Lok Sabha Question No. 1375 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Coverage of Drip Irrigation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1375

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH  FEBRUARY, 2021

## COVERAGE OF DRIP IRRIGATION

1375. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

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

- (a) the details of the agriculture land adopting drip irrigation and flood irrigation system in the country, State-wise including the State of Assam;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  about  the  Suchma  Irrigation Project by Global Agri System Limited if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  crop-wise  quantity  of  water  likely  to  be  saved  through  the  use  of  drip  irrigation along with the details;
- (d) the details of the schemes being run by the Government for drip irrigation;
- (e) the details of the funds allocated to States for encouragement thereof, State-wise;
- (f) whether the Government has initiated any solar irrigation system for farmer and if so, the details of the schemes alongwith the names thereof; and
- (g) the details of the allocated funds for the purpose to the States?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): As per available information, the net irrigated area in the country is 68649 thousand ha. The agriculture land covered under Micro Irrigation is 12908.44 thousand ha in which drip irrigationis 6112.05 thousand ha and Sprinkler Irrigation is 6796.39 thousand ha. The Statewise details of net irrigated area and area covered under Micro Irrigation including the State of Assam is given at Annexure I.

(b): An impact evaluation study of Micro Irrigation scheme was carried out by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) in 2014 through M/s Global Agri System Ltd. The major findings of the study are as under:

-  Irrigation cost is reduced by 20% to 50% with average of 32.3%.
-  Electricity consumption is reduced by about 31%.
-  Saving of fertilizers in the range of 7% to 42%.
-  Average productivity of fruits and vegetables increased by about 42.3% and 52.8%.
-  Overall income enhancement of farmers in the range of 20% to 68% with an average of 48.5%.

(c): The crop-wise quantity of water likely to be saved through the use of drip irrigation as  reported  under  All  India  Coordinated  Research  Project  (AICRP)  on  Irrigation  Water Management of Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Crop under drip irrigation   | Water saving (%)   |
|-----------|------------------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Sugarcane                    | 24.0 - 59.5        |
|         2 | Maize                        | 15.8 - 29.0        |
|         3 | Banana                       | 22.9 - 59.4        |
|         4 | Rice                         | 30.0 - 50.0        |
|         5 | Cotton                       | 22.8 - 50.0        |
|         6 | Potato                       | 32.7 - 41.1        |
|         7 | Groundnut                    | 20.0 - 30.9        |
|         8 | Pea                          | 40.0 - 50.2        |
|         9 | Papaya                       | 20.0 - 71.2        |
|        10 | Okra                         | 20.0 - 60.9        |
|        11 | Brinjal                      | 34.1 - 47.3        |
|        12 | Cabbage                      | 13.3 - 30.0        |
|        13 | Onion (small and big)        | 18.0 - 30.0        |
|        14 | Turmeric                     | 22.7 - 32.0        |
|        15 | Chilli                       | 36.2 - 51.2        |
|        16 | Bittergourd                  | 28.9 - 59.0        |
|        17 | Garlic                       | 17.2 - 28.3        |
|        18 | Tomato                       | 33.0 - 67.4        |

(d)& (e): The  DAC&FW is implementing Per  Drop  More  Crop  component  of  Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC) from 2015-16 which focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation viz. Drip and Sprinkler irrigation systems.The details of Central Assistance released under the scheme from 2015-16 to till date is given at Annexure - II.

Besides, with a view to provide impetus to the Micro Irrigation in the country, Micro Irrigation Fund with a corpus of ₹ 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 provisions  available  under  PMKSY-PDMC.  States  may  also    access  MIF  exclusively  for innovative  integrated  projects  (like  high  water  duty  crops  like  sugarcane/solar  linked systems/  Micro  irrigation  in  command  area  etc.)  including  projects  in  the  Public  Private Partnership (PPP) mode depending on State specific requirements.   Govt. of India provides 3% interest subvention on loans extended to State Govt. under MIF.

Under  the  ongoing  MIF  fund,  projects  for  ₹  3970.17  crore  has  been  approved  for loan under MIF to the States of Andhra Pradesh(₹ 616.13 crore), Gujarat(₹ 764.13 crore), Tamil  Nadu(₹  1357.93  crore),  Haryana(₹  790.94  crore),  West  Bengal(₹  276.55  crore), Punjab(₹ 149.65 crore) &  Uttrakhand (₹ 14.84 crore) which would be facilitating bringing of 12.83 lakh ha of area under Micro Irrigation.

(f) & (g): The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan(PM-KUSUM Scheme), which, inter alia, provides for:

(i)  Installation  of  20  lakh  standalone  off-grid  solar  water  pumps  for  irrigation  purpose; and

- (ii) Solarisation of 15 lakh existing grid-connected agriculture pumps.

