Lok Sabha Question No. 205 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Means available for Irrigation to Farmers in Jharkhand
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Manish Jaiswal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *205

ANSWERED ON 13.03.2025

## MEANS AVAILABLE FOR IRRIGATION TO FARMERS IN JHARKHAND

| †*205.                                                                         | SHRI MANISH JAISWAL                                                            |
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| Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:                           | Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:                           |
| (a) the various means of irrigation available to the farmers in Jharkhand; and | (a) the various means of irrigation available to the farmers in Jharkhand; and |
| (b) the details of the works being done by the Government for lift irrigation? | (b) the details of the works being done by the Government for lift irrigation? |
| ANSWER                                                                         | ANSWER                                                                         |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. *205 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2025 IN LOK SABHA REGARDING 'MEANS AVAILABLE FOR IRRIGATION TO FARMERS IN JHARKHAND'

(a) Water  resources  projects  are  planned,  funded,  executed  and  maintained  by  the  State  Governments themselves  as  per  their  own  resources  and  priority.  Role  of  Government  of  India  is  limited  to  being catalytic, providing technical support, and partial financial assistance to a few identified projects under the ongoing  schemes  of  this  Ministry.  As  per  information  provided  by  Government  of  Jharkhand,  out  of irrigation potential of 24.25 lakh hectare area in the State, the irrigation to 2.53 lakh hectare area is being provided through 105 nos. completed major & medium irrigation schemes, 4.44 lakh hectare is envisaged to be irrigated through 27 nos. ongoing major & medium irrigation schemes and 3.33 lakh hectare area is being provided irrigation through minor irrigation schemes.

(b) Under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana-Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme, Government  of  India  is  providing  central  assistance  to  total  23  nos.  water  resources  projects,  with  lift irrigation  component.  Out  of  these  9  nos.  projects  are  completed  and  14  nos.  projects  are  under implementation.

As per information provided by Government of Jharkhand, there are 6 nos. major & medium lift irrigation schemes under implementation in Jharkhand. The details are given in Annexure . Further, under minor irrigation,  there  are  26  nos.  ongoing  lift  irrigation  schemes  with  envisaged  irrigation  potential  of 10,562 hectare in Jharkhand.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  *205  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  13.03.2025  REGARDING  "MEANS  AVAILABLE  FOR IRRIGATION TO FARMERS IN JHARKHAND".

## Details of on-going major & medium lift irrigation schemes in Jharkhand

|   Sl | No.Name of scheme                                       | Culturable command area (in hectare)   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|    1 | Sone-kanhar Pipeline Irrigation Scheme                  | 22,000                                 |
|    2 | Masaliya-Raneshwar Mega Lift Irrigation Scheme          | 22,326                                 |
|    3 | Sikatiya Mega lift Irrigation Scheme                    | 13,164                                 |
|    4 | Palamu Pipeline Irrigation Scheme (Augmentation Scheme) | -                                      |
|    5 | Pirtand Mega Lift Irrigation Scheme                     | 8,531                                  |
|    6 | Bhimkhanda Micro Lift Irrigation Scheme                 | 1,000                                  |

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