Lok Sabha Question No. 2320 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Micro Irrigation Fund
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Manne Srinivas Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2320

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  9 TH  MARCH, 2021

## MICRO IRRIGATION FUND

2320.  SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY: SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY: SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH: SHRI  MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  steps  being  taken  for  the Micro  Irrigation  Fund  to  boost value  addition  in agriculture and allied products and their exports; and
- (b) the  demands   received/action    taken   by    the  Government  in  this  regard,  Statewise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Per  Drop  More  Crop  component  of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC) from 2015-16 in all the States of  the  country  which  focuses  on  enhancing  water  use  efficiency  at  farm  level  through Micro Irrigation systems viz. Drip and Sprinkler irrigation systems and creation of water storages  for  supplementing  micro-irrigation.  Under  this  scheme,  an  amount  of  Rs. 13728.12 crore has been provided to the states and an area of 53.73 lakh ha has been covered under Micro Irrigation in the country till date.

Recent  evaluation  studies  has  indicated  that  Micro-Irrigation  scheme  has  been quite effective in terms of ensuring benefits for farmers e.g. higher productivity; reduction in labour cost, water consumption, power utilization, fertilizer use etc.

With a view to providing impetus to the Micro Irrigation systems and to enhance the water use efficiency in agriculture sector, a Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) with corpus of Rs. 5000 Crore was created with NABARD during 2018-19. The major objective of the Fund is  to  facilitate  the  States  in  mobilizing  the  resources  to  provide  top  up/  additional incentives  to  farmers  for  incentivising  micro  irrigation  beyond  the  assistance  available under PMKSY-PDMC. States may also access MIF exclusively for innovative integrated projects depending on State specific requirements.

Under the MIF, the projects from States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal, Punjab & Uttarakhand has been approved for Rs. 3970.17 Crore of loan to facilitate for bringing 12.81 lakh ha under micro-irrigation. Details of State-wise Projects sanctioned so far are annexed .  In  addition,  the  project  proposals from state of West Bengal and Rajasthan are received for availing MIF.

Further, to strengthen and expand the adoption of micro-irrigation systems by the farmers in the country, an announcement in Budget- 2021 has been made to enhance  the corpus of MIF to Rs. 10000 crore.

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2320 for 09.03.2021 on MICRO IRRIGATION FUND Details of projects sanctioned under Micro-Irrigation Fund

| Sr. No.   | State          | Kind of project                                           |   Total project cost (Rs. Cr) |   Amount under MIF (Rs. Cr) |   MI Area of project (lakh ha) | Amount released under MIF (Rs. Cr)   | Achieveme nt of Area MI (lakh ha)   | Duratio n of project   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | Top up subsidy                                            |                       1548.68 |                      616.13 |                          1.8   | 616.13                               | 1.209                               | 1 year                 |
| 2         | Tamil Nadu     | Top up subsidy                                            |                       2749.45 |                     1357.93 |                          4.76  | 937.47                               | 1.760                               | 2 year                 |
| 3         | Haryana        | Top up subsidy and Innovative                             |                        290.72 |                      103.38 |                          0.409 | 21.57                                | 0.123                               | 2 year                 |
| 3         | Haryana        | Innovative (MI for effluent treated water)                |                        490.53 |                      314.3  |                          0.233 | *                                    |                                     | 4 year                 |
| 3         | Haryana        | Innovative (MI in Command area- PPP mode)                 |                        399.97 |                      252.08 |                          0.229 | *                                    |                                     | 3 year                 |
| 3         | Haryana        | Innovative (MI in Canal Command area)                     |                        189.46 |                      121.18 |                          0.09  | *                                    |                                     | 5 year                 |
| 3         | Haryana        | Sub-Total                                                 |                       1370.68 |                      790.94 |                          0.963 | 21.57                                | 0.123                               |                        |
| 4         | Gujarat        | Top up subsidy                                            |                       3045.72 |                      764.13 |                          4.269 | 179.43                               | 1.140                               | 3 year                 |
| 5         | West Bengal    | Innovative project (synchronising existing water sources) |                        291.11 |                      276.55 |                          0.745 | *                                    |                                     | 2 year                 |
| 6         | Punjab         | Top-up subsidy & Demonstration                            |                        298.02 |                      149.65 |                          0.257 | *                                    |                                     | 5 year                 |
| 7         | Uttarakh and   | Innovative (Tea plantations)                              |                         15.63 |                       14.84 |                          0.009 | *                                    |                                     |                        |
| Total     | Total          | Total                                                     |                       9319.29 |                     3970.17 |                         12.8   | 1754.6                               | 4.232                               |                        |

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