Lok Sabha Question No. 2689 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Increasing Irrigated Agricultural Area
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2689 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 nd  AUGUST, 2022

## INCREASING IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL AREA

2689. DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the total area of arable land in the country;
- (b) the details of the irrigated and unirrigated land out of the total arable land, Statewise;
- (c) the details of the plan of the Government to increase the irrigated agricultural area in the country;
- (d) whether the Government is likely to take any steps to increase the irrigated area in Balaghat  Parliamentary  Constituency  which  is  a  tribal-dominated  area  and  80 percent of its population depends on agriculture but the financial condition of the farmers in the said area is not good due to the inadequate irrigation facilities; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) As  per  the  publication  on  Land  Use  Statistics  (latest available),  the  arable land / agricultural land in the country for 2018-19 is reported to be 180.89 million hectares.
- (b) The latest State-wise details of Arable land in the country including the Net irrigated land and Net un-irrigated land (2018-19), available with Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare is at Annexure .
- (c) to (e):        Agriculture being a State subject, the works related to irrigation and water resources development & management are planned, funded, executed and maintained by the State Governments themselves as per their own resources and priorities.  In order to

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supplement the efforts of the State Governments, Government of India provides technical and financial assistance to State Governments to encourage sustainable development and efficient management of water resources through various schemes and programmes.

Government of India launched 'Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)' in  Financial  Year  2015-16  with  an  aim  to enhance physical  access  of  water on farm  and expand  cultivable  area  under  assured  irrigation,  improve  on  farm  water  use  efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices etc. Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) is one of the  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY).  The  scheme  of Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) and Repair, Renovation & Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies (WBs) has now become a part of PMKSY (HKKP). DoWR, RD&GR under Ministry of Jal Shakti provides Central Assistance (CA) to States for creation and restoration of Irrigation Potential (I.P.) under the SMI and RRR of Water Bodies schemes.

Further, continuation of PMKSY-HKKP for the FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26 has been approved  by  Union  Cabinet  in  Dec,  2021  with  a  budget  outlay  of  Rs.  4580  crore  and targeted  irrigation  potential  of  4.50  lakh  hectare  for  SMI  and  RRR  of  WBs  schemes.  In Balaghat District of Madhya Pradesh, total 3 clusters of SMI schemes and 1 RRR of Water Bodies scheme were implemented. Details of these schemes are as given below.

## Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) Schemes

## 1. 68 SMI Scheme

Cluster of 68 SMI schemes from the state of MP was included in FY 2012-13 for the release  of  Central  Assistance  under  the  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  scheme  of  PMKSY (HKKP).  Estimated  cost  of  the  scheme  is  Rs.  446.2906  crore  with  a  planned  potential creation of 33.687 thousand hectare. So far, a total of Rs. 350.19 crore has been released as  Central  Assistance  (CA)  in  2012-13  and  2013-14  and  total  expenditure  of  Rs.  446.29 crore  was  incurred  on  the  scheme  along  with  the  achievement  of  25.5  thousand  hectare with 66 number of schemes completed as reported by the state. No CA proposal received after FY 2013-14. District benefitted are: Batul(2), Jhabua(6), Ratlam(3), Dhar(3), Khargone (4), Dewas(1), Barwani(5), Khandwa(2), Alirajpur(5), Rajghat(7), Raisan(1), Ashok Nagar(1), Dindori(22), Chhindwara(2), Balaghat(4)

## 2. 89 SMI Scheme

Cluster of 89 SMI schemes from the state of MP was included in FY 2013-14 for the release  of  Central  Assistance  under  the  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  scheme  of  PMKSY (HKKP). Estimated cost of the scheme is Rs. 690.85 crore with a planned potential creation of  44.141  thousand  hectare.  So  far,  Rs.  375.0  crore  has  been  released  as  Central Assistance (CA) in FY 2013-14 and total expenditure of Rs. 593.90 crore has been incurred on  the  scheme  along  with  the  achievement  of  25.6  thousand  hectare  with  81  number  of schemes completed as reported by the state. Further proposal for the release of CA has not been submitted by the state. District benefitted are: (89)/Ashoknagar(1), Guna(6), Raisan(1), Rajghat(2), Anoopur(2), Shahdol(8), Singhrauli(1), Umaria(9), Alirajpur(1), Burahanpur(4), Dhar(2), Jhabua(7), Khargone(3), Ratlam(1), Betul(11), Balaghat(5), Chhindwara(3), Dindori(4), Seoni(1), Damoh(7), Panna(10)

