Lok Sabha Question No. 1623 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Extension of PMKSY to Block Panchayats
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1623

ANSWERED ON 11 .02.2021

## EXTENSION OF PMKSY T O BLOCK PANCHAYATS

## 1623. ADV. A.M. ARIFF

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any step to extend the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchay (PMKSY) to more block panchayats in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the status of imp lementation of PMKSY in block panchayats in Kerala; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to include more block panchayats under the PMKSY in Ala district?

## ANSWER

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

(a)Pradhan Mantri KrishiSinchayeeYojana  (PMKSY), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, was launched during the year 2015 - 16. The components under PMKSY are Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP); Har Khet Ko Pani(HKKP) consisting of Command Area Development and Water Management, Surface  Minor  Irrigation  &  Repair,  Renovation  and  Restoration  of  Water  Bodies,  &  Ground Development; Watershed Development (WDC), & Per Drop More Crop (PDMC). The said scheme was i nitially till December, 2019, however Ministry of Finance has extended the scheme till 31st

Extension, along with enhanced coverage, has been proposed for the various component PMKSY, for the five year period beyond March, 2021. Howev er, c ontinuation of ongoing projects under PMKSY Schemes beyond March, 2021, and inclusion of new projects under this scheme, depends the format and scale of the extended scheme, and availability of funds .

( b) Status of implementation of projects in Kerala State under the various components of PM is as under:

## (i) Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP)

Of  ninety - nine  (99)  on -going  Major/Medium  irrigation  projects  prioritized  under  PMKS -AIBP  bei ng  implemented  by  Department  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  and  Gang Rejuvenation, two projects from Kerala State, namely Karappuzha and Muvattupuzha Irrigation Pr are under implementation. The details of these projects are as under:

|   Sl. No. | Name of project              | the Districts benefited             |   Ultimate Irrigation Potential (hectare) |   Irrigation potential created 03/2020 (hectare) |   upto Estimated cost (Rs. crore) |   In Expenditure March, 2020 (Rs. In crore) |
|-----------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Muvattupuzha Irrigation      | Project Idukki, Ernakulam& Kottayam |                                     30.72 |                                            28.77 |                           351.6   |                                       31.14 |
|         2 | Karapuzha Irrigation Project | Wayanand                            |                                      7.36 |                                             1.62 |                            64.752 |                                        0.32 |

However,  the  above  projects  have  so  far  not  availed  any  Central  Assistance  since inclusion under PMKSY -AIBP.

## (ii) Har Khet Ko Pani

One of the two projects under AIBP, namely Muvattupuzha Irrigation Project, is also in CADWM. Central assistance amounting to Rs. 2.69 crore has been released to the State under CADWM program  during  2020 - 21,  and  600  ha  of  cultivable  command  area  (CCA)  have  been  developed,  o targeted CCA of 18,480 ha. Further, no project from Kerala is presently under implementatio componentsof HKKP.

## (iii) Watershed Development

Department of  Land Revenue, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, has during 2009- 10  to  2014 - 15,  sanctioned  83  projects  under  Integrated  Watershed  Management  Programme Kerala. The projects cover an area of 4.23 lakh hectare, in various districts of K erala, including Alappuzha. Rs. 158.07 crore has been released as Central Assistance.

Further,  as  informed  by  Govt.  of  Kerala,  since  2014 - 15  to  December,  2020,  about  32,000  water harvesting  structures  have  been  created  /  rejuvenated  under  Water  Development  component  o Further,  an  additional  area  of  about  30,000  hectare  has  been  brou ght  under  protective  irrigation  und PMKSY, benefiting 1.84 lakh farmers.

## (iv) Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)

So far from 2015 - 16 till d ate, Central Assistance of Rs. 42.53 crore has been released to Kerala under PDMC component of PMKSY, covering an area of 2,777 hectare.

(c)Water being a State subject, it is for the State Government concerned to formulate and im resources projects in their State, as per their prior ity. The role of Central Government is limited to pro technical support and financial assistance under its existing schemes, as per the guidelines for the Government of Kerala to plan projects in the various districts including A lapuzzah, and seek central assistance for them under different components of PMKSY, as and when it is extended, in l format of the extended version of PMKSY.