Lok Sabha Question No. 2091 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Implementation of Rainwater Harvesting Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2091

ANSWERED ON 04 .0 7.2019

## IMPLEMENTATION OF RA INWATER HARVESTING P ROGRAMME

## †2091. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken adequate measures to ensure effective implementation of harvesting programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the financial assistance provided to various States across the country including Uttar Prad the last three years, State - wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to develop any new technology for rainwater harvesting; a (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Water  being  a  State  subject,  efforts  to  conserve  ground  water  including  rainwater  h primarily States' responsibility. Othersteps taken by the Central Government in this regard are ava at the following URL: http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/MeasuresForGW - Depletion\_2.pdf .
- (b) As per i nformation received from Ministry of Rural Development,  under Mahatma Gandhi Nat Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA)  provisions  vide  Schedule - 1,  section  4(3),  Para  4.(1) 'Category: A: Public works relating to Natural Resource Management Para: (i)', water conservation and water harvesting structures to augment and improve ground water like underground dykes, ear stop dams, check dams with special focus on recharging ground water including drinking wat are permissible activities .  The State wise funds released including Uttar Pradesh during last t are given at Annexure .

(c)  &  (d)Various  technologies  commonly  used  for  rain  water  harvesting  have  been  described 'Manual  on  Artificial  Recharge  of  Ground  Water'  avai lable  in  public  domain  in  the  following  URL http://cgwb.gov.in/documents/Manual - Artificial -Recharge.pdf  and  also  in  'Master  Plan  for  Artificial Recharge to Ground Water in India', in http://cgwb.gov.in/documents/masterplan - 2013.pdf.

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Annexure referre d to in reply to part ( b) of Unstarred Question No. 2091 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 04.07.2019 regarding 'Implementation of Rainwater Harvesting Programme'.

| Fund Sl No.   | States/UTs                  |        2016-17 * |        2017-18 # |        2018-19 $ |   (Rs. in 2019-20 (as on 02.07.2019) |
|---------------|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1             | Andhra Pradesh              | 394021           | 512763           | 761458           |                     324686           |
| 2.            | Arunachal Pradesh           |  15676           |  20679.7         |  19800.6         |                      10756.6         |
| 3.            | Assam                       | 125460           | 112367           | 105037           |                      72974           |
| 4.            | Bihar                       | 166741           | 246888           | 289194           |                     116910           |
| 5.            | Chhattisgarh                | 223194           | 289885           | 308997           |                     133643           |
| 6.            | Gujarat                     |  64323.8         |  82505.1         | 106080           |                      34925.1         |
| 7.            | Haryana                     |  28771.3         |  30140.6         |  35625.2         |                       6446.88        |
| 8.            | Himachal Pradesh            |  38860.8         |  58684.5         |  78034.4         |                      16999.3         |
| 9.            | Jammu and Kashmir           |  80408.5         | 125418           |  79334.1         |                      75829.9         |
| 10.           | Jharkhand                   | 167914           | 135265           | 154630           |                      40902.9         |
| 11.           | Karnataka                   | 225865           | 295633           | 304976           |                     196213           |
| 12.           | Kerala                      | 158249           | 185406           | 235474           |                     153941           |
| 13.           | Madhya Pradesh              | 344892           | 376890           | 470365           |                     178347           |
| 14.           | Maharashtra                 | 165709           | 185829           | 201919           |                      61632.6         |
| 15.           | Manipur                     |  34370.4         |  15778.9         |  28698.7         |                      18142.2         |
| 16.           | Meghalaya                   |  86069.2         |  87060.4         |  79654.7         |                      22228.7         |
| 17.           | Mizoram                     |  14451.3         |  20081           |  40288.9         |                      22362.1         |
| 18.           | Nagaland                    |  50152.8         | 110493           |  19560.2         |                      24275.8         |
| 19.           | Odisha                      | 189527           | 219835           | 222418           |                      48920.6         |
| 20.           | Punjab                      |  49073.5         |  61895.9         |  60000.3         |                      28085.6         |
| 21.           | Rajasthan                   | 481817           | 472828           | 549231           |                     292499           |
| 22.           | Sikkim                      |  13262.6         |  10571.1         |   9762.58        |                       1551.45        |
| 23.           | Tamil Nadu                  | 455278           | 583166           | 498194           |                     214711           |
| 24.           | Telangana                   | 180685           | 253920           | 297095           |                     115205           |
| 25.           | Tripura                     | 101629           |  40440.5         |  44462.9         |                      16933           |
| 26.           | Uttar Pradesh               | 391585           | 369178           | 547575           |                     150258           |
| 27.           | Uttarakhand                 |  51435.1         |  71685.1         |  61194.8         |                      13553.9         |
| 28.           | West Bengal                 | 537723           | 592703           | 737345           |                     384643           |
| 29.           | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |    801.395       |    966.068       |    761.93        |                        186.98        |
| 30.           | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |      0           |      0           |    484           |                          0           |
| 31.           | Daman & Diu                 |      0           |      0           |      0           |                          0           |
| 32.           | Lakshadweep                 |      0           |     26.71        |     15.97        |                         11.91        |
| 33.           | Puducherry                  |    346.917       |   1569.03        |   1475.36        |                         91.33        |
| 34.           | Goa                         |    425.85        |     56.05        |     48.83        |                        144.28        |
|               | Total                       |      4.83872e+06 |      5.57061e+06 |      6.25919e+06 |                          2.77801e+06 |

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