Lok Sabha Question No. 1520 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Employment under Namami Gange Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1520

ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## EMPLOYMENT UNDER NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME

## 1520. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people who have been provided employment under Namami Gange Programme till date, State-wise;
- (b) the number of villages developed under Ganga Gram Project in the State of Bihar;
- (c) the quantum of funds additionally allocated and utilised under the Namami Gange Programme till date, year and State-wise; and
- (d) the details of number of trees planted from 2014-15 to 2021-22 across various States under the Namami Ganga Programme and the funds required for the Plantation?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

- (a): National  Mission  for  Clean  Ganga  (NMCG)  is  providing  financial  and  technical  support  to  the  States  for implementing projects on diverse set of interventions like pollution abatement activities including sewage, industrial effluent,  Solid  Waste  etc.,  River  Front  Management,  Aviral  Dhara,  Rural  Sanitation,  Afforestation,  Biodiversity Conservation, Wetland Conservation, Public Participation  etc. for cleaning  and  rejuvenation  of  river  Ganga. These projects  are  implemented  by  State  Executing  Agencies  which  helps  to  generate  local  employment  in  the  States, however, the employment data are not collated and kept at NMCG.
- (b): A total of 472 villages have been taken up for development under the Ganga Gram Project in the State of Bihar.
- (c): The Government of India releases funds to National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for the implementation of the  program.  Thereafter,  funds  are  released  by  NMCG  to  State  Governments  /State  Programme  Management Groups/CPSUs/  Other  Executing  Agencies.  The  details  of  funds  allocated  and  funds  released  under  the  Namami Gange Programme till date, year and State-wise are annexed at Annexure.
- (d): Under the Namami Ganga Programme, NMCG have been providing funds since the year 2016-17 to the Ganga bank State Forest Departments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal for afforestation works along the river Ganga as per the DPR prepared by Forest Research Institute (FRI) Dehradun.
- So far, 1,63,25,296 number of plants have been planted over 29,326 hectares area under the Namami Gange program for which an expenditure of Rs. 313.90 crore has been incurred by the respective State Forest Departments. The State wise details of plantation is as follows:

| 2016-17 to 2020-21   | 2016-17 to 2020-21       | 2016-17 to 2020-21                           | 2016-17 to 2020-21    |
|----------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| State                | Expenditure (in Rs. Cr.) | Total Area Covered under Plantation (in ha.) | No. of Plants planted |
| Uttarakhand          | 115.71                   | 10356                                        | 7344400               |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 57.90                    | 8820                                         | 4639275               |
| Bihar                | 91.63                    | 7151                                         | 1399752               |
| Jharkhand            | 26.21                    | 884                                          | 723420                |
| West Bengal          | 22.46                    | 2115                                         | 2218449               |
| Total                | 313.90                   | 29,326                                       | 1,63,25,296           |

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1520 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022 REGARDING 'EMPLOYMENT UNDER NAMAMI GANGE

## PROGRAMME'.

Details of funds allocated/ released  by Government of India to National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and subsequently disbursed/released by NMCG from the financial year 2014-15 till 31 December 2021 is tabulated below:-

| Financial Year   | Budget Estimates   | Estimates         | Releases by Government of India   | Disbursement/ Expenditure by National Mission for Clean Ganga   |                   |
|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|                  | (Rupees in crore)  | (Rupees in crore) | (Rupees in crore)                 | (Rupees in crore)                                               | (Rupees in crore) |
| 2014-15          | 2,137.00           | 2,053.00          | 326.00                            | 170.99                                                          |                   |
| 2015-16          | 2,750.00           | 1,650.00          | 1,632.00                          | 602.60                                                          |                   |
| 2016-17          | 2,500.00           | 1,675.00          | 1,675.00                          | 1,062.81                                                        |                   |
| 2017-18          | 2,550.00           | 3,023.42          | 1,423.12                          | 1,625.01                                                        |                   |
| 2018-19          | 3,070.00           | 2,370.00          | 2,307.50                          | 2,626.54                                                        |                   |
| 2019-20          | 1,970.00           | 1,553.44          | 1,553.40                          | 2,673.09                                                        |                   |
| 2020-21          | 1,640.02           | 1,300.00          | 1,300.00                          | 1,339.97                                                        |                   |
| 2021-22*         | 1,450.02           | 1,450.02          | 950.00                            | 972.68                                                          |                   |
| Total            | 18,067.04          | 15,074.88         | 11,167.02                         | 11,073.69                                                       |                   |

(* up-to 31 December 2021)

State-wise  and  year-wise  funds  released/  expended  by  National  Mission  for  Clean  Ganga  (NMCG)  to  State Governments  /State  Programme  Management  Groups/CPSUSs/  Other  Executing  Agencies  from  the  financial  year 2014-15 onward till 31 December 2021 , are mentioned below:-

| State                                                              | FY 2014-15   | FY 2015-16   | FY 2016-17   | FY 2017-18   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021-22*   | (Rs. in crore) Total   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------------|
| Uttarakhand                                                        | 4.26         | 37.04        | 43.97        | 242.49       | 341.44       | 128.20       | 124.82       | 129.65        | 1,051.87               |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                      | 74.58        | 153.35       | 602.90       | 549.88       | 823.77       | 821.09       | 472.46       | 322.49        | 3,820.52               |
| Bihar                                                              | ----         | 124.23       | 82.03        | 367.18       | 673.03       | 1,185.17     | 194.43       | 37.46         | 2,663.53               |
| Jharkhand                                                          | 0.97         | 27.83        | 49.53        | 21.72        | 74.23        | 30.50        | 28.03        | 2.59          | 235.40                 |
| West Bengal                                                        | 73.85        | 185.79       | 117.25       | 249.35       | 227.62       | 70.60        | 105.06       | 72.41         | 1,101.93               |
| Delhi                                                              | ----         | 4.96         | 2.17         | 81.57        | 310.69       | 214.47       | 235.00       | 240.00        | 1,088.86               |
| Haryana                                                            | ----         | 30.00        | 52.73        | 6.88         | ----         | ----         | ----         | ----          | 89.61                  |
| Environmenta l Planning & Coordination Organization, Jabalpur, Mad | ----         | 3.39         | 6.50         | ----         | ----         | ----         | ----         | ----          | 9.89                   |
| hya Pradesh Urban Improv ement Trust, Kota, Rajasth an             | ----         | ----         | 20.00        | ----         | ----         | ----         | ----         | 20.00         | 40.00                  |
| Irrigation & P ublic Health Department, Himachal Pra desh          | ----         | ----         | ----         | ----         | ----         | ----         | 1.25         | 2.50          | 3.75                   |
| NMCG's Exp enditure inclu ding other Ba sin wide inter             | 17.33        | 36.01        | 85.73        | 105.94       | 175.76       | 223.06       | 178.92       | 145.58        | 968.33                 |
| Total                                                              | 170.99       | 602.60       | 1,062.81     | 1,625.01     | 2,626.54     | 2,673.09     | 1,339.97     | 972.68        | 11,073.69              |

(* till 31 December 2021)