Lok Sabha Question No. 4099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: Conservation of Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Shri Sudheer Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4099

## ANSWERED ON 19.12.2024

## CONSERVATION OF WATER

## 4099. SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA

## SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  any  technical  and  financial  assistance  is  being  provided  by  the  Government  to  various  State Governments through various schemes/programmes for conservation of water and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government has taken any cognizance of United Nation projections that 11 major cities of the country are likely to run out of drinking water in coming time and if so, the details thereof;

(c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Union  Government  to  address  the  water  shortages  and  sustainable groundwater management in the country;

(d) whether the Government has any plan to prepare State-specific policy with regard to water scarcity issue as water distribution is not even across different States and if so, the details thereof; and

(e)  the  other  concrete  measures  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  preserve  and  conserve  water resources in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) to (e) 'Water' being a state subject, steps for augmentation, conservation and efficient management of water resources are primarily undertaken by the respective State Governments. In order to supplement the efforts  of  the  State  Governments,  Central  Government  provides  technical  and  financial  assistance  to  them through various schemes and programmes.

The  average  annual  water  availability  of  any  region  or  country  is  largely  dependent  upon  hydrometeorological and geological factors. However, water availability per person is dependent on population of the  country  and  for  India,  per  capita  water  availability  in  the  country  is  reducing  due  to  increase  in population. Due to high temporal and spatial variation of precipitation in a region, the water availability may result in water stress conditions.

The  Government  of  India  has  taken  various  initiatives/steps  for water  conservation,  sustainable groundwater management, improving the groundwater level and addressing the water shortages across the country is given below:

Government of India is implementing Atal Bhujal Yojana, a Central Sector Scheme with an outlay of Rs. 6000 crore, in identified water stressed areas of 8203 Gram Panchayats under 229 blocks in 80 districts of Seven States viz. Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh with  an  aim  to  arrest  decline  in  ground  water  level  through  community  led  sustainable  groundwater management. The scheme is being implemented from 01.04.2020 for a period of 6 years. The funds released under Atal Bhujal Yojana, state-wise are given in Annexure-I .

CGWB has taken up Aquifer Mapping and Management Programme under the scheme of Ground Water Management  and  Regulation.  The  Aquifer  Mapping  is  aimed  to  delineate  aquifer  disposition  and  their characterization  for  preparation  of  aquifer/  area  specific  ground  water  management  plans  with  community participation. The Aquifer mapping for the entire mappable area of the country of about 25 lakh sq. km. has been  completed.  The management  plans  have  been  prepared  and  shared  with  the  respective state governments.

Ministry has circulated a Model Bill to all the states / UTs to enable them to enact suitable ground water legislation for regulation of its development, which also includes provision of rain water harvesting.

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has released Model Building Bye-Laws 2016 which recommends Rainwater Harvesting for all types of Building with plot size 100 sq. mtr or more.

Jal Shakti Abhiyan-I (JSA-I) was conducted in 2019 in 256 water stressed districts of the country and was expanded as 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain' (JSA:CTR) in 2021 with the theme 'Catch the Rain Where it Falls When it Falls' to cover all the blocks of all districts (rural as well as urban areas) across the country. 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain' JSA: CTR) -2024 campaign, the fifth in the series of JSAs, was launched on March 9, 2024. This campaign covers all districts in the country, both rural and urban, under the  theme  'Nari  Shakti  se  Jal  Shakti'  emphasizing  the  crucial  role  of  women  in  water  conservation.  The focused  interventions of the campaign  include  (i) water conservation  and  rainwater harvesting (ii) enumerating,  geo-tagging  &  making  inventory  of  all  water  bodies  (iii)  preparation  of  scientific  plans  for water conservation based on it setting up of Jal Shakti Kendras in all districts (iv) intensive afforestation and (v) awareness generation.

Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojna  (PMKSY)  is  an  umbrella  scheme,  consisting  of  two  major components  being  implemented  by  the  Department  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  &  Ganga Rejuvenation,  Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti,  namely,  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefit  Programme  (AIBP),  and  Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP). HKKP, in turn, consists of four sub-components: (i) Command Area Development & Water  Management  (CAD&WM);  (ii)  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  (SMI);  (iii)  Repair,  Renovation  and Restoration  (RRR)  of  Water  Bodies;  and  (iv)  Ground  Water  (GW)  Development.   In  2016,  with  the launching of revised AIBP format, CAD&WM sub-component of HKKP has been taken up for pari passu implementation  with  AIBP.  State  wise  details  of  central  assistance  released  for  different  components  of PMKSY in the last five years and current year are placed at Annexure-II.

