Lok Sabha Question No. 247 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Best Performing State under PMKSY 2.0
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Shri Dilip Saikia, Shri Damodar Agrawal, Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Shri Mahesh Kashyap, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, Dr. Rajesh Mishra, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 247

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2025

## Best Performing State under PMKSY 2.0

## 247. Shri Damodar Agrawal:

Shri Dilip Saikia:

Shri Dineshbhai Makwana:

Dr. Rajesh Mishra:

Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato:

Shri P P Chaudhary:

Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap:

Shri Sudheer Gupta:

Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi:

Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao:

Shri Mahesh Kashyap:

Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana 2.0 run by the Government;
- (b) the  specific  criteria  utilised  to  identify  the  ten  best  performing  States  for  fifty-six additional Watershed Development Projects (WDC) under WDC-PMKSY 2.0;
- (c) whether Rajasthan qualifies among them, if so, the number of projects sanctioned for Pali  District  of  Rajasthan,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  impact  of  existing watershed projects available there;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure sustainability of the projects;
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  scale  up  or  replicate  similar  models  in  other parts of the country including North-East regions and Sidhi Parliamentary Constituency of Madhya Pradesh;
- (f) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (g) the manner in which these projects will prove to be helpful in increasing the income of farmers, addressing the problem  of  land degradation  and strengthening climate resilience efforts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (Dr. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a) Watershed  Development  Component-  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sichayee  Yojana  2.0 (WDC-PMKSY  2.0)  has  been  approved  for  the  period  2021-22  to  2025-26  with  a physical target of 49.5 lakh hectare and financial outlay of Rs.8,134 crore, as the Central share.  Under WDC-PMKSY 2.0, the Department has till date sanctioned 1150 projects to States/UTs covering an area of 50.16 lakh hectare at a  total cost of  Rs.12,303.33 crore (Central  share:  Rs.8022.69  crore)  to  28  States  and  2  UTs  (J&K  and  Ladakh).  Since inception of the scheme, an amount of Rs.4616.29 crore has been released to the States as Central share (as on 28.01.2025).

(b) & (c) Selection of the States  for sanction  of additional  projects  was  done  based on their performance in implementing the already sanctioned WDC-2.0 projects like percentage of expenditure incurred against total project cost; proportion of expenditure incurred on Natural Resource Management (NRM) component; percentage of degraded  land/wasteland/  rainfed  areas;  hilly  states  having  potential  for  springshed activities.    The  State-wise  tentative  area  allocation  for  additional  projects  is  given  at Annexure I .

The States have to identify project areas based on the stipulated criteria and these shall then be appraised and sanctioned by the Department.

The  End-line  evaluation  reports  of  completed  watershed  projects  reveal  that  there  is significant improvement in availability of surface &  ground water, increase in productivity, vegetative cover, enhanced livelihood opportunities and household incomes in project areas.

(d) The  program  guidelines  provide  for  creation  of  the  Watershed  Development  Fund, which  is  utilized  for  ensuring  sustainability  of  the  assets  created  under  the  watershed projects.

One  of  the  mandatory  conditions  for  selection  of  villages  for  watershed  projects  is people's  contribution  towards  the  Watershed  Development  Fund.  The  Fund  should  be used  to  take  up  repair,  maintenance  and  upgradation  of  common  assets  created  for  the benefit of primary stakeholders, which may also be supplemented through schemes like MGNREGS etc.

(e) & (f) Under WDC-PMKSY 1.0, DoLR had sanctioned 8214 projects (from 2009-10 to 2014-15)  to  27  States  and  UTs  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  Ladakh,  including  Madhya Pradesh and  North-Eastern  States.   Similarly,  Under  WDC-PMKSY 2.0, DoLR has till date  sanctioned  1150  projects  to  28  States  and  2  UTs  (J&K  and  Ladakh),  including Madhya Pradesh and North-Eastern States. The State-wise details of projects sanctioned under WDC-PMKSY 1.0 & WDC-PMKSY 2.0, are at Annexure II

(g) WDC-PMKSY,  through  its  interventions,  seeks  to  address  the  concerns  of  land degradation and improve productivity.  Implementation of watershed projects results  in significant improvement in availability of surface &  ground water, increase in productivity, vegetative cover, enhanced livelihood opportunities and household incomes in project areas.

