Lok Sabha Question No. 3176 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Water Conservation Awareness Programmes
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3176

## ANSWERED ON 21.12.2023

## WATER CONSERVATION AWARENESS PROGRAMMES

## 3176. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government has taken any measures to create awareness among the public regarding the necessity of water conservation;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(c)  the  details  of  water  conservation  awareness  programmes  conducted  during  the  last  two  years  and  the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) to (c) Water being a State subject, the aspects related to water resources including its conservation and awareness  generation  are  primarily  States  responsibility.  Central  Government  supplements  the  efforts  of States through technical and financial assistance. Government of India has taken several initiatives to create awareness among public regarding the necessity of water conservation. Jal Shakti Abhiyan was conducted in 2019 in 1592 blocks out of 2836 blocks 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'  campaign  has  become  an  annual  feature  since  2021  comprising  five focused  interventions,  including awareness  generation .  The  campaign  has  created  immense  awareness amongst  the  masses  about  about  the  existing  water  problem  and  therefore  the  importance  of  water conservation.  The crux of this campaign is building large scale awareness campaign so that conservation of water becomes a Jan Andolan.

The state-wise details of awareness generation activities conducted under JSA: CTR during the last two years and current year is at Annexure I .

National Water Mission (NWM), Ministry of Jal Shakti tied up with Department of Youth Affairs to spread awareness to cover 31,150 villages in 623 districts on JSA: CTR campaign using the vast network of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and its youth clubs. The awareness generation drive by NYKS, started in December 2020, formed the foundation of the massive involvement of the people in the JSA: CTR campaign. As per report received from NYKS, the State-wise details of activities conducted and number of people  engaged  is  at Annexure  II .  Additionally,  NWM  has  collaborated  with  concerned  Ministries  for broadcast of 'Just Junior' series on television, promotion of 'Mission LiFE', etc. NWM has also conducted

50 Water Talks, 40 Dialogues with Districts Magistrates and various other workshops/seminars to spread awareness among public.

Ministry of Jal Shakti has collaborated with Ministry of Railways for vinyl wrapping of two of our nation's  most  iconic  trains  i.e.  the  Himsagar  Express  and  the  Kamakhya  Express.  These  trains  journey across  our  vast  and  diverse  country  carrying  a  vital  message  of  water  conservation,  awareness,  and community engagement.

Government of India is implementing Atal Bhujal Yojana (ATAL JAL), a Central Sector Scheme in identified water stressed areas of 8213 Gram Panchayats (GPs) 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 5 years.The scheme marks a paradigm shift  from  groundwater  development to groundwater management. Salient features of the scheme include community  based  monitoring  and  sharing  of  groundwater  data,  planning,  capacity  building  &  focused Information, Education & Communication (IEC) activities.

Atal Bhujal Yojana have participated in total 33 training programmes, organised between February to June 2023, for the Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) organised by the National Seeds Corporation (NSC) Limited.  More  than  2000  participants  have  been  trained  in  these  trainings  on  various  water  savings  and water conservation methods in agriculture / irrigation.

Central  Ground  Water  Board  (CGWB)  organizes  various  awareness  programmes  including  Public Interaction  Programs  (PIP),  Tier  II  and  Tier  -III  programmes  on  local  ground  water  issues,  wherein  the stakeholder including the local public are made aware of rain water harvesting techniques and conservation of water harvesting structures. During the last two years (2021-22, 2022-23) and the current year (2023-24), CGWB has conducted a total of 712 such programmes in various parts of the country. State-wise, year-wise break up is given in Annexure III .

Also,  the  Information  Education  Communication  activities  are  undertaken  by  the  Ministry  of  Jal Shakti to disseminate the message of water conservation among the people. The social media team of the Department  regularly  creates  informative  posts  regarding  the  water  conservation  and  highlights  the programmes/schemes of the Ministry on social media handles of the Department.  Further, press release on important events of Ministry is also shared regularly with Press Information Bureau (PIB).

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3176 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  21.12.2023  REGARDING  'WATER  CONSERVATION AWARENESS PROGRAMMES'.