Government of India, in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)-Har Ghar Jal to  make provision of potable tap water supply ensuring prescribed quality to every rural household of the country at the service level of 55 litre per capita per day by 2024.

Mission Amrit Sarovar was launched on National Panchayati Raj Day on 24th April 2022 as a part of celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with an objective to conserve water for future. The mission is aimed at developing and rejuvenating water bodies in each district of the country.

Government of India has launched Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) on 25th June, 2015 in select 500 cities and towns across the country. The water supply component includes new, augmentation and rehabilitation of water supply system; rejuvenation of water bodies for drinking water supply  and  special  water  supply  arrangement  for  difficult  areas,  hills  and  coastal  cities,  including  those having water quality problem.

Under AMRUT 2.0 State Water Action Plans have been approved for 8998 projects worth Rs. 189458.55 crore submitted by States/ UTs which include 3596 water supply projects worth Rs 114073.65 crore.

The  Government  of  India  formulated  a  National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP)  of  interlinking  of  rivers  for transferring water from surplus basins to deficit basins/areas. National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has identified 30 links (16 under Peninsular Component and 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports/ Detailed Project Reports under Inter-linking of Rivers Project.

Various Steps taken by the Ministry of Jal Shakti and other Central Ministries for Water conservation, Control and regulation of ground water and to promote rainwater harvesting / artificial recharge/ water use efficiency etc. can be seen at the URL:

https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3a70dc40477bc2adceef4d2c90f47eb82/uploads/2024/07/20240716706354487 .pdf

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4099 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 19.12.2024 REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF WATER'.

The funds released under Atal BhujalYojana, state-wise are given in Table below:

## (Amount in Rs. Crores as on 12.12.2024)

| S.No.   | State          | Funds released under Atal Bhujal Yojana   |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Gujarat        | 522.28                                    |
| 2       | Haryana        | 729.50                                    |
| 3       | Karnataka      | 819.51                                    |
| 4       | Madhya Pradesh | 180.97                                    |
| 5       | Maharashtra    | 506.61                                    |
| 6       | Rajasthan      | 389.53                                    |
| 7       | Uttar Pradesh  | 198.53                                    |
| Total   | Total          | 3,346.93                                  |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4099 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 19.12.2024 REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF WATER'.

## A.         State-wise   Central  Assistance  released  during  2019-20  to  2023-24  and  the current financial year under PMKSY-AIBP and PMKSY-HKKP

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of States       | PMKSY - AIBP   | CAD&WM   | HKKP-SMI &RRR   | HKKP-GW   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------|----------|-----------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 22.63          | --       | --              | --        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | --             | --       | 522.83          | 79.96     |
| 3         | Assam                | 41.98          | 4.00     | 1,043.82        | 439.65    |
| 4         | Bihar                | 881.29         | --       | 50.37           | --        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 49.62          | 6.87     | --              | --        |
| 6         | Goa                  | --             | 3.84     | --              | --        |
| 7         | Gujarat              | 4,545.56       | --       | 5.73            | 71.44     |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh     | 1,914.5        | --       | 489.45          | --        |
| 9         | UT of Jammu& Kashmir | 39.71          | 1.87     | 166.17          | --        |
| 10        | U.T. of Ladakh       | 2.98           | --       |                 | --        |
| 11        | Jharkhand            | 756.73         | --       | --              | --        |
| 12        | Karnataka            | 1,190.05       | 18.10    | 67.56           | --        |
| 13        | Kerala               | --             | 2.69     | --              | --        |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       | 796.77         | 72.46    | --              | --        |
| 15        | Maharashtra          | 2,639.29       | 224.05   | --              | --        |
| 16        | Manipur              | 270.90         | 9.82     | 195.25          | 54.40     |
| 17        | Meghalaya            | --             | --       | 300.49          | --        |
| 18        | Mizoram              | --             | --       | 24.46           | 13.84     |
| 19        | Nagaland             | --             | --       | 239.60          | 16.25     |
| 20        | Odisha               | 1,208.86       | 34.47    | 101.89          | --        |
| 21        | Punjab               | 1,061.93       | 102.08   | --              | --        |
| 22        | Rajasthan            | 822.75         | 145.64   | 31.72           | --        |
| 23        | Sikkim               | --             | --       | 70.29           | --        |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           | 34.74          | --       | 117.99          | 5.35      |
| 25        | Telengana            | 981.49         | --       | --              | --        |
| 26        | Tripura              | --             | --       | 9.00            | 43.63     |
| 27        | Uttrar Pradesh       | 1,421.82       | 156.00   | --              | 26.69     |
| 28        | Uttarkhand           | 676.64         | --       | 221.97          | 13.72     |
|           | Total                | 19,360.24      | 781.89   | 3,699.2         | 764.89    |

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