Lok Sabha Question No. 1506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Achievements under Har Khet Ko Pani
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Arun Bharti

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1506

ANSWERED ON 13.02.2025

## ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER HAR KHET KO PANI

## 1506. SHRI ARUN BHARTI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the achievements made under the sub-components of Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP), including Command Area Development & Water Management (CAD&WM), Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI), Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies and Groundwater (GW) Development;

(b)  the  overall  impact  of  the  PMKSY  on  increasing  the  irrigated  area,  improving  water  use  efficiency  and enhancing sustainable water conservation practices in agriculture;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  further  extend  or  modify  the  Groundwater  Development component to address emerging challenges in groundwater management and if so, the details thereof; and (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to ensure timely completion of ongoing projects under the Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefit  Programme  (AIBP)  and  their  expected  contribution  to  agriculture  and  rural development in Bihar?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) to (c) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched during the year 2015-16, with an aim to enhance physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, etc.

PMKSY  is  an  umbrella  scheme,  consisting  of  two  major  components  being  implemented  by  this Ministry, namely, Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP), and Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP). HKKP, in turn, consists of four sub-components: Command Area Development &Water Management (CAD&WM), Surface  Minor  Irrigation  (SMI),  Repair,  Renovation  and  Restoration  (RRR)  of  Water  Bodies,  and  Ground Water (GW) Development. CAD&WM sub-component of HKKP is being implemented pari-passu with AIBP.

Implementation of PMKSY for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 has been approved by the Government of  India  in  December  2021.  However,  approval  of  Ground  Water  component  under  PMKSY-HKKP  has provisionally been accorded till 2021-22 only for committed liabilities, which has been extended subsequently till the completion of ongoing works.

In  addition,  PMKSY  consists  of  two  components,  implemented  by  other  Ministries.  Watershed Development  component  (WDC)  of  PMKSY  is  being  implemented  by  Department  of  Land  Resources, Ministry of Rural Development. Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) component, implemented by Department of Agriculture,  and  Farmers  Welfare,  was  a  part  of  PMKSY  from  the  inception  of  PMKSY  in  2015,  till December, 2021. Thereafter, it is being implemented by Department of Agriculture, and Farmers Welfare as a part of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana.

Achievements of different sub-components of HKKP are given below:

|   Sl. No. | Component of HKKP   | Achievements till March,2024                                                                                    |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | CAD&WM              | Command area of 19.28 lakh hectare has been developed.                                                          |
|         2 | SMI &RRR            | 4.64 lakh hectares has been created/ restored and storage of 191.28 Million Cubic Meter (MCM) has been revived. |
|         3 | GW                  | Irrigation potential of 88,547 hectare has been created.                                                        |

In addition to above components of HKKP, 26.27 lakh hectare new irrigation potential has also been created under PMKSY-AIBP, 95.58 lakh hectare area has been covered under micro irrigation for better water use  efficiency  under  PMKSY-PDMC  and   9.72  lakh  hectare  area  brought  under  protective  irrigation  under PMKSY-WDC through watershed development till March,2024.

- (d) To  ensure  successful  completion  of  PMKSY-AIBP  projects,  the  implementation  and  progress  of  the projects  is  monitored  at  the  highest  level  in  this  Ministry.  Secretary,  DoWR,RD&GR  takes  project-wise periodic reviews of the physical and financial progress of the projects and actions to be taken by the various State  Governments  are  finalized  for  early  resolution  of  issues.  The  physical  and  financial  progress  of  these projects  is  also  monitored  through  a  dedicated  dashboard,  backed  with  a  management  information  system maintained by DoWR, RD&GR.

2  projects  namely  Durgawati  Irrigation  Project  and  Punpun  Irrigation  Project  of  Bihar  have  been included  under  PMKSY-AIBP.  These  projects  have  targetted  irrigation  potential  of  37,270  hectare,  out  of which 26,670 hectare irrigation potential has been created till March, 2024.

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