Lok Sabha Question No. 2435 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Wasteland to Arable Land
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli, Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA M恥 `ISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUEST10N No 2435 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 082021

## VVasteland to Arable Land

## 2435.SHRIPIATI RANJEETA KOLI: SHRIPIANSUKHBHAI DHANЛ BHAI VASAVA: SHRIPIATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of RURAL  Df,VELOPMf,NT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  arable land in the country  is decreasing year by year,  if so, the details  thereof during each of the last three  years and the current  year along with the steps  taken by the Government  to prevent the decline of arable land;
- (b) the total area ofarid land in Bihar at present and its percentage  share  out of the total land;
- (c) whether the Government proposes  to convert  barren land into arable land, if so, the details  thereof and ifnot, the reasons therefor?
- (d) the details  of the schemes implemsnted  by the Union Covernment to convert arid land/barren  land into agriculturayarable land during  the last three  years particularly  in Bihar;
- (e) the amount offund allocated and utilized  in this regard,  year-wise;
- (f) the area of total arid land converted  into agricultural  land so far with the help of above mentioned works and funds allocated;  and
- (g) whether the Union Government has been getting cooperation  of the State Governments  for converting wasteland  into arable land, if so, the details  thereof along with the details of the works carried  out in this  regard  during the last three years, State-wise  and il not, the action taken by the Union  Govemment in this regard?

## ANSWER

MDヾ ISTER OF STATE IN THE MIhlISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRIFAGGAN SInlGH KULASTE)

- (a)       ThC dCtails of Arablc land,as pcr thc publication on Land Usc Statistics for 2017-18(latcSt avdhble),prOVided by the D■ cctorate of Economに s and Stalslcs,Minお ⽢ y of AgHculurc and Farrners Wclfarc are g市 cn as Annexure I.As per this infol.lation,slight decrease in thc arable land,has been obscr17cd frOm 201415 to 2017- 18 Thc Govcmmcnt oflndia has becn implcmcnting,Pcr Drop Morc CrOp,Har Khct Ko Pani,Accclcratcd lrrigation Beneflt Progralnmc and Watcrshed Dcvclopmcnt Componcnt of PMKSY to prcvcnt thc dcclinc of arable land
- (b) According  to Directorate  of Economics  and Statistics, Ministry  of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, out of 93.60 lakh hectares  of geographical  area of
- Bihar,4.3l lakh hectares  (4.60 %) is barren  and unculturable  land.
- As per the Seventh  Schedule of Constitution  of lndia, 'land' falls under  the purview of State Govemment  and, therefore,  it is for the State Governments  to take suitable  steps for transforming  barren land into arable land. However, Govemment of India supplements  the efforts of State Governments  through various  programmes. (c)  to (e)

The Department  of Land Resources  has been implementing an area development  progr.lmme i.e. Integrated  Watershed  Management  Programme (IWMP) w.e.f. 26.02.2009  for development  of rainfed / degraded areas in 28 States including Bihar (now 27 States and 2 UTs of the Jammu  & Kashmir and Ladakh). The major activities  taken  up under the programme inter alia includes ridge area treatment,  drainage  line treatm€n! soil and moisture conservation,  rain water harvesting, nursery raising' afforestation, horticulture,  pasture  development, livelihoods  for assetless  persons.  The IWMP has besn amalgamated as the Watershed  Development  Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (WDC-PMKSY)  with effect from 2015-16.

Under  WDC-PMKSY (erstwhile IWMP), since 2009-10, tu. 19926.29 G. has been released  as Central  share to States  / UTs including, Bihar' The State / UT & Year-wise  details of Central funds released and funds utilized  during  the last three  years,  including  Bihar,  are given  as Annerure  II

- As per the records,  between 2Ol4'15 to 2O2O'21, a total of 15.88 lakh hectares additional  arca has been brought under protective irrigation  in 27 States including Bihar and 2 Union Territories  of Jammu  & Kashmir and Ladakh. The State/Year-wise  dotails  of Central  share of funds  released  during  the last thre€  years are given  as Annexure II. (り tO(g)

The Union Govemment  has been getting  cooperation from States / UTs in implementation of the WDC-PMKSY for the development  of rainfed / degraded areas.  The StatefYear-wise details of achievements made under

WDC-PMKSY, during the last thre€  years arc givm as Annexure III.

