Lok Sabha Question No. 2555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Micro-Irrigation Projects
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara, Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE& FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2555

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## MICRO-IRRIGATION PROJECTS

2555.     SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR: SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  micro/drip  irrigation  systems  that  the    Government    has    promoted and  operationalized  to improve efficient usage of water for agriculture in the last three years, State-wise, including Jharkhand;
- (b) the details of the number of beneficiaries and the acreage  of  land  covered  under advanced  irrigation systems, till date, State-wise, including Jharkhand;
- (c) whether the Ministry has studied the impact of micro-irrigation projects on farmers' income, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  total  number  of  farmers  who  have  adopted  micro-irrigation  projects,  Statewise; and
- (e) the total  number  of  micro-water  harvesting structures constructed during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a), (b) & (d):   The Government of India is promoting MicroIrrigation viz. Drip and Sprinkler systemsin the Country for enhancing water use efficiency at farm level  under the Per Drop More Crop component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC) from 2015-16. Under PMKSY-PDMC, total area of 59.37 lakh ha has been covered under Micro Irrigation in the country from 2015-16 till date. The State wise area covered under Micro Irrigation  and  number  of  farmers  benefittedincluding  the  State  of  Jharkhand  through PMKSY-PDMCsince inception including the last three years is given at Annexure-I and II.

- (c): Recent evaluation study of the scheme conducted by NITI Aayogindicated thatthe Micro  Irrigation  is  relevant  in  achieving  the  National  Priorities  such  as  substantially improving on-farm water use efficiency, enhancing crop productivity, generating employment opportunities etc.  Further, the scheme has been quite effective in terms of ensuring benefits to farmers with high productivity, reducing fertilizer usage, reduction in labour expenses, other input costs and overall income enhancement of farmers.
- (e) Besides promoting Micro Irrigation, the PMKSY- PDMC also supports Micro level water  storage/  conservation  activities  to  supplementthe  source  creation  for  the  micro irrigation.  During  the  last  three  years,  about  2.21  lakh  number  of  water  harvesting structures arecreated under  PMKSY-  PDMC.  The  Statewise details aregiven at Annexure-III .

## Annexure- I

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2555 for answer on 14.12.2021 Year-wise area covered under Micro Irrigation PDMC-PMKSY (2015-16 to 2021-22)

Area in Ha

| S. No.   | State          | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 (as on 22.11.21   |   Total |
|----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | 94104     | 141098    | 186441    | 200269    | 122080    | -         |                           |  743992 |
| 2        | Bihar          | 5155      | 4228      | 3143      | 924       | 3967      | 1275      | 825                       |   19517 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh   | 8056      | 19227     | 13087     | 18929     | 27688     | 18634     | 1037                      |  106658 |
| 4        | Goa            | 92        | 123       | 236       | -         | 285       | 132       |                           |     868 |
| 5        | Gujarat        | 142681    | 165948    | 143134    | 140778    | 107649    | 101329    | 46344                     |  847863 |
| 6        | Haryana        | 3117      | 5701      | 10751     | 10469     | 22652     | 12446     |                           |   65136 |
| 7        | Himachal Pr.   | 3306      | 937       | 1197      | 422       | 2573      | 2051      |                           |   10486 |
| 8        | Jharkhand      | 4528      | 5810      | 1544      | 3978      | 5989      | 1909      |                           |   23758 |
| 9        | J&K            | -         | -         | -         | -         | 70        | 1020      |                           |    1090 |
| 10       | Karnataka      | 64220     | 139405    | 236107    | 234853    | 250591    | 321178    |                           | 1246354 |
| 11       | Kerala         | 561       | 310       | 358       | 965       | 583       | 389       |                           |    3166 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh | 75224     | 54323     | 39761     | 35195     | 14597     | 17717     | 894                       |  237711 |
| 13       | Maharashtra    | 35242     | 106172    | 132829    | 159959    | 171097    | 49878     |                           |  655177 |
| 14       | Odisha         | 2907      | 4611      | 3036      | 10081     | 8498      | 13592     |                           |   42725 |
| 15       | Punjab         | 1799      | 1950      | 600       | 507       | 942       | 742       |                           |    6540 |
| 16       | Rajasthan      | 56346     | 47650     | 48205     | 53982     | 58573     | 69191     | 37622                     |  371569 |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu     | 32288     | 44778     | 105695    | 172445    | 263494    | 214147    | 60409                     |  893256 |
| 18       | Telangana      | 39864     | 61980     | 89474     | 40381     | 4548      | 11308     | 6479                      |  254034 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand    | 721       | 3199      | 2182      | 4256.41   | 6790      | 4128      | 3877                      |   25153 |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh  | 1598      | 32511     | 28235     | 55086     | 56953     | 58104     | 36508                     |  268995 |
| 21       | West Bengal    | -         | -         | 2137      | 13370     | 21824     | 14821     |                           |   52152 |
| 22       | Arun. Pradesh  | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 6898      |                           |    6898 |
| 23       | Assam          | -         | -         | 782       | 70        | 10873     | 6731      | 3391                      |   21847 |
| 24       | Manipur        | -         | -         | -         | 1600      | 2554      | 4455      | 4242                      |   12851 |
| 25       | Mizoram        | 398       | -         | -         | -         | 2348      | 519       |                           |    3265 |
| 26       | Nagaland       | -         | -         | -         | -         | 2830      | 1520      | 5460                      |    9810 |
| 27       | Sikkim         | 773       | -         | -         | -         | 2524      | 3000      |                           |    6297 |
|          | Grand Total    | 572980    | 839961    | 1048934   | 1158519   | 1172572   | 937114    | 207088                    | 5937168 |