## 3. 8 SMI Scheme

Cluster of 8 SMI schemes from the state of MP was included in FY 2014-15 for the release  of  Central  Assistance  under  the  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  scheme  of  PMKSY (HKKP).  Estimated  cost  of  the  scheme  is  Rs.  116.6722  crore  with  a  planned  potential creation  of  53.43 thousand  hectare.  So far, Rs.  37.5  crore has  been  released as  Central Assistance (CA) in FY 2014-15 and total expenditure of Rs. 116.67 crore has been incurred on  the  scheme  along  with  the  achievement  of  2.8  thousand  hectare  with  8  number  of schemes completed  as reported by the state. Further proposal for the release of CA has not  been  submitted  by  the  state.  District  benefitted  are:  (8)/Ashoknagar(1),  Rajghar(2), Shahdol(1), Shajapur(3), Balaghat(1)

## Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of water bodies Schemes

## 125 RRR of Water Bodies Scheme

Cluster of RRR of 125 water bodies schemes from the state of MP was included in FY 2014-15 for the release of Central Assistance under PMKSY (HKKP). Estimated cost of the  scheme is Rs. 183.2421 crore with a planned  potential creation of 33.3045 thousand hectare. So far, Rs. 37.70 crore has been released as Central Assistance (CA) in FY 201415 and total expenditure of Rs. 149.66 crore has been incurred on the scheme along with the  achievement  of  33  thousand  hectare  with  124  number  of  schemes  completed  till  as reported by the state. Further proposal for the release of CA has not been submitted by the state. District benefitted are: 125 (earlier 134) /Second/Jabalpur (6), Panna (5), Jhabua (6), Singrauli (1), Damoh (14), Betul (16), Khargone (27), Anuppur (12), Barwani (3), Seoni (2), Balaghat (2), Sidhi (2), Shahdol (14), Sagar (3), Tikamgarh (9), Katni (2), Sehore (1)

## Annexure in reference to Reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred No. 2689 due for reply on 02.08.2022

State-wise details of Arable Land, Net Irrigated Area and Net Un-irrigated Area in the Country for the year 2018-19 (latest available) (in '000' hectare)

| S.No.     | States/UTs        |   Arable land | Net Irrigated Area   |   Net Un-Irrigated Area |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |          8997 | 2796                 |                    3253 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |           424 | 55                   |                     179 |
| 3         | Assam             |          3305 | 366                  |                    2358 |
| 4         | Bihar             |          6573 | 3115                 |                    2052 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |          5570 | 1565                 |                    3114 |
| 6         | Goa               |           197 | 16                   |                     112 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |         12661 | 4233                 |                    6069 |
| 8         | Haryana           |          3817 | 3273                 |                     328 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |           816 | 117                  |                     426 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   |          1091 | 329                  |                     384 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |          4319 | 231                  |                    1050 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |         12830 | 4032                 |                    6633 |
| 13        | Kerala            |          2235 | 404                  |                    1629 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |         17121 | 11349                |                    3856 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |         20719 | 3145                 |                   13670 |
| 16        | Manipur           |           448 | 72                   |                     370 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |          1011 | 101                  |                     154 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |           367 | 16                   |                     129 |
| 19        | Nagaland          |           678 | 118                  |                     266 |
| 20        | Odisha            |          6675 | 1092                 |                    2914 |
| 21        | Punjab            |          4233 | 4111                 |                       8 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |         25484 | 8283                 |                    9495 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |            97 | 15                   |                      62 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |          8109 | 2565                 |                    2017 |
| 25        | Telangana         |          6767 | 2210                 |                    2450 |
| 26        | Tripura           |           270 | 87                   |                     168 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |          1548 | 323                  |                     325 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     |         18775 | 14392                |                    2146 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |          5615 | 3107                 |                    2141 |
| 30        | A&N Island        |            28 | 0                    |                      15 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |             1 | 0                    |                       1 |
| 32        | D & N Haveli      |            20 | 2                    |                      18 |
| 33        | Daman & Diu       |             3 |                      |                       3 |
| 34        | Delhi             |            53 | 22                   |                       0 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |             3 |                      |                       3 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |            28 | 13                   |                       2 |
| All India | All India         |        180888 | 71554                |                   67797 |

Note: '0' indicates area less than 500 hectares, while blank space denotes no reporting of data from the States/UTs.

Total  arable  land  consists  of  net  area  sown,  current  fallows,  fallow  lands  other  than  current fallows,  culturable  waste  and  land  under  miscellaneous  tree  crops.  Net  Area  Sown  =Net irrigated area+ Net un-irrigated area

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, DA&FW.

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