Lok Sabha Question No. 1715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Restoration of Old Irrigation Projects
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1715

ANSWERED ON 29 .07 .2021

## RESTORATION OF OLD I RRIGATION PROJECTS

## †1715. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the various State Governments including Rajasthan have requested the Union Gove provide them  grants for the restoration of their  old irrigation projects and if so, the - wise  d etails thereof, in view of the existing rules and schemes;

(b) whether the restoration of the said projects is likely to take long time and if so, the d with the action taken in this regard;

(c)  whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  t o  provide  lumpsum  amount  to  the  States  so  that  t restoration and implementation of all the irrigation projects may be facilitated through t process and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Union Government also proposes to prov ide irrigation water to each and every farm?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## ( SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL )

(a) & (b) During 2016 - 17, ninety nine Major/Medium irrigation projects (and seven phases), prior consultation with the State Governments, were taken up by this Ministry under Pradhan Man Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)-Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Pr ogramme (AIBP) for financial assistance. Command area development and water management (CADWM) works for the above projects were al included for financial assistanc. Funding mechanism through NABARD has been provisioned under the Scheme, for central ass istance as well as for state share with interest subvention beyond 6% to b Government of India.

Out  of  the  above  ninety  nine  projects,  seven  projects  involve  extension,  reno modernization (ERM) works. State - wise details of these ERM p rojects included under PMKSY - AIBP, are as below:

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Rs. in Crore, Irrigation Potential (IP) in Th. Hectar

| S. No   | Project Name                                               | Name of the State   |   Latest Estimated Cost |   Central Assistance Released |   IP Target |   IP Created | Status           |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|
| 1.      | Maniyari Tank                                              | Chhattisgarh        |                  159.95 |                         47.2  |       14.52 |        14.52 | Completed        |
| 2.      | Kharung                                                    | Chhattisgarh        |                  101.04 |                         10.48 |       10.3  |        10.3  | Completed        |
| 3.      | Restoration & Mod. of Main Ravi Canal                      | Jammu & Kashmir     |                   60.01 |                         51.57 |       50.75 |        50.17 | Almost Completed |
| 4.      | Anandpur Barrage Ph. -I / Integrated Anandpur Barrage      | Odisha              |                 2864.36 |                        125.93 |        8.88 |         3.31 | December, 2022   |
| 5.      | Rehabilitation Ist Patiala Feeder and Kotla Branch Project | of Punjab           |                  177.8  |                         36.27 |       68.62 |        70.06 | Completed        |
| 6.      | Mod. of Gang Canal                                         | Rajasthan           |                  635.46 |                        248.48 |       69.69 |        69.69 | Completed        |
| 7.      | NLBC System Project (New)                                  | Karnataka           |                 2405.84 |                        999.4  |      105    |       104.6  | December, 2021   |
|         | Total                                                      |                     |                 6404.46 |                       1519.33 |      327.76 |       322.65 |                  |

Further, financial assistance is also being provided by this Ministry for a project namely 'Relining of Sirhind Feeder and Rajasthan Feeder', to address the problems of seepage and water - logging in the most vulnerable reaches. The estimated cost of the proposed works is Rs.1,976.74 crore (Price Le of which central assistance to be provided by this Ministry is Rs.826.17 crore, in a ddition to Rs.156 crore released prior to 2018. The project is proposed to be completed by June, 2022.

In  addition,  requests  have  also  been  received  from  various  States,  including  R inclusion of additional ERM projects for financial assistan ce under PMKSY-AIBP scheme. However, the scheme  was  valid  till  March,  2021  and  its  extension  for  the  period  2021 - 26  has  been  proposed.  In  the proposed extension, provision has also been kept to include irrigation/ ERM projects other referred 99 projects. Inclusion of new irrigation and ERM projects under PMKSY - AIBP shall be considered as per the norms of the scheme, on approval of its extension for the period 2021 - 26.

- ( c) Presently there is no such proposal under consideration of this Mini stry .
- ( d) Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY),  initiated  in  2015,  is  an  umbrella consisting of two major components being implemented by this Ministry, namely, Accelerated Benefits  Programme  (AIBP),  and  Har  Khet  Ko  Pani  (HKK P).  HKKP,  in  turn,  consists  of  four  s -components,  namely,  Command  Area  Development  (CAD),  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  (SMI),  Re Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies, and Ground Water (GW) Development component

In addition,  PMKSY  also  consists  of  two  other  components  being  implemented  by Departments.  Per  Drop  More  Crop  (PDMC)  component  is  being  implemented  by  Department Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers  Welfare,  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfa while Watershed  Development  component  (WDC)  of  PMKSY  is  being  implemented  by  Department  of  Lan Resources, Ministry of Rural Development.

Under  PMKSY - AIBP,  99  projects  having  ultimate  potential  of  76.03  lakh  hectare  h prioritized for completion. Against the balance ultimate potential of 34.63 lakh hectare, 22.47 l has been achieved till March, 2021. The achievement by CADWM component upto March, 2021 is lakh hectare of cultivable command area, along with formation of 8,562 Water Users Associations. Under PMKSY - AIBP and CADWM, Central Assistance (CA) is being provided through NABARD under Lon Term  Irrigation  Fund  (LTIF).  There  is  also  a  provision  whereby  State  share  can  be  bor NABARD by the State, with interest subventi on beyond 6% to be borne by Government of India.

Under HKKP - SMI, irrigation potential created since XII plan onwards is 6.85 lakh he that created under HKKP - RRR  of  water  bodies  during  this  period  is  about  1.31  lakh hectare. Similarly, under HKKP - Ground Water component, about 35.44 thousand hectare has been brought under groun irrigation  till  March,  2021.  Under  PMKSY - DMC,  57.30  lakh  hectare  has  been  covered  under  mic irrigation  during  2015 -16  to  2020 - 21.  Fo r  PMKSY - WDC,  during  2015 - 2021  about  6.38  lakh  water harvesting structures have been created / Rejuvenated and 14.01 lakh hectare additional area protective irrigation.

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