State-wise details of training/awareness programmes under JSA: CTR 2021

| Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   |
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| S.No.                                                                               | State                                                                               | Training / Awareness                                                                | Training / Awareness                                                                | Programmes - 2021 No. of Seed Packets distributed                                   | No. Saplings distributed                                                            | Awareness Programs/ Kisan Melas                                                     | Awareness Programs/ Kisan Melas                                                     |
| S.No.                                                                               |                                                                                     | Training Programs Number                                                            | Participants                                                                        |                                                                                     |                                                                                     | Number                                                                              | Participants                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                   | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                         | 8                                                                                   | 58                                                                                  | 135                                                                                 | 673                                                                                 | 14                                                                                  | 91                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                   | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                      | 276                                                                                 | 12061                                                                               | 5252                                                                                | 738225                                                                              | 419                                                                                 | 18684                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                   | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                   | 200                                                                                 | 3239                                                                                | 10161                                                                               | 44681                                                                               | 153                                                                                 | 4549                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                   | ASSAM                                                                               | 363                                                                                 | 7825                                                                                | 9923                                                                                | 43251                                                                               | 301                                                                                 | 9325                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                   | BIHAR                                                                               | 423                                                                                 | 15608                                                                               | 2393                                                                                | 30024                                                                               | 268                                                                                 | 12281                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                   | CHANDIGARH                                                                          | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                   | CHHATTISGARH                                                                        | 688                                                                                 | 19534                                                                               | 26882                                                                               | 72002                                                                               | 624                                                                                 | 28630                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                   | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI ANDDAMAN AND DIU                                             | 1                                                                                   | 45                                                                                  | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 4                                                                                   | 350                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                   | DELHI                                                                               | 4                                                                                   | 185                                                                                 | 0                                                                                   | 40                                                                                  | 1                                                                                   | 30                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                  | GOA                                                                                 | 21                                                                                  | 661                                                                                 | 111                                                                                 | 719                                                                                 | 48                                                                                  | 1617                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                  | GUJARAT                                                                             | 459                                                                                 | 17567                                                                               | 55396                                                                               | 267404                                                                              | 946                                                                                 | 52980                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                  | HARYANA                                                                             | 11480                                                                               | 193743                                                                              | 383                                                                                 | 1008                                                                                | 15348                                                                               | 306313                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                  | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                    | 64                                                                                  | 1491                                                                                | 6918                                                                                | 16383                                                                               | 94                                                                                  | 3105                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                  | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                   | 39                                                                                  | 930                                                                                 | 829                                                                                 | 436                                                                                 | 46                                                                                  | 1463                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                  | JHARKHAND                                                                           | 267                                                                                 | 7825                                                                                | 1649                                                                                | 16332                                                                               | 149                                                                                 | 4263                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                  | KARNATAKA                                                                           | 66                                                                                  | 3242                                                                                | 1560                                                                                | 5065                                                                                | 53                                                                                  | 14213                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                  | KERALA                                                                              | 24                                                                                  | 1249                                                                                | 100                                                                                 | 1984                                                                                | 27                                                                                  | 1687                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                  | LADAKH                                                                              | 13                                                                                  | 193                                                                                 | 130                                                                                 | 2560                                                                                | 24                                                                                  | 183                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                  | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                         | 150                                                                                 | 12                                                                                  | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 20                                                                                  | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                      | 1621                                                                                | 46705                                                                               | 6717                                                                                | 279719                                                                              | 1184                                                                                | 54895                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                  | MAHARASHTRA                                                                         | 1021                                                                                | 36310                                                                               | 7605                                                                                | 389499                                                                              | 1098                                                                                | 36865                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                  | MANIPUR                                                                             | 67                                                                                  | 1319                                                                                | 1003                                                                                | 2945                                                                                | 102                                                                                 | 2358                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                  | MEGHALAYA                                                                           | 92                                                                                  | 2896                                                                                | 3199                                                                                | 8941                                                                                | 112                                                                                 | 3506                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                  | MIZORAM                                                                             | 80                                                                                  | 2220                                                                                | 6366                                                                                | 79627                                                                               | 126                                                                                 | 3921                                                                                |
| 25                                                                                  | NAGALAND                                                                            | 74                                                                                  | 1698                                                                                | 3323                                                                                | 4681                                                                                | 108                                                                                 | 2737                                                                                |
| 26                                                                                  | ODISHA                                                                              | 58                                                                                  | 1473                                                                                | 705                                                                                 | 19897                                                                               | 74                                                                                  | 2668                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                  | PUDUCHERRY                                                                          | 5                                                                                   | 195                                                                                 | 100                                                                                 | 646                                                                                 | 4                                                                                   | 140                                                                                 |
| 28                                                                                  | PUNJAB                                                                              | 259                                                                                 | 7611                                                                                | 4222                                                                                | 16461                                                                               | 481                                                                                 | 16504                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                  | RAJASTHAN                                                                           | 218                                                                                 | 8777                                                                                | 693                                                                                 | 20702                                                                               | 182                                                                                 | 18044                                                                               |
| 30                                                                                  | SIKKIM                                                                              | 9                                                                                   | 311                                                                                 | 2242                                                                                | 7887                                                                                | 20                                                                                  | 451                                                                                 |
| 31                                                                                  | TAMIL NADU                                                                          | 597                                                                                 | 26420                                                                               | 8396                                                                                | 40858                                                                               | 581                                                                                 | 27723                                                                               |
| 32                                                                                  | TELANGANA                                                                           | 421                                                                                 | 13103                                                                               | 3121                                                                                | 28032                                                                               | 436                                                                                 | 16215                                                                               |
| 33                                                                                  | TRIPURA                                                                             | 76                                                                                  | 1792 77741                                                                          | 5175                                                                                | 24873                                                                               | 137                                                                                 | 3365 85971                                                                          |
| 34                                                                                  | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                       | 524                                                                                 |                                                                                     |                                                                                     |                                                                                     | 465                                                                                 |                                                                                     |
| 35                                                                                  | UTTARAKHAND                                                                         | 121                                                                                 |                                                                                     | 14300                                                                               | 39493                                                                               | 121                                                                                 | 4413                                                                                |
| 36                                                                                  | WEST BENGAL                                                                         | 64                                                                                  | 1995 2029                                                                           | 1592 511                                                                            | 43202 11108                                                                         | 87                                                                                  | 2213                                                                                |
|                                                                                     | Total                                                                               | 19853                                                                               | 518063                                                                              | 191092                                                                              | 2259358                                                                             | 23837                                                                               | 741753                                                                              |