Annexure referred  to in reply to plrt (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question  No. 2435 for answer  on 03.08.2021

Details  of Arable  land as per the publication  on Land Use Statistics  for 2017-  18 (latest  aYailable)

(in'000'hectare)

| STATES/UTs        | 2014-15   | 2015-16         | 2016-17       | 2017-18         |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 9047      | 9018            | 9003          | 8999            |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 423       |  Â  Ç    h |  ¤  ñ  I ︐ | 424             |
| ASSAM             | 3364      | 3343            | 3337          | 3302            |
| BIHAR             | 6579      | 6578            | 6572          | 6573            |
| CHHATTISCARH      | 5558      | 5561            | 5558          | 5562            |
| GOA               | 197       | 197             | t97           | 197             |
| GUJARAT           | 12661     | 12661           | 12661         | 12661           |
| HARYANA           | 3656      | 3798            | 3744          | 3759            |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 810       | 816             | 813           | 816             |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR     | 1075      | 1077            | 1078          | 1081            |
| JHARKHAND         | 4343      | 4313            | 4367          | 4323            |
| KARNATAKA         | 12827     | 12800           | 12784         | 12777           |
| KERALA            | 2266      | 2250            | 2247          | 2246            |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 17252     | 17250           | 17231         | 17207           |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 21099     | 21062           | 20748         | 20751           |
| MANIPUR           | 390       | 444             | 476           |   ︐           |
| MEGHALAYA         | 1056      | 1008            | 1015          | 1013            |
| MIZORAM           | 367       | 367             | 367           | 368             |
| NAGALANID         | 694       | 695             | 694           | 694             |
| ODISHA            | 6784      | 6648            | 6690          | 6745            |
| PUNJAB            | 4230      | 4245            | 4237          | 4235            |
| RAJASTHAN         | 25511     | 25504           | 25496         | 25493           |
| SIKKIM            | 97        | 97              | 97            | 97              |
| TAMIL NADU        | 8H2       | 8‖ 0            | 8H0           | 8110            |
| TELANGANA         | 6877      | 6870            | 6752          | 6770            |
| TRIPURA           | 272       | 272             | 271           | 271             |
| UllARAKHAND       | 1549      | 1547            | 1546          | 1550            |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 18939     | 18863           | 18848         | 18826           |
| WEST BENGAL       | 5655      | 5648            | 5633          |  ¤  ñ  Ú  Ò |
| A&N ISLAND        |  ¤  Ç   |  Â  S         | 28            | 28              |
| CHANDIGARH        | l         | 1               | l             | 1               |
| D&N HAVELI        | 24        | 24              | 24            | 24              |
| DAMAN&DIU         | 3         |                 |               | 3               |
| DELHI             |           |                 | 53            |                 |
| LAKSHADWEEP       | 2         | 2               |  Â  S       | 2               |
| PUDUCHERRY        | 29        | 29              | 29            | 29              |
| ALL INDIA         | 181829    | 181603          | 181133        | 181065          |

Sourc€:  Directorale ofEconomics & Statistics,  DA&FW

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) to (g) of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question  No. 2435 for answer on 03.08.2021

State/ UT-wise  details of funds  released as Central  assistance  and expenditure  incurred  during three years under  WDC-PMKSY

