Lok Sabha Question No. 3001 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Micro Irrigation Projects
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3001

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 th  AUGUST, 2023

## MICRO IRRIGATION PROJECTS

3001.  SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the list  of  micro  irrigation  projects  approved/sanctioned by the Government from the year 2014, year and State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has any plans to implement micro irrigation project in Pollachi Constituency; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a):    The  Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  (DA&FW)  implemented Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation namely On Farm Water Management (OFWM) in the Country during the year 2014-15. From 2015-16, the Micro Irrigation is being implemented as Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) scheme.

From the year 2014-15 to till date, an area of 83.19 lakh ha has been covered under Micro Irrigation through these schemes with release of Central Assistance of Rs  19382.66  Crore  to  States.  Year  and  State-wise  details  of  Central  Assistance released  and  area  covered  under  Micro  Irrigation  is  given  at  Annexure  I  &  II respectively.

(b)&(c):  Micro  Irrigation  Scheme  is  being  implemented  in  Pollachi  Parliamentary Constituency.  From  2014-15  to  till  date,  an  area  of  28832  ha  has  been  covered under Micro Irrigation  through  the  OFWM  and  PDMC  Schemes  in  Pollachi Parliamentary Constituency of Tamil Nadu.

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3001 to be answered on 8 th  August, 2023 Central Assistance released under OFWM and PDMC Schemes from 2014-15 to 2023-24 (till date)