State-wise details of training/awareness programmes under JSA: CTR 2022

| Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   |
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| S.No.                                                                              | State                                                                              | Training /                                                                         | Awareness                                                                          | Programs - 2022 No. of Seed Packets distributed                                    | No. Saplings distributed                                                           | Awareness Programs/ Kisan Melas                                                    | Awareness Programs/ Kisan Melas                                                    |
| S.No.                                                                              |                                                                                    | Number Participants                                                                | Number Participants                                                                |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | Number Participants                                                                | Number Participants                                                                |
| S.No.                                                                              |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | Training Programs                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                  | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                        | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                  | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                     | 28                                                                                 | 424                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 83                                                                                 | 7891                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                  | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                  | 1                                                                                  | 27                                                                                 | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 1                                                                                  | 25                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                  | ASSAM                                                                              | 224                                                                                | 61                                                                                 | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 5                                                                                  | 103                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                  | BIHAR                                                                              | 80540                                                                              | 1532                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 22                                                                                 | 2923                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                  | CHANDIGARH                                                                         | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                  | CHHATTISGARH                                                                       | 1553                                                                               | 5668                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 147                                                                                | 5335                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                  | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU                                             | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                  | DELHI                                                                              | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                 | GOA                                                                                | 2                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                 | GUJARAT                                                                            | 225                                                                                | 612                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 21                                                                                 | 1464                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                 | HARYANA                                                                            | 13343                                                                              | 179835                                                                             | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 12431                                                                              | 215897                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                 | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                   | 67                                                                                 | 75                                                                                 | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 13                                                                                 | 638                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                  | 41                                                                                 | 460                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 14                                                                                 | 2020                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                 | JHARKHAND                                                                          | 4726                                                                               | 619                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 11                                                                                 | 483                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                 | KARNATAKA                                                                          | 12343                                                                              | 4529                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 14630                                                                              | 207778                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                 | KERALA                                                                             | 161                                                                                | 2405                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 53                                                                                 | 54371                                                                              |
| 18                                                                                 | LADAKH                                                                             | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                 | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                        | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                 | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                     | 1271                                                                               | 1948                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 26                                                                                 | 4223                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                 | MAHARASHTRA                                                                        | 2588                                                                               | 10143                                                                              | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 5043                                                                               | 21907                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                 | MANIPUR                                                                            | 2                                                                                  | 83                                                                                 | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 3                                                                                  | 172                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                 | MEGHALAYA                                                                          | 219                                                                                | 172                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 1                                                                                  | 13                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                 | MIZORAM                                                                            | 1                                                                                  | 34                                                                                 | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 25                                                                                 | NAGALAND                                                                           | 38                                                                                 | 490                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 13                                                                                 | 711                                                                                |
| 26                                                                                 | ODISHA                                                                             | 24                                                                                 | 896                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 36                                                                                 | 2980                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                 | PUDUCHERRY                                                                         | 3                                                                                  | 186                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 2                                                                                  | 234                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                 | PUNJAB                                                                             | 373                                                                                | 3605                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 568                                                                                | 10608                                                                              |
| 29 30                                                                              | RAJASTHAN                                                                          | 140                                                                                | 12105 50                                                                           | 0 0                                                                                | 0 0                                                                                | 973 0                                                                              | 9477                                                                               |
|                                                                                    | SIKKIM                                                                             | 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 0                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                 | TAMIL NADU                                                                         | 16960                                                                              | 8857                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 203                                                                                | 10034                                                                              |
| 32                                                                                 | TELANGANA                                                                          | 36                                                                                 | 1441                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 53                                                                                 | 4728                                                                               |
| 33 34                                                                              | TRIPURA                                                                            | 228                                                                                | 318                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 6                                                                                  |                                                                                    |
|                                                                                    | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                      | 76                                                                                 |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 2120                                                                               |
| 35                                                                                 |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 3165                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 172                                                                                | 6769                                                                               |
|                                                                                    | UTTARAKHAND                                                                        | 3602                                                                               | 1188                                                                               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 7                                                                                  | 786                                                                                |
| 36                                                                                 | WEST BENGAL Total                                                                  | 495 139311                                                                         | 109 241037                                                                         | 0 0                                                                                | 0 0                                                                                | 16 34553                                                                           | 339 574029                                                                         |