Under  the  scheme,  quantities for installation  of  standalone  solar  pumps  and solarisation of existing agricultural pumps are sanctioned based on demand received from States.  Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA)  for  the  sanctioned  quantities,  depend  on capacity/  type  and  number  of  pumps  installed  /  solarized.  State-wise  information  of sanctioned quantities during 2019-21 is given at Annexure- III

Besides,  deep  well  (Submersible)/  Shallow  well  Solar  photovoltaic(SPV)  Water pumping  systems  with  A.C/  DC  Induction  Motor  Pump  Set  and  a  suitable  inverter  are supported under Sub Mission on Agriculture Mechanization(SMAM) of  DAC&FW. Financial progress of Solar Pump under SMAM is given at Annexure- IV.

## Net Irrigated Area and area covered under Drip Irrigation

## Area in thousand ha

| S.No   | State                     | Net Irrigated   | Area covered under Micro Irrigation#   | Area covered under Micro Irrigation#   | Area covered under Micro Irrigation#   |
|--------|---------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| S.No   | State                     | Area*           | Drip Irrigation                        | Sprinkler Irrigation                   | Total                                  |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh            | 2719            | 1388.13                                | 519.17                                 | 1907.30                                |
| 2      | Bihar                     | 3101            | 12.49                                  | 106.98                                 | 119.47                                 |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh              | 1486            | 28.23                                  | 318.97                                 | 347.20                                 |
| 4      | Goa                       | 37              | 1.34                                   | 1.26                                   | 2.60                                   |
| 5      | Gujarat                   | 4233            | 852.02                                 | 747.75                                 | 1599.77                                |
| 6      | Haryana                   | 3146            | 36.83                                  | 596.72                                 | 633.55                                 |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh          | 114             | 7.89                                   | 6.36                                   | 14.25                                  |
| 8      | Jharkhand                 | 283             | 25.08                                  | 17.30                                  | 42.38                                  |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 336             | 0.09                                   | 0.06                                   | 0.15                                   |
| 10     | Karnataka                 | 3104            | 752.82                                 | 1148.70                                | 1901.52                                |
| 11     | Kerala                    | 378             | 23.95                                  | 8.92                                   | 32.87                                  |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh            | 9876            | 322.27                                 | 249.24                                 | 571.51                                 |
| 13     | Maharashtra               | 3163            | 1314.78                                | 561.65                                 | 1876.43                                |
| 14     | Odisha                    | 1122            | 26.13                                  | 105.09                                 | 131.22                                 |
| 15     | Punjab                    | 4128            | 36.03                                  | 13.70                                  | 49.73                                  |
| 16     | Rajasthan                 | 8257            | 277.12                                 | 1709.99                                | 1987.11                                |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu                | 2385            | 735.81                                 | 311.06                                 | 1046.87                                |
| 18     | Telangana                 | 2158            | 196.87                                 | 71.03                                  | 267.90                                 |
| 19     | Uttar Pradesh             | 14337           | 33.52                                  | 179.64                                 | 213.16                                 |
| 20     | Uttrakhand                | 329             | 12.38                                  | 15.25                                  | 27.63                                  |
| 21     | West Bengal               | 3106            | 10.32                                  | 78.12                                  | 88.44                                  |
| 22     | Arunachal Pradesh         | 54              | 0.61                                   | 0.00                                   | 0.61                                   |
| 23     | Assam                     | 362             | 2.44                                   | 9.72                                   | 12.16                                  |
| 24     | Manipur                   | 75              | 0.29                                   | 4.18                                   | 4.47                                   |
| 25     | Mizoram                   | 16              | 5.09                                   | 2.45                                   | 7.54                                   |
| 26     | Meghalaya                 | 97              | 0.31                                   | 0.31                                   | 0.62                                   |
| 27     | Nagaland                  | 110             | 2.42                                   | 5.86                                   | 8.28                                   |
| 28     | Tripura                   | 82              | 0.44                                   | 1.65                                   | 2.09                                   |
| 29     | Sikkim                    | 16              | 6.35                                   | 5.26                                   | 11.61                                  |
| 30     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0               | -                                      | -                                      | -                                      |
| 31     | Chandigarh                | 0               | -                                      | -                                      | -                                      |
| 32     | Dadar& Nagar Haveli       | 5               | -                                      | -                                      | -                                      |
| 33     | Delhi                     | 22              | -                                      | -                                      | -                                      |
| 34     | Puducherry                | 13              | -                                      | -                                      | -                                      |
|        | Total                     | 68649           | 6112.05                                | 6796.39                                | 12908.44                               |

Source: * Directorate of Economics & Statistics, DAC&FW

*Net Irrigated area includes irrigating by Government canals, Private canals,

Tanks, Tube-well, Other Wells, Other Sources.