In  addition  to  increased  farm  incomes  and  nutritional  security,  watershed  management generates  several  positive  environmental  impacts  in  the  watershed  project  areas  like recycling  oxygen,  carbon  sequestration,  etc.  It  rejuvenates  landscapes,  which  leads  to improvement in  physical  properties  of  degraded  soils  and  sustenance  of  ground  water, reduction  of  surface  runoff,  reduction  in  soil  erosion  and  sedimentation  of  reservoirs. Springs Rejuvenation ensures sustainable development through improved natural resource management and better resilience of farmers to climate change and generates livelihood opportunities for the watershed communities.

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts ( b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 247 for answer on 04.02.2025

## Tentative allocation of additional project area under WDC-PMKSY2.0

| Sl. No.   | State            |   Additional area allocated (in ha) |   Tentative No. of additional projects |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Rajasthan        |                               54305 |                                     11 |
| 2         | Madhya Pradesh   |                               39632 |                                      8 |
| 3         | Karnataka        |                               39413 |                                      8 |
| 4         | Odisha           |                               33003 |                                      7 |
| 5         | Tamil Nadu       |                               27171 |                                      5 |
| 6         | Assam            |                               27621 |                                      5 |
| 7         | Nagaland         |                               20186 |                                      4 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh |                               14425 |                                      3 |
| 9         | Uttarakhand      |                               14244 |                                      3 |
| 10        | Sikkim           |                               10000 |                                      3 |
|           | Total            |                              280000 |                                     57 |

The area for one project in each State has been approximated to about 5000Ha and the number of projects has been estimated based on the same. Possibly,  the projects  in  the hills  would  have  a  reduced  unit  area  between  3000-4000  ha  per  project.  Hence,  the project  numbers  estimated  in  the  table  would  change  as  per  the  convenience  and  area availability in the State.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (e) & (f) of Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 247 for answer on 04.02.2025

## Status of State/UT wise details of projects sanctioned under WDC-PMKSY 1.0 & 2.0

| Sl. No.   | State            | No. of projects sanctioned   | No. of projects sanctioned   |
|-----------|------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State            | WDC-PMKSY -1.0               | WDC-PMKSY -2.0               |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   | 432                          | 59                           |
| 2         | Arunachal        | 156                          | 68                           |
| 3         | Assam            | 372                          | 31                           |
| 4         | Bihar            | 123                          | 35                           |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh     | 263                          | 45                           |
| 6         | Goa              | --                           | 5                            |
| 7         | Gujarat          | 610                          | 51                           |
| 8         | Haryana          | 88                           | 9                            |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh | 163                          | 26                           |
| 10        | Jharkhand        | 171                          | 30                           |
| 11        | Karnataka        | 571                          | 63                           |
| 12        | Kerala           | 83                           | 6                            |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh   | 517                          | 85                           |
| 14        | Maharashtra      | 1186                         | 140                          |
| 15        | Manipur          | 102                          | 13                           |
| 16        | Meghalaya        | 96                           | 32                           |
| 17        | Mizoram          | 89                           | 20                           |
| 18        | Nagaland         | 111                          | 10                           |
| 19        | Odisha           | 310                          | 53                           |
| 20        | Punjab           | 67                           | 7                            |
| 21        | Rajasthan        | 1025                         | 149                          |
| 22        | Sikkim           | 15                           | 6                            |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu       | 270                          | 28                           |
| 24        | Telangana        | 330                          | 35                           |
| 25        | Tripura          | 65                           | 19                           |
| 26        | Uttarakhand      | 65                           | 12                           |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh    | 612                          | 56                           |
| 28        | West Bengal      | 163                          | 27                           |
| 29        | UT of J&K        | 144                          | 19                           |
| 30        | UT of Laddakh    | 15                           | 11                           |
| Total     |                  | 8214                         | 1150                         |

Sidhi Parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh covers Sidhi, Singrauli and Shahdol districts. The details of WDC-PMKSY projects sanctioned are as under:

| District   | No. of projects sanctioned   | No. of projects sanctioned   |
|------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|            | WDC-1.0                      | WDC-2.0                      |
| Sidhi      | 7                            | 2                            |
| Singrauli  | 8                            | 0                            |
| Shahdol    | 6                            | 0                            |

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