## Annexure  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2555  for  answer  on 14.12.2021

## Number of farmers adopted Micro Irrigation under PMKSY - Per Drop More Crop since 2015-16 to 2021-22 (till date)

| S No.   | State             | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 93622     | 127174    | 163824    | 171535    |    103188 |           |           |  659343 |
| 2       | Bihar             | 3405      | 3877      | 3501      | 2066      |      1718 | 1408      |           |   15975 |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh      | 8103      | 20488     | 14071     | 21423     |     31361 | 21470     | 1351      |  118267 |
| 4       | Goa               | -         | 130       | 247       | 174       |        93 | 159       |           |     803 |
| 5       | Gujarat           | 127785    | 118293    | 84365     | 84399     |     76425 | 74414     | 33387     |  599068 |
| 6       | Haryana           | 13111     | 5961      | 9382      | 9392      |     11861 | 14992     |           |   64699 |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh  | 2356      | 1845      | 265       | 502       |      4530 | 3000      | 320       |   12818 |
| 8       | Jharkhand         | 6367      | 3271      | 1521      | 6934      |     10782 | 3148      |           |   32023 |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir   | -         | -         | -         | -         |        53 | 1020      |           |    1073 |
| 10      | Karnataka         | 112903    | 165795    | 212183    | 227382    |    248937 | 326814    | 820       | 1294834 |
| 11      | Kerala            | 852       | 758       | 556       | 1803      |       450 | 390       |           |    4809 |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh    | 41922     | 35732     | 24904     | 26093     |     16193 | 8846      |           |  153690 |
| 13      | Maharashtra       | 46526     | 124958    | 183300    | 175084    |    199262 | 21980     |           |  751110 |
| 14      | Odisha            | 3312      | 5124      | 6491      | 23168     |     20950 | 463       |           |   59508 |
| 15      | Punjab            | 1452      | 1486      | 379       | 337       |       511 | 582       |           |    4747 |
| 16      | Rajasthan         | 27350     | 24354     | 31397     | 32086     |     42977 | 46849     | 26873     |  231886 |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu        | 31614     | 60700     | 3589      | 156056    |    190025 | 208639    | 59440     |  710063 |
| 18      | Telangana         | 39545     | 55118     | 83461     | 37596     |      3831 | 9574      | 8075      |  237200 |
| 19      | Uttarakhand       | 1633      | 5220      | 3016      | 9618      |      9472 | 7081      |           |   36040 |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1475      | 9454      | 19924     | 38247     |     41842 | 43346     | 22536     |  176824 |
| 21      | West Bengal       | -         | 844       | 2574      | 7386      |     18489 | 20207     |           |   49500 |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | -         | 108       | 2727      |      5296 | 7909      |           |   16040 |
| 23      | Assam             | -         | 208       | 744       | 379       |     10949 | 6682      |           |   18962 |
| 24      | Manipur           | 250       | 250       | 361       | 2562      |      4308 | 3308      | 4242      |   15281 |
| 25      | Mizoram           | 221       | 1056      | 1274      | 1165      |      1371 | 952       |           |    6039 |
| 26      | Nagaland          | -         | -         | 143       | 871       |      1347 | 970       | 5460      |    8791 |
| 27      | Sikkim            | 1932      | 1658      | -         | 6021      |      4191 | 3580      | 4492      |   21874 |
|         | Total             | 565736    | 773754    | 851580    | 1045006   |   1060412 | 837783    | 166996    | 5301267 |

## Annexure-III

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2555 for answer on 14.12.2021

## Micro Water Harvesting Structures created under PMKSY-PDMC duringthe  last three years

| S.N.   | States            | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|--------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 38035     | 35556     | 910       |
| 2      | Bihar             | -         | 554       | -         |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh      | 555       | 700       | -         |
| 4      | Goa               | 25        | 168       | -         |
| 5      | Gujarat           | 1040      | 979       | 289       |
| 6      | Haryana           | 242       | 368       | -         |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  | 946       | 198       | 123       |
| 8      | Jharkhand         | 2979      | 1066      | -         |
| 9      | Karnataka         | 3429      | 2842      | 849       |
| 10     | Kerala            | 545       | 228       | 125       |
| 11     | Madhya Pradesh    | -         | -         | 87        |
| 12     | Maharashtra       | 6867      | 23056     | 300       |
| 13     | Odisha            | 2254      | 1539      | 341       |
| 14     | Punjab            | 36        | 1         | 6         |
| 15     | Rajasthan         | 16478     | 3797      | 3107      |
| 16     | Tamil Nadu        | 26279     | 9533      | 1277      |
| 17     | Telangana         | 2589      | -         | -         |
| 18     | Uttarakhand       | 1988      | 1279      | 648       |
| 19     | Uttar Pradesh     | 4347      | 5363      | 1880      |
| 20     | West Bengal       | 912       | 137       | 2         |
| 21     | Arunachal Pradesh | 686       | 817       | -         |
| 22     | Assam             | 70        | 75        | 59        |
| 23     | Manipur           | 460       | 264       | 128       |
| 24     | Meghalaya         | 142       | -         | -         |
| 25     | Mizoram           | 1140      | 705       | 294       |
| 26     | Nagaland          | 4480      | 2029      | 355       |
| 27     | Sikkim            | 582       | 338       | -         |
| 28     | Tripura           | 456       | 692       | -         |
| 29     | Andaman Nicobar   | 12        | 14        | -         |
| 30     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 352       | 17        | 138       |
|        | Total             | 117926    | 92315     | 10918     |

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