## Amount in Rs. crore

|  r︲ ．  m ︒   |                   | Central assistance released   | Central assistance released   | Central assistance released   | Expenditure incurred *   | Expenditure incurred *   | Expenditure incurred *   |
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|  r︲ ．  m ︒   | States/UTs        | 2018- 19                      | 2019- 20                      | 2020-21                       | 2018-19                  | 2019- 20                 | 2020- 21                 |
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh    | 13915                         | 14439                         | 4389                          | 24811                    | 12850                    | 17066                    |
| 2              | Arunachal Pradesh | 1917                          | 5571                          | 580                           | 1061                     | 2145                     | 65.82                    |
| 3              | Assam             | 6655                          | 4903                          | 169.26                        | 6556                     | 9043                     | 11656                    |
| 4              | Bihar             | 46_77                         | 88367                         | 0.00                          | 1845                     | 3384                     | 12576                    |
| 5              | Chhattisgarh      | 57.03                         | 47.07                         | 0.00                          | 6345                     | 55、 74                   | 59.59                    |
| 6              | Gujarat           | 15184                         | 77.93                         | 0.00                          | l15.01                   | 153.00                   | 11000                    |
| 7              | Haryana           | 1000                          | 7.13                          | 1368                          | 19.46                    | 23.20                    | 19.23                    |
| 8              | Himachal Pradcsh  | 24.04                         | 6687                          | 000                           | 3016                     | 1541                     | 2657                     |
| 9              | Jharkhand         | 28_83                         | 36.77                         | 4192                          | 2392                     | 2845                     | 4194                     |
| 10             | Kamataka          | 10107                         | 2176                          | 616                           | 30690                    | 12113                    | 2722                     |
|                | Kerala            | 1306                          | 4877                          | 0.00                          | 1449                     | 1930                     | 2831                     |
|  Â  e        | Madhya Pradesh    | 16241                         | 221.27                        | 8490                          | 21280                    | 17836                    | 38180                    |
|                | Maharashtra       | 16333                         | 10300                         | 000                           | 137.20                   | 13539                    | 12917                    |
| 14             | Manipur           | 14.14                         | 146                           | 000                           | 1653                     | 14.66                    | 809                      |
|                | Meghalaya         | 6.69                          | 1.19                          | 000                           | 9.52                     | 1031                     | 3 15                     |
| 16             | Mizoram           | 2314                          | 2227                          | 0.00                          | 2808                     | 3564                     | 387                      |
| 17             | Nagaland          | 3851                          | 13755                         | 3.53                          | 4269                     | l18.98                   | 3957                     |
|  O  O        | Odisha            | 10217                         | 83.11                         |  Ì  Ò  V                 | 115.58                   | 10022                    | 17542                    |
| 19             | Puniab            | 000                           | 000                           | 000                           |  ­  Ò  ¤  S  Â  i  | 2.54                     | 9.32                     |
| 20             | Raiasthan         | 29900                         | 119.43                        | 44989                         | 48726                    | 42660                    | 52068                    |
|  ¤  S        | Sikkim            | 000                           | 2.12                          | 000                           | 0.74                     | 038                      | 1.52                     |
| 22             | Tam‖ Nadu         | 9059                          | 0.00                          | 000                           | 9968                     | 8744                     | 2017                     |
| 23             | Telangana         | 8193                          | 3350                          | 6034                          | 11529                    | 8516                     | 4230                     |
| 24             | Trioura           | 1589                          | 1075                          | 11.74                         | 1665                     | 1712                     | 2374                     |
| 25             | U協町akhand         | 6.98                          | 000                           | 0.00                          | 1087                     | 6.43                     | 5.02                     |
| 26             | Utt7ar Pradesh    | 00                            | 000                           | 000                           | 10663                    | 3098                     | 057                      |
| 27             | West Bengal       | 4639                          | 9287                          | 0.00                          | 6939                     | 59.88                    | 10958                    |
| 28             | へ ttt「 ofJammuそセ  | 7187                          | 000                           | 9121                          | 42 15                    | 2208                     | 36.34                    |
| 29             | I「 F ofLadakh     | 0_00                          | 000                           | 6.15                          | 000                      | 000                      | 185                      |
|                | Total             | 1780.55                       | 1472.32                       | 990.22                        | 2430.43                  | 2022.62                  | 2303.82                  |

Note: There is no sanctioned  project in Goa.

"  Figures relating to UT of Jammu & Kashmir  at Sl. No.28 are composite  figures  for the UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh upt o 2019-20.

r Expenditure  reported includes, Central  share, State share, Misc.  receipts and expenditure made from funds rcleased  in previous  years. The expenditure  figures  may differ after the audit.