## State-wise details of training/awareness programmes under JSA: CTR 2023

| Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain              | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain              | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain              | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain              | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain              | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain              | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain              | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain              |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti | National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti | National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti | National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti | National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti | National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti | National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti | National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti |
|                                                | State                                          |                                                |                                                | No. of Seed Packets distributed                | No. Saplings distributed                       | Awareness Programs/ Kisan Melas                | Awareness Programs/ Kisan Melas                |
| S.No.                                          |                                                | Training Programs NumberParticipants           | Training Programs NumberParticipants           | Training Programs NumberParticipants           |                                                | Number Participants                            | Number Participants                            |
|                                                |                                                | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 1 2                                            | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS ANDHRA PRADESH     | 100                                            | 313                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 2                                              | 101                                            |
| 3                                              | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 4                                              | ASSAM                                          | 28                                             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 5                                              | BIHAR                                          | 45                                             | 1139                                           | 0                                              | 0                                              | 9                                              | 1455                                           |
| 6                                              | CHANDIGARH                                     | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 7                                              | CHHATTISGARH                                   | 1197                                           | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 12                                             | 206                                            |
|                                                | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU         | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 8                                              | DELHI                                          | 12                                             | 604                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 14                                             | 654                                            |
| 9 10                                           | GOA                                            | 1                                              | 45                                             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 8                                              | 1331                                           |
| 11                                             | GUJARAT                                        | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 12                                             | HARYANA                                        | 8765                                           | 153722                                         | 0                                              | 0                                              | 10283                                          | 340092                                         |
| 13                                             | HIMACHAL PRADESH                               | 16                                             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 14                                             | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                              | 43                                             | 506                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 5                                              | 610                                            |
| 15                                             | JHARKHAND                                      | 143                                            | 422                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 22                                             | 718                                            |
| 16                                             | KARNATAKA                                      | 3567                                           | 9                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 14083                                          | 157421                                         |
| 17                                             | KERALA                                         | 520                                            | 303                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 20                                             | 1413                                           |
| 18                                             | LADAKH                                         | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 19                                             | LAKSHADWEEP                                    | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 20                                             | MADHYA PRADESH                                 | 15                                             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 21                                             | MAHARASHTRA                                    | 191                                            | 2139                                           | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1105                                           | 18977                                          |
| 22                                             | MANIPUR                                        | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 23                                             | MEGHALAYA                                      | 104                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 24                                             | MIZORAM                                        | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 25                                             | NAGALAND                                       | 3                                              | 56                                             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 9                                              | 347                                            |
| 26                                             | ODISHA                                         | 1944                                           | 586                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 10                                             | 440                                            |
| 27                                             |                                                | 4                                              | 166                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              | 42                                             |
| 28                                             | PUDUCHERRY                                     | 29                                             |                                                | 0                                              |                                                | 350                                            |                                                |
| 29                                             | PUNJAB                                         | 32                                             | 843                                            |                                                | 0                                              |                                                | 36207                                          |
| 30                                             | RAJASTHAN                                      | 0                                              | 862                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 53                                             | 616                                            |
| 32                                             | SIKKIM                                         |                                                | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 31                                             | TAMIL NADU                                     | 5022                                           | 597                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 72                                             | 1789                                           |
|                                                | TELANGANA                                      | 482                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 4 10                                           | 700                                            |
| 33                                             | TRIPURA                                        | 520                                            | 324                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              |                                                | 585                                            |
| 34                                             | UTTAR PRADESH                                  | 59                                             | 1797                                           | 0                                              | 0                                              | 2186                                           | 73824                                          |
| 35                                             | UTTARAKHAND                                    | 2449                                           | 17                                             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              | 9                                              |
| 36                                             | WEST BENGAL Total                              | 793 26084                                      | 0 164450                                       | 0 0                                            | 0 0                                            | 0 28259                                        | 0 637537                                       |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3176 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  21.12.2023  REGARDING  'WATER  CONSERVATION AWARENESS PROGRAMMES'.

