Lok Sabha Question No. 625 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Unirrigated Land
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Saikia Dilip, D. Ravikumar, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †625 ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## UNIRRIGATED LAND

## †625. SHRI DILIP SAIKIA SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the North - Eastern States including Assam and Haryana have large tracts of unirriga and also shortage of irrigation in resources;

(b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c) whether the Government has chalked - out any action plan to deal with the said situation; and (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d)  As  per  latest  information  (2016 - 17)  available  with  Directorate  of  Economics  and  Statis Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, State - wise details of net unirrigated area and source - wise irrigated area in North - Eastern States including Assam and Haryanais at Annexure.

Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana (PMKSY)  was  launched  during  2015 - 16  by  the Central Government with an overarching vision to ensure access to some means of protective ir all agricultural farms in the country, and to produce 'Per Drop More Crop', thus bringing much desired rur al  prosperity.  PMKSY  is  having  following  components,  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefits  Pr (AIBP), Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP), Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) and Watershed Development (WD).

In  Assam,  under  AIBP  there  are  3  prioritized  projects  namely  Dhansiri ,  Champamati  & Borolia.Champamati  project  has  been  reported  to  be  completed. Under  the  Scheme,  balance  eligible Central Assistance (CA) assessed for these projects, as on 01.04.2016, amounts to Rs. 9.97 crore. No CA proposal against this amount has been r eceived from the State. State share of Rs. 108 10 crore has also been released from NABARD for Dhansiri project during 2020 - 21. Out of Ultimate Irrigation Potential 124.93 Thousand Hectare (Th ha), Irrigation Potential of 96.02 Th ha has been reported t o be created upto March, 2020.In Manipur, there are 2 projects under 99 prioritized projects of AIBP namely, Dolaithabi  Barrage. Dolaithabi  Project  is  reported  to  be  completed. Out  of  eligible  CA  of  Rs.  251.87 cro re, as on 01.04.2016, CA of Rs . 204.84 crore has been released during 2016 - 2020. Furt her, State has also availed Rs. 291.06 crore under Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF) from NABARD as State Sha during 2016 to till date. Out of Ultimate Irrigation Potential of 36.99 Th ha, Irrigation P tential of 27.29 Th ha has been reported to be created upto March, 2020.

Under HKKP -Command Area Development and Water Management Program, three projects in Assam and two projects in Manipur are included. The targeted Culturable Command Area (CCA) of t projects  is  0.6275  lakh H .  at  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs. 303  crore  (with  tar geted  central  assistance  of Rs. 141.00 crore)

Under HKKP -Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) Schemes, 3845 schemes are included in the North East States with an estimated cost of Rs. 76267 crore. Targeted irrigation potential crea tion is 572.51 Th ha.  CA  of  Rs. 4440.7  crore  has  been  released  to  states  upto  March, 2020.  During  2020 - 21,  CA  of Rs. 464.431 crore has lready been released. Further, 341.49 Th ha irrigation potential has bee and 2185 schemes have been reported to be completed.

In the North - Eastern States, under the Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of water scheme,  since  2014 - 15, 13  schemes  are  include d  with  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs. 76.87  crore.  Targeted irrigation potential re storation is 2293 ha. CA of Rs. 39.79 crore has been released to states upto March, 2020.  Further,  876  ha  irrigation  potential  has  been  restored  and  8  schemes  have  been  re completed upto March, 2020.

The scheme HKKP - Ground Water Irrigation aims to provide financial assistance to St assured ground water irrig ation to small and marginal farmers. Schemes is applicable only in area stage of ground water development less than 60%, average rainfall more than 750 mm rainfal shallow ground water levels (less than 15 m bgl). The program is being impl emented in the North -Eastern States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura.

Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers' Welfare (DAC& FW) is implementing PDMC component of PMKSY which is operational from 2015 - 16 in the c ountry. The PMKSY- Per Drop More Crop mainly focuses on water use efficiency at farm level through precision/micro irrigation.

The Department of Land Resources (DoLR) implements Watershed Development Component of PMKSY for development of rainfed /degraded lands. DoLR has sanctioned, 1006 watershed development projects for about 38.99 lakh hectare in North Eastern States. In Hary na, 88 projects covering an area o 3.62 lakh hectare has been sanctioned during the period 2009 - 10 to 14 - 15 under Integrated W atershed Management Programme (IWMP). Since 2009 - 10, an amount of Rs.2466.64 crore to North Eastern Sta and Rs.119.51 crore to Haryana has been released as Central share ( as on 27.01.2021).As per received  from  the  North - Eastern  States,  sinc e  2014 - 15  to  2020 - 21  (upto  Q3,  2020),  0.40  lakh  water harvesting structures have been created / rejuvenated. An additional area of 1.90 lakh ha ha under  protective  irrigation.  The  number  of  farmers  benefited  is  5.66  lakh  during  the  sa d.  In Haryana,  since  2014 - 5  to  2020 - 21  (upto  Q3,  2020),  0.04  lakh  water  harvesting  structures  have created / rejuvenated. An additional, area of 0.45 lakh ha has been brought under protective number of farmers benefited is 0.36 lakh d uring the said period.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY TO  PART  (A )  TO  (D)  OF  UNSTARRE D QUESTION NO. † 625 TO BE ANSWERED I N LOK SABHA ON 04.02 .2021 REGARDING 'UNIRRIGATED LAND'

State - wise details of net unirrigated area and source - wise irrigated area in North - Eastern States including Assam and Haryana for the year 2016 - 17

(Unit: Thousand Hectare)

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|                   |                | NET AREA IRRIGATED FROM   | NET AREA IRRIGATED FROM   | NET AREA IRRIGATED FROM   | NET AREA IRRIGATED FROM   | NET AREA IRRIGATED FROM   | NET AREA IRRIGATED FROM   | NET AREA IRRIGATED FROM   |
|-------------------|----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|                   | Net Un-        | Canals                    | Canals                    | Canals                    | Tanks                     | Wells                     | Wells                     | Other                     |
| States            | Irrigated Area | Govern - ment             | Private                   | Total                     |                           | TubeWells                 | Other Wells               | Sources                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 178            | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | 54                        |
| Assam             | 2412           | 92                        | --                        | 92                        | 10                        | 74                        | 10                        | 176                       |
| Haryana           | 354            | 1181                      | --                        | 1181                      | --                        | 1965                      | --                        | 0                         |
| Manipur           | 394            | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | 75                        |
| Meghalaya         | 156            | 69                        | 28                        | 97                        | --                        | --                        | --                        |                           |
| Mizoram           | 129            | 2                         | 14                        | 16                        | --                        | --                        | --                        |                           |
| Nagaland          | 274            | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | 110                       |
| Sikkim            | 61             | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | --                        | 16                        |
| Tripura           | 173            | 7                         | --                        | 7                         | 2                         | 6                         | 0                         | 67                        |
| Total             | 4131           | 1350                      | 42                        | 1392                      | 12                        | 2045                      | 10                        | 498                       |

Note: '0' denotes to area less than 500 hectare.

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.

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