Anncxure referrcd  to ln reply to part (f) to (g) of Irk Srbhs  Unrtarrcd  Quetion  No. 2435 for rnswer  on O3.Ot,2021 State-wisc  dctails of WHS  create.d/rcjuvcnatcd,  additional  area brought  under protectivc irrigation, farmsrs benefitted  and area  brought under plantation under  WDC-PMKSY during 20 1 8- I 9 to 2020-2 I

| r ︲ ． ·   | States            | wHs created/ Rejuvenated (in Nos.)   | Additional area brought under irrigation (ha.)   | Fermers benefifted (in Nos,)   |   Area brought under plrntrtion (Horti./ Affo reststio r!) (in ha.) |   Area of culturable wasteland treated in completed project (in ha,) |
|-------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    | 21285                                | 7312800                                          | 93561                          |                                                     65500           |                                                     982900           |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh | 199                                  | 454300                                           | 5198                           |                                                    527200           |                                                       3500           |
| 3           | Assam             | 3288                                 | 5570321                                          | 134340                         |                                                    186157           |                                                          1.00877e+06 |
| 4           | Bihar             | 3320                                 | 861898                                           | 31166                          |                                                     14550           |                                                     353966           |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      | 3909                                 | 1260013                                          | 28167                          |                                                     94867           |                                                     102853           |
| 6           | Gujarat           | Â y  V    `  u                | 928685                                           | 50313                          |                                                      9917.75        |                                                     582102           |
| ,l          | Haryana           | lH8                                  | 1029400                                          |  ^  \  ¤  Ç                |                                                     37500           |                                                          0           |
|             | Himachal Pradesh  | 2284                                 | 146629                                           | 16695                          |                                                     61127           |                                                          0           |
| 9           | Jammu & Kashmir ^ | 5775                                 | 1242289                                          | 44294                          |                                                      2500           |                                                     115704           |
| 10          | Jharkhand         | 1395                                 | 198700                                           | 71489                          |                                                         4           |                                                          2.44904e+06 |
|             | Karnataka         | 6011                                 | 2193400                                          | 50697                          |                                                         5.2929e+06  |                                                          1.2119e+06  |
|  Â  S     | Kerala            | 17322                                | 9939.71                                          | 97594                          |                                                    103215           |                                                        425.64        |
| 13          | Madhya Pradesh    | 15273                                | 7070533                                          | 80965                          |                                                      2570           |                                                     645374           |
| 14          | Maharashtra       | 5802                                 | 4950218                                          | 91643                          |                                                    178666           |                                                          1.04664e+06 |
|             | Manipur           | 2872                                 | 61659                                            | 26590                          |                                                    184149           |                                                          1.16812e+06 |
| 16          | Meghalaya         |                                      | 35041                                            | 8738                           |                                                    309897           |                                                          2.24        |
| 17          | Mizoram           | 3597                                 | 445583                                           | 12618                          |                                                    303468           |                                                     175922           |
| 18          | Nagaland          | 1614                                 | 269450                                           | 9224                           |                                                         4.31786e+06 |                                                       4665.59        |
| 19          | Odisha            | 7751                                 | 1909864                                          | 46179                          |                                                     52890           |                                                     833965           |
| 20          | Punjab            | 412                                  | 55300                                            | 4643                           |                                                         0           |                                                     427800           |
|  ¤  Ç     | Rajasthan         | 70372                                | 5328800                                          | 212900                         |                                                    299400           |                                                          1.31199e+07 |
| 22          | Sikkim            | 0                                    | 0.00                                             | 0                              |                                                     12300           |                                                          0           |
| 23          | Tamil Nadu        | 12174                                | 6415947                                          | 76188                          |                                                         1.29586e+06 |                                                          3.07442e+06 |
| 24          | Telangana         | 9136                                 | 3160300                                          | 39787                          |                                                         0           |                                                     447900           |
|  ¤  e     | Tripura           | 1653                                 | 81149                                            | 6048                           |                                                      1233.8         |                                                     238006           |
| 26          | Utr Pradesh       | 4959                                 | 2773500                                          | 174005                         |                                                     94068           |                                                          2.5732e+06  |
| 27          | Uttarakhand       | 477                                  | 141 61                                           | 3061                           |                                                        56.34        |                                                          0           |
| 28          | West Bengal       | 7453                                 | 1237100                                          |  è      u  E          |                                                      2890           |                                                          1.0762e+06  |
|             | To● I             | 240692                               | 560010.11                                        | 1491919                        |                                                    148468           |                                                     321475           |

Note:  As p€r  information  received  from States

^  Refers  to erstwhile  State  of J&K upto  2019-20.

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