Lok Sabha Question No. 3586 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Watershed Project under Drought Prone Area Programme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3586 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2021

## Watershed Project under Drought Prone Area Programme

## 3586.  SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the watershed projects sanctioned and completed under the Drought Prone Area Programme (DDAP) in the districts of Maharashtra during the last five years, yearwise;
- (b) the  number and  location of watershed  projects sanctioned and completed in the State of Maharashtra; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  targets  and  achievements  of  these  projects  towards  resolving  drinking water shortage in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a)& (b) The  Department  of  Land  Resources  (DoLR)  was  earlier  implementing  three  area development programmes namely Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP), Desert Development Programme (DDP) and Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP) on watershed basis.

These  three  programmes  were  integrated  and  consolidated  into  a  single  modified programme called the Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) with effect  from  26.02.2009  which  was  later  amalgamated  in  PMKSY  in  2015-16  and named  as  the  Watershed  Development  Component  of  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY).

Under IWMP, from 2009-10 to 2014-15, 8214 projects were sanctioned in 28 States (now 27 States and 2 UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh), out of which 1186 projects were sanctioned in 33 districts of Maharashtra. The districts covered under IWMP (now known as  WDC-PMKSY),  in  Maharashtra  are  Ahmednagar,  Akola, Amravati, Aurabgabad, Beed, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia,  Hingoli,  Jalna,  Jalgaon,  Nanded,  Kolhapur,  Latur,  Nagpur,  Nanadurbar, Nashik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Pune, Raigad, Ratanagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Sholapur, Thane, Washim, Wardha and Yavatmal.

The district-wise details of projects sanctioned and completed under WDC-PMKSY in Maharashtra are given as Annexure.

Keeping  focus  on the  completion  of  the  sanctioned  projects,  Government  has  not sanctioned any new watershed project under WDC-PMKSY from 2015-16 onwards in the country including Maharashtra.

- (c) As per the decision at highest level, 1832 projects were transferred to States /UTs in 2018,  for  implementation  with their  own  resources  /  budget,  which  included  162 projects in Maharashtra. Therefore, DoLR has been funding implementation of only 1024 projects in the State.

WDC-PMKSY aims for developing rainfed and degraded land in the country. Out of 1024  watershed  projects being funded by DoLR  in  Maharashtra,  as  on 30.07.2021, 809 projects have been reported completed. As per the information of the State, between 2014-15 and 2021-22 ( Q 1) 0.16 lakh water harvesting structures have  been  created  /  rejuvenated,  1.38  lakh  ha  additional  area  has  been   brought under protective irrigation and 1.94 lakh farmers benefited.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3586 for answer on 10.08.2021

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- (I)  District-wise  details  of  projects  sanctioned  and  completed  under  WDC-PMKSY  in Maharashtra

| S. No.   | District    |   Total projects sanctioned |   No of projects transferred to State |   Projects funded by DoLR |   Completed |
|----------|-------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
| 1        | Ahmadnagar  |                          38 |                                     6 |                        32 |          14 |
| 2        | Akola       |                          19 |                                     5 |                        14 |          12 |
| 3        | Amravati    |                          36 |                                     7 |                        29 |          24 |
| 4        | Aurangabad  |                          33 |                                     9 |                        24 |          20 |
| 5        | Beed        |                          68 |                                     5 |                        63 |          54 |
| 6        | Bhandara    |                          17 |                                     6 |                        11 |           9 |
| 7        | Buldhana    |                          42 |                                     2 |                        40 |          35 |
| 8        | Chandrapur  |                          29 |                                     5 |                        24 |          10 |
| 9        | Dhule       |                          27 |                                     1 |                        26 |          22 |
| 10       | Gadhchiroli |                           5 |                                     1 |                         4 |           4 |
| 11       | Gondia      |                          20 |                                     7 |                        13 |           8 |
| 12       | Hingoli     |                          33 |                                     3 |                        30 |          29 |
| 13       | Jalgaon     |                          39 |                                     0 |                        39 |          31 |
| 14       | Jalna       |                          39 |                                     5 |                        34 |          28 |
| 15       | Kolhapur    |                          48 |                                     7 |                        41 |          32 |
| 16       | Latur       |                          41 |                                     8 |                        33 |          26 |
| 17       | Nagpur      |                          29 |                                     4 |                        25 |          21 |
| 18       | Nanded      |                          57 |                                     7 |                        50 |          49 |
| 19       | Nandurbar   |                          24 |                                     5 |                        19 |          18 |
| 20       | Nasik       |                          41 |                                     1 |                        40 |          22 |
| 21       | Osmanabad   |                          47 |                                     2 |                        45 |          38 |
| 22       | Parbhani    |                          30 |                                     4 |                        26 |          21 |
| 23       | Pune        |                          39 |                                     9 |                        30 |          27 |
| 24       | Raigadh     |                          45 |                                     4 |                        41 |          21 |
| 25       | Ratnagiri   |                          51 |                                     3 |                        48 |          46 |
| 26       | Sangli      |                          36 |                                     4 |                        32 |          27 |
| 27       | Satara      |                          78 |                                     9 |                        69 |          62 |
| 28       | Sindhudurg  |                          26 |                                     5 |                        21 |          18 |
| 29       | Solapur     |                          50 |                                     4 |                        46 |          39 |
| 30       | Thane       |                          20 |                                     4 |                        16 |          14 |
| 31       | Wardha      |                          30 |                                     5 |                        25 |          11 |
| 32       | Wasim       |                          12 |                                     2 |                        10 |           6 |
| 33       | Yavatmal    |                          37 |                                    13 |                        24 |          11 |
|          | Total       |                        1186 |                                   162 |                      1024 |         809 |