## Statewise No. of Activities and Participation Catch the Rain Project

| S. No.   | Name of State          | 2020-21 First Phase of Catch the Rain Project   | 2020-21 First Phase of Catch the Rain Project   | 2021-22 Second Phase of Catch the Rain Project   | 2021-22 Second Phase of Catch the Rain Project   | 2022-23 Third Phase of Catch the Rain   | 2022-23 Third Phase of Catch the Rain   |
|----------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State          | Activities                                      | Participation                                   | Activities                                       | ParticipationActivities                          | Project                                 | Participation                           |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh         | 4,764                                           | 1,34,618                                        | 24,591                                           | 4,40,731                                         | 9830                                    | 204703                                  |
| 2        | Assam                  | 1,41,458                                        | 7,73,315                                        | 1,49,544                                         | 9,28,139                                         | 33963                                   | 866037                                  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh      | 29,569                                          | 4,04,793                                        | 38,070                                           | 2,15,172                                         | 6342                                    | 110746                                  |
| 4        | Bihar                  | 1,75,056                                        | 2,459,771                                       | 45,393                                           | 4,52,349                                         | 39719                                   | 379237                                  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh           | 88,262                                          | 17,10,723                                       | 41,994                                           | 6,32,226                                         | 9164                                    | 276428                                  |
| 6        | Delhi                  | 33,282                                          | 2,61,388                                        | 8,356                                            | 52,839                                           | 2311                                    | 58692                                   |
| 7        | Gujarat                | 2,991                                           | 47,484                                          | 7,007                                            | 1,77,896                                         | 2193                                    | 47148                                   |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh       | 22,171                                          | 7,60,403                                        | 26,858                                           | 10,12,954                                        | 5088                                    | 66708                                   |
| 9        | Haryana                | 22,675                                          | 10,23,178                                       | 50,946                                           | 4,16,993                                         | 14770                                   | 293740                                  |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir         | 77,660                                          | 2,37,254                                        | 1,90,232                                         | 3,68,309                                         | 10305                                   | 280962                                  |
| 11       | Jharkhand              | 10,111                                          | 17,60,406                                       | 3,17,773                                         | 17,96,984                                        | 12536                                   | 280301                                  |
| 12       | Karnataka              | 4,671                                           | 1,51,945                                        | 2,93,730                                         | 3,94,099                                         | 3986                                    | 67409                                   |
| 13       | Kerala                 | 17,315                                          | 2,66,231                                        | 7,283                                            | 2,70,335                                         | 3280                                    | 84737                                   |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh         | 2,03,926                                        | 18,60,413                                       | 56,044                                           | 8,28,382                                         | 8119                                    | 139638                                  |
| 15       | Maharashtra &Goa       | 10,733                                          | 2,07,116                                        | 14,704                                           | 2,11,810                                         | 11345                                   | 195036                                  |
| 16       | Manipur                | 10,328                                          | 2,33,801                                        | 13,246                                           | 9,32,829                                         | 6179                                    | 153573                                  |
| 17       | Meghalaya              | 29,980                                          | 3,40,637                                        | 1,598                                            | 72,245                                           | 155                                     | 8220                                    |
| 18       | Mizoram                | 44,225                                          | 3,41,550                                        | 49,045                                           | 1,27,769                                         | 3166                                    | 185099                                  |
| 19       | Nagaland               | 38,731                                          | 1,48,367                                        | 14,421                                           | 2,60,184                                         | 12783                                   | 356145                                  |
| 20       | Odisha                 | 27,523                                          | 22,70,176                                       | 26,718                                           | 2,97,562                                         | 17176                                   | 507272                                  |
| 21       | Punjab                 | 1,18,402                                        | 13,28,843                                       | 1,09,639                                         | 5,12,983                                         | 17380                                   | 397627                                  |
| 22       | Rajasthan              | 2,14,512                                        | 13,99,826                                       | 90,903                                           | 6,05,394                                         | 12436                                   | 358138                                  |
| 23       | Sikkim                 | 39,907                                          | 9,27,141                                        | 2,386                                            | 50,552                                           | 593                                     | 7730                                    |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu& Puducherry | 35,807                                          | 5,15,472                                        | 1,75,843                                         | 22,06,193                                        | 17286                                   | 584423                                  |
| 25       | Telangana              | 3,730                                           | 2,24,948                                        | 53,541                                           | 3,16,934                                         | 4565                                    | 142950                                  |
| 26       | Tripura                | 61,868                                          | 2,33,421                                        | 13,130                                           | 65,517                                           | 2818                                    | 104320                                  |
| 27       | Uttarakhand            | 10,385                                          | 2,37,738                                        | 3,466                                            | 1,16,347                                         | 5783                                    | 111165                                  |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh          | 1,20,880                                        | 17,80,944                                       | 35,924                                           | 5,56,239                                         | 15374                                   | 420260                                  |
| 29       | West Bengal            | 30,542                                          | 6,75,710                                        | 1,66,903                                         | 12,22,461                                        | 16238                                   | 399148                                  |
|          | Total                  | 16,31,464                                       | 2,27,17,612                                     | 2029288                                          | 1,55,42,427                                      | 3,04,883                                | 70,87,592                               |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3176 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  21.12.2023  REGARDING  'WATER  CONSERVATION AWARENESS PROGRAMMES'.