Annexure I

Rs in Crore

| S.No.   | State/UT                  | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 | 2023-24   |    Total |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh            | 121.48    | 206.47    | 308.69    | 517.00    | 520.00    |    452    |    100    |    180    |    222.82 |           |  2628.46 |
| 2       | Bihar                     | 35.00     | 28.60     | 21.60     | 12.50     | 27.91     |      0    |      0    |     21.6  |      9.5  |           |   156.71 |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh              | 10.00     | 20.30     | 44.80     | 55.00     | 43.39     |     32.15 |     45    |      0    |     34.5  |           |   285.14 |
| 4       | Goa                       | 0.20      | 0.30      | 0.80      | 0.00      | 1.20      |      0.5  |      0    |      0    |      0.24 |           |     3.24 |
| 5       | Gujarat                   | 140.68    | 213.05    | 274.00    | 300.00    | 272.50    |    280    |    273    |     72.79 |    113    | 73.93     |  2012.95 |
| 6       | Haryana                   | 23.00     | 34.97     | 27.00     | 14.01     | 27.41     |     16.8  |     98    |     57.6  |     78    |           |   376.79 |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh          | 1.50      | 7.60      | 8.50      | 19.25     | 26.00     |     18    |     20    |     17.5  |      0    |           |   118.35 |
| 8       | Jharkhand                 | 15.00     | 14.97     | 30.70     | 25.00     | 10.00     |     22.97 |     42    |     30    |     25    |           |   215.64 |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 0.00      | 4.87      | 5.40      | 3.00      | 7.80      |     29.4  |     10    |      0    |      0    |           |    60.47 |
| 10      | Karnataka                 | 124.25    | 213.12    | 229.00    | 385.00    | 372.03    |    410    |    400    |    500    |    187.64 |           |  2821.04 |
| 11      | Kerala                    | 3.75      | 8.53      | 0.00      | 25.00     | 4.00      |      0    |      5    |      0    |      0    |           |    46.28 |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh            | 66.50     | 161.74    | 121.10    | 150.00    | 132.56    |    102    |    125    |      0    |     50    |           |   908.9  |
| 13      | Maharashtra               | 177.50    | 107.26    | 305.70    | 362.50    | 360.00    |    325    |    300    |    200    |    334    |           |  2471.96 |
| 14      | Odisha                    | 10.14     | 28.70     | 39.70     | 48.00     | 58.00     |     30    |     27    |      0    |     16.25 |           |   257.79 |
| 15      | Punjab                    | 0.00      | 43.00     | 1.18      | 0.00      | 9.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      3.75 |           |    56.93 |
| 16      | Rajasthan                 | 75.00     | 142.84    | 129.00    | 107.50    | 168.48    |     75    |    200    |    100    |    186    |           |  1183.82 |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu                | 56.63     | 129.78    | 143.50    | 369.55    | 355.00    |    523    |    400    |    116    |    159.5  | 56.25     |  2309.21 |
| 18      | Telangana                 | 77.57     | 111.32    | 189.00    | 257.00    | 122.00    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     33.22 |           |   790.11 |
| 19      | Uttarakhand               | 6.97      | 9.60      | 15.00     | 27.20     | 43.00     |     32    |     50    |     30    |     66.75 |           |   280.52 |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh             | 3.00      | 37.51     | 41.40     | 55.00     | 87.88     |    100    |    200    |    150    |    149.25 |           |   824.04 |
| 21      | West Bengal               | 0.00      | 4.80      | 19.90     | 31.00     | 40.00     |     20    |     61    |      0    |      0    | 7.07      |   183.77 |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh         | 0.00      | 2.60      | 2.00      | 8.30      | 12.50     |     18    |     25    |     40    |     10    | 3.71      |   122.11 |
| 23      | Assam                     | 1.00      | 5.03      | 11.00     | 3.00      | 30.00     |     42    |      0    |     31    |     20    |           |   143.03 |
| 24      | Manipur                   | 2.72      | 2.76      | 3.60      | 7.50      | 40.00     |     40    |     27.5  |     60    |     15    | 10.00     |   209.08 |
| 25      | Meghalaya                 | 0.00      | 1.43      | 0.00      | 3.30      | 12.00     |      0    |     15    |      0    |      0    |           |    31.73 |
| 26      | Mizoram                   | 4.50      | 3.27      | 8.10      | 12.30     | 27.80     |     28    |     25    |     33    |     13.75 |           |   155.72 |
| 27      | Nagaland                  | 0.00      | 2.34      | 4.50      | 11.80     | 35.00     |     53    |     30    |     55    |     50    | 9.71      |   251.35 |
| 28      | Sikkim                    | 4.26      | 4.86      | 5.40      | 4.00      | 55.19     |     31.8  |     35    |     42    |     52.5  | 12.51     |   247.52 |
| 29      | Tripura                   | 2.00      | 1.55      | 0.00      | 3.75      | 15.00     |     18    |     13.2  |      0    |      4.76 |           |    58.26 |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | -         | 0.20      | 0.00      | 0.50      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |           |     0.7  |
| 31      | Puducherry                | -         | 2.02      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |           |     2.02 |
| 32      | Ladakh                    | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.5  | 0.50      |     1    |
| 33      | Head Quarter              | 0.90      | 1.33      | 0.67      | 1.43      | 2.73      |      0.4  |     35.49 |     59.63 |     65.44 |           |   168.02 |
|         | Grand Total               | 963.55    | 1556.72   | 1991.24   | 2819.39   | 2918.4    |   2700.02 |   2562.2  |   1796.12 |   1901.37 | 173.68    | 19382.7  |

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3001 to be answered on 8 th  August, 2023 Area covered under Micro Irrigation through OFWM and PDMC Schemes from the year 2014-2015 to 2023-2024 (till date)

