Lok Sabha Question No. 844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Irrigated Area
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sumalatha Ambareesh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 844

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7TH FEBRUARY, 2023

## IRRIGATED AREA

## 844. SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH

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

- (a) the details regarding net irrigated area of the total sown area in the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  measures  to  increase  the  irrigated area in the country;and
- (c) if so, the details thereof for each of the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): As per the latest available Land Use Statistics-at a glance for the year 2019-20, the Net Area Sown in the country is 1,39,902 thousand hectare out of which 75,456 thousand hectare area is irrigated.
- (b) to (c): Agriculture  is  a  State  Subject.  However,  Government  of  India  supports and facilitates the State Government through Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector Schemes. Government of India  is  implementing  the  following  programmes/schemes for increasing the area under irrigation in the country:
- (1) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is being implemented from the  year  2015-16  with  an  aim  to  enhance  physical  access  of  water  on  farm  and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, improve on-farm water use efficiency, etc. The components of PMKSY are as under:
- (i) Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefit  Programme  (AIBP):  Major  and  Medium Irrigation projects including National projects are being implemented by the Department of Water Resources River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD&GR). The funds sanctioned under PMKSY-AIBP during 201920 to 2021-22 is given at Annexure I.
- (ii) Har  Khet  Ko  Pani  (HKKP)  is  being  implemented  by  the  Department  of Water  Resources  River  Development  &  Ganga  Rejuvenation  (DoWR, RD&GR). HKKP consists of four sub-components, being Command Area Development & Water Management (CAD&WM), Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI),  Repair,  Renovation  and  Restoration  (RRR)  of  Water  Bodies,  and Ground  Water  (GW)  Development  component.  The  State-wise  details  of Central  Assistance  released  under  PMKSY-CADWM  during  2019-20  to 2021-22 is given at Annexure II.
- (iii) Watershed Development Component (WDC) is being implemented by the Watershed  Management  Division  of  Department  of  Land    Resources (DoLR)  for  development  of  rainfed/degraded  lands  in  the  country.  The activities undertaken, inter alia , include ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment,  soil  and  moisture  conservation,  rainwater  harvesting,  nursery raising, pasture development, livelihoods for asset-less persons etc.

(2) Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) Scheme which focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through  Micro  Irrigation  namely  Drip  and  Sprinkler  Irrigation  systems.  State-wise details of fund released under PDMC Scheme during 2019-20 to 2021-22 are given at Annexure III .

(3) Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, there are  265  works  permissible  out  of  which  182  works  are  related  to  Natural  Resource Management  (NRM);  and  out  of  the  182  NRM  works,  85  works  are  water  related. These works directly or indirectly support water conservation, ground water recharge, climate change and carbon sequestration. A total of 64,09,852 water bodies such as farm  ponds,  dug  wells,  check  dams  and  community  ponds  (water  harvesting  & Fishery) have been created since inception under the Scheme.

As  part  of  Azadi  ka  Amrit  Mahotsav,  the  Mission  Amrit  Sarovar  has  been launched on 24th April 2022 with an objective to harvest and conserve water for future generation.  Under  the  Mission  every  district  of  the  country  has  been  targeted  to construct or rejuvenate at least 75 Amrit Sarovars.

Annexure referred in reply to part (b) to (c) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Q.No. 844 due for 07.02.2023

| S.No.   | State/UT              |   Total CA released (in Rs. Cr.) during 2019-20 to 2021-22 |
|---------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Bihar                 |                                                      26.1  |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh          |                                                      13.66 |
| 3       | Gujarat               |                                                    1020.59 |
| 4       | UT of Jammu & Kashmir |                                                      14.57 |
| 5       | Karnataka             |                                                     394.64 |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh        |                                                     105.88 |
| 7       | Maharashtra           |                                                     872.6  |
| 8       | Manipur               |                                                      65.76 |
| 9       | Odisha                |                                                     167.04 |
| 10      | Rajasthan             |                                                     100.65 |
| 11      | Telangana             |                                                     420.81 |
| 12      | Uttar Pradesh         |                                                     799.52 |
| 13      | UT of Ladakh          |                                                       1.62 |
|         | Total                 |                                                    4003.44 |

Annexure II

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) to (c) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Q.No. 844 due for 07.02.2023

Details of Central Assistance(CA) released under PMKSY-CADWM during 2019-20 to 2021-22

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   CA release during 2019-20 to 2021-22 ( in Rs.Crore )* |
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Assam                  |                                                   4     |
| 2         | Goa                    |                                                   3.84  |
| 3         | Jammu & Kashmir        |                                                   1.87  |
| 4         | Karnataka              |                                                  15.13  |
| 5         | Kerala                 |                                                   2.69  |
| 6         | Madhya Pradesh         |                                                  59.078 |
| 7         | Maharashtra            |                                                  75.108 |
| 8         | Manipur                |                                                   2.085 |
| 9         | Orissa                 |                                                  34.47  |
| 10        | Punjab                 |                                                  18.08  |
| 11        | Rajasthan              |                                                 102.738 |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh          |                                                 156     |
|           | TOTAL :                |                                                 475.088 |

* Figures may change subject to reconciliation on receipt of Utilization Certificates.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) to (c) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Q.No. 844 due for 07.02.2023

## Fund released under PDMC Scheme from 2019-20 to 2021-22

| S.No.   | States            |   Fund released during 2019-20 to 2021- 22 (in Rs. Crore) |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                    732    |
| 2       | Bihar             |                                                     21.6  |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh      |                                                     77.15 |
| 4       | Goa               |                                                      0.5  |
| 5       | Gujarat           |                                                    625.79 |
| 6       | Haryana           |                                                    172.4  |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                     55.5  |
| 8       | Jharkhand         |                                                     94.97 |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                     37    |
| 10      | Karnataka         |                                                   1310    |
| 11      | Kerala            |                                                      5    |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                    227    |
| 13      | Maharashtra       |                                                    825    |
| 14      | Odisha            |                                                     57    |
| 15      | Rajasthan         |                                                    375    |
| 16      | Tamil Nadu        |                                                   1039    |
| 17      | Uttarakhand       |                                                    112    |
| 18      | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                    450    |
| 19      | West Bengal       |                                                     81    |
| 20      | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                     83    |
| 21      | Assam             |                                                     73    |
| 22      | Manipur           |                                                    127.5  |
| 23      | Meghalaya         |                                                     15    |
| 24      | Mizoram           |                                                     86    |
| 25      | Nagaland          |                                                    138    |
| 26      | Sikkim            |                                                    108.8  |
| 27      | Tripura           |                                                     31.2  |
| 28      | Uts               |                                                      2.4  |
| 29      | HQ                |                                                     95.52 |
| Grand   | Total             |                                                   7058.33 |

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