Year-wise, State-wise breakup of Public Interaction Programmes (PIP) conducted by CGWB during the last two years and the current year

| Sl No.   | State/UT                                    |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 (as on 30.11.02023) |
|----------|---------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                              |         8 |         6 |                             2 |
| 2        | Bihar                                       |        17 |        20 |                             3 |
| 3        | Chandigarh                                  |         1 |         1 |                             0 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                                |        20 |        12 |                             2 |
| 5        | Goa                                         |         2 |         0 |                             0 |
| 6        | Gujarat &Union Territory (UT) of Daman &Diu |        22 |        14 |                             5 |
| 7        | Haryana                                     |        17 |         6 |                             2 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                            |        10 |         7 |                             1 |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir                              |        10 |        11 |                             1 |
| 10       | Ladakh                                      |         2 |         0 |                             0 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                                   |        10 |         9 |                             2 |
| 12       | Karnataka                                   |        20 |        11 |                             4 |
| 13       | Kerala                                      |        11 |         7 |                             4 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                              |        20 |        12 |                             5 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                                 |        24 |        13 |                             6 |
| 16       | NER States                                  |        26 |        20 |                             5 |
| 17       | Odisha                                      |        18 |        13 |                             5 |
| 18       | Punjab                                      |         8 |        14 |                             0 |
| 19       | Rajasthan                                   |        21 |        14 |                             4 |
| 20       | Delhi                                       |        10 |         3 |                             1 |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu &UTof Puducherry                 |        29 |        13 |                             5 |
| 22       | Telangana                                   |         7 |         9 |                             2 |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh                               |        56 |        21 |                             1 |
| 24       | Uttarakhand                                 |         9 |         6 |                             1 |
| 25       | West Bengal                                 |        14 |        10 |                             7 |
| Total    | Total                                       |       392 |       252 |                            68 |

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