# From 2005-06 to 2020-21(as on 3.2.2021)

Annexure II

Central Assistance released under PMKSY- PDMC from 2015-16 to 2020-21(as on 3.2.2021)

| S.No.   | States/UT              |   Amount ( Rs. in Crore) |
|---------|------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh         |                  2104.26 |
| 2       | Bihar                  |                    90.61 |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh           |                   205.64 |
| 4       | Goa                    |                     2.8  |
| 5       | Gujarat                |                  1439.55 |
| 6       | Haryana                |                   145.19 |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh       |                    91.35 |
| 8       | Jharkhand              |                   145.64 |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir        |                    55.07 |
| 10      | Karnataka              |                  1909.15 |
| 11      | Kerala                 |                    42.53 |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh         |                   667.4  |
| 13      | Maharashtra            |                  1660.46 |
| 14      | Odisha                 |                   231.4  |
| 15      | Punjab                 |                    53.18 |
| 16      | Rajasthan              |                   722.82 |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu             |                  1820.83 |
| 18      | Telangana              |                   679.32 |
| 19      | Uttarakhand            |                   164.3  |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh          |                   421.79 |
| 21      | West Bengal            |                   135.7  |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh      |                    68.4  |
| 23      | Assam                  |                    91.03 |
| 24      | Manipur                |                   121.36 |
| 25      | Meghalaya              |                    16.73 |
| 26      | Mizoram                |                    91.97 |
| 27      | Nagaland               |                   121.64 |
| 28      | Sikkim                 |                   101.24 |
| 29      | Tripura                |                    38.3  |
| 30      | Andman& Nicobar Island |                     0.7  |
| 31      | Puducherry             |                     2.03 |
| 32      | Ladakh                 |                     2.4  |
| 33      | HQ                     |                    28.55 |
|         | Total                  |                 13473.3  |

## Standalone Solar Pumps and Solarization of Existing Pumps Sanctioned during 2019-21 under PM-KUSUM

| S. No.   | State             |   Total Standalone Solar Pumps Sanctioned (Nos.) |   Total Solarization of Existing Agricultural Pumps Sanctioned (Nos.) |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                               50 |                                                                     0 |
| 2        | Chhattisgarh      |                                            20000 |                                                                     0 |
| 3        | Gujarat           |                                             2199 |                                                                  7000 |
| 4        | Goa               |                                              200 |                                                                  7000 |
| 5        | Haryana           |                                            37000 |                                                                   468 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                             1550 |                                                                     0 |
| 7        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                             5000 |                                                                     0 |
| 8        | Jharkhand         |                                            11000 |                                                                   500 |
| 9        | Karnataka         |                                            10500 |                                                                 51000 |
| 10       | Kerala            |                                              100 |                                                                   100 |
| 11       | Ladakh            |                                              600 |                                                                     0 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                            60000 |                                                                 25000 |
| 13       | Maharashtra       |                                           100000 |                                                                 50000 |
| 14       | Manipur           |                                              150 |                                                                     0 |
| 15       | Meghalaya         |                                              700 |                                                                     0 |
| 16       | Nagaland          |                                               50 |                                                                     0 |
| 17       | Odisha            |                                             6000 |                                                                     0 |
| 18       | Punjab            |                                             9500 |                                                                 12500 |
| 19       | Rajasthan         |                                            75000 |                                                                 37500 |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu        |                                             6500 |                                                                 20000 |
| 21       | Telangana         |                                                0 |                                                                 30000 |
| 22       | Tripura           |                                             3900 |                                                                  2600 |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                            23000 |                                                                     0 |
| 24       | Uttarakhand       |                                                0 |                                                                   200 |
| 25       | West Bengal       |                                                0 |                                                                   700 |
|          | Total             |                                           372999 |                                                                244568 |

Annexure IV

Financial progress of Solar Pump under SMAM from 2015-16 to 2020-21(as on 3.2.2021)

| S.No.   | States            |   Amount ( Rs. in Lakhs) |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1       | Gujarat           |                  2637.08 |
| 2       | Manipur           |                   100    |
| 3       | Nagaland          |                   100    |
| 4       | Kerala            |                    28.28 |
| 5       | Arunachal Pradesh |                   194.83 |
| 6       | Uttar Pradesh     |                    69.2  |
|         | Total             |                  3129.39 |

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