Area in Hectare

| S. No.      | State/UT       | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |   2020- 21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 | 2023-24   |   Total |
|-------------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh | 36123     | 94104     | 141098    | 186441    | 200269    |    122080 |          0 |     14654 |     90775 | 10037     |  895581 |
| 2           | Bihar          | 2323      | 5155      | 4228      | 3143      | 924       |      3967 |       1275 |      2087 |      4252 |           |   27354 |
| 3           | Chhattisgarh   | 5244      | 8056      | 19227     | 13087     | 18929     |     27688 |      18634 |     18640 |     23885 |           |  153390 |
| 4           | Goa            | 66        | 92        | 123       | 236       | 0         |       285 |        132 |         0 |         7 |           |     941 |
| 5           | Gujarat        | 81695     | 142681    | 165948    | 143134    | 140778    |    107649 |     101329 |     78790 |    106109 | 34395     | 1102508 |
| 6           | Haryana        | 3400      | 3117      | 5701      | 10751     | 10469     |     22652 |      12446 |     43045 |     36786 |           |  148367 |
| 7           | Himachal Pra.  | 254       | 3306      | 937       | 1197      | 422       |      2573 |       2051 |         0 |       406 |           |   11146 |
| 8           | Jharkhand      | 0         | 4528      | 5810      | 1544      | 3978      |      5989 |       1909 |      4868 |      6049 |           |   34675 |
| 9           | J&K            | 80        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |        70 |       1020 |        14 |         0 |           |    1184 |
| 10          | Karnataka      | 82253     | 64220     | 139405    | 236107    | 234853    |    250591 |     321178 |    336053 |    166841 |           | 1831501 |
| 11          | Kerala         | 2761      | 561       | 310       | 358       | 965       |       583 |        389 |       385 |      1758 |           |    8070 |
| 12          | Madhya Pradesh | 24084     | 75224     | 54323     | 39761     | 35195     |     14597 |      17717 |     69890 |     46568 |           |  377359 |
| 13          | Maharashtra    | 77728     | 35242     | 106172    | 132829    | 159959    |    171097 |      49878 |    113479 |    168389 |           | 1014773 |
| 14          | Odisha         | 11832     | 2907      | 4611      | 3036      | 10081     |      8498 |      13592 |     30331 |     22419 |           |  107307 |
| 15          | Punjab         | 875       | 1799      | 1950      | 600       | 507       |       942 |        742 |      3719 |      3039 | 208       |   14381 |
| 16          | Rajasthan      | 47330     | 56346     | 47650     | 48205     | 53982     |     58573 |      69191 |     78232 |    191004 |           |  650513 |
| 17          | Tamil Nadu     | 12518     | 32288     | 44778     | 105695    | 172445    |    263494 |     214147 |    102329 |     70856 |           | 1018550 |
| 18          | Telangana      | 29892     | 39864     | 61980     | 89474     | 40381     |      4548 |      11308 |     35538 |     40711 |           |  353696 |
| 19          | Uttarakhand    | 1185      | 721       | 3199      | 2182      | 4256.41   |      6790 |       4128 |      3700 |      7231 |           |   33392 |
| 20          | Uttar Pradesh  | 2403      | 1598      | 32511     | 28235     | 55086     |     56953 |      58104 |     33931 |     65226 |           |  334047 |
| 21          | West Bengal    | -         | 0         | 0         | 2137      | 13370     |     21824 |      14821 |     14365 |     25120 |           |   91637 |
| 22          | Arun. Pradesh  | -         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |         0 |       6898 |      3009 |      1798 |           |   11705 |
| 23          | Assam          | 194       | 0         | 0         | 782       | 70        |     10873 |       6731 |     12849 |      7960 | 1435      |   40894 |
| 24          | Manipur        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1600      |      2554 |       4455 |      2894 |      3409 | 157       |   15069 |
| 25          | Mizoram        | 1565      | 398       | 0         | 0         | 0         |      2348 |        519 |       427 |       826 |           |    6083 |
| 26          | Nagaland       | 444       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |      2830 |       1520 |      5518 |      7626 |           |   17938 |
| 27          | Sikkim         | 842       | 773       | 0         | 0         | 0         |      2524 |       3000 |      2914 |      2772 |           |   12825 |
| 28          | Tripura        | 444       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |         0 |          0 |      3413 |       732 |           |    4589 |
| 29          | Ladakh         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |         0 |          0 |         0 |         3 |           |       3 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total    | 425535    | 572980    | 839961    | 1048934   | 1158519   |   1172572 |     937114 |   1015073 |   1102556 | 46232     | 8319477 |