                         | 2020-21                         |
| l                | Arrdhra Pradesh | 3.64                            | 0.50                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 2                | Chhattisgarh    |  è ︐  Â  S                   | 0.50                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
|  n  c          | Cujarat         | |.94                       | 0.50                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 4                | Jharkhand       | 3.04                            | 000                             | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
|                  | Madhya Pradesh  | 2.41                            | 0.50                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 6                | Maharashtra     | 2.28                            | 0.50                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 7                | Odisha          | 1.27                            | 0.50                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
|  O  O          | Rajasthan       | |.60                       | 0.50                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 9                | Telangana       | 1.38                            | 0.50                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| Total            |                 | 19。 87                          | 4.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |

## Note:

,,Neeranchal..project  was approved  by the Government in 2015-16.  Finance agreement with the World  Bank was signed in January  2016. The project  was implemented  in 9 States only'