Lok Sabha Question No. 2428 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Implementation of Per Drop More Crop Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2428

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 th  AUGUST, 2024

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PER DROP MORE CROP SCHEME

## 2428.  SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR: SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  carried  out  any  survey/study/research  into  the implementation of Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) Scheme in the country, especially in the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  regarding  the  total  number  of  farmers  and  acres  of  farmland covered under the scheme during the last five years, State-wise especially in the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the details regarding the targets set and achievements made during the last five years under the Per Drop More Crop Scheme in the said State, year and district-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  considered  focusing/increasing  implementation  of the Per Drop More Crop scheme in drought prone/drought declared areas of the country, especially in the State of Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  carried  out  any  promotional  activities/initiatives  to raise  awareness  regarding  the  benefits  under  the  PDMC  Scheme,  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛमंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) : The  Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) in the Country from 2015-16. During 2015-16 to 2021-22, the Scheme was implemented as a component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY).  From  the  year  2022-23,  the  scheme  is  being implemented  under  the  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY).  PDMC  focuses  on enhancing  water  use  efficiency  at  farm  level  through  Micro  Irrigation  namely  Drip  and Sprinkler Irrigation Systems.

The NITI Aayog conducted evaluation study on PDMC scheme in the year 2020. The study revealed that the scheme is relevant in achieving national priorities such as improving on-farm water use efficiency, enhancing crop productivity, generating employment opportunities, overall income enhancement of farmers etc.

A Study was also conducted in six States of the Country including Andhra Pradesh by the Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in May, 2023 on Micro Irrigation coverage for improving water use efficiency. The study made recommendations for effective implementation of the PDMC Scheme.

(b) : State-wise  details  of  farmland  covered  under  Micro  Irrigation  and  number  of farmers benefitted through the PDMC scheme during the last five years including Andhra Pradesh is given at Annexure I.

(c) : The  scheme  is  implemented  by  the  States  based  on  their  Annual  Action  Plan (AAP) approved by the State Level Sanctioning Committee. An area of 7.94 lakh ha was planned to be covered under Micro Irrigation through PDMC in the Annual Action Plan of Andhra Pradesh during the last five years and an area of 3.09 lakh ha has been covered during this period in the State. Year and district-wise details of area covered in the State is given at Annexure II.

(d) & (e) : As per the instructions given in the Operational guidelines,  PDMC  scheme emphasises  on  promoting  micro  irrigation  in  water  scarce,  water  stressed  and  critical ground water blocks/districts to conserve water and get extended coverage in terms of area under irrigation.  Focus is also given to promote micro irrigation in water intensive/guzzling crops to minimise  water requirement. All the States/Union Territories including drought-prone/drought-declared areas of the country are eligible to implement the scheme for coverage of more area under Micro Irrigation. Farmers are encouraged to take  advantage  of  micro  irrigation  technologies  by  wide  publicity  through  press  &  print media,  publication  of  leaflets/booklets,  organization  of  workshops,  exhibitions,  farmer fairs,  information  on  State/Government  of  India  web  portals  etc.  In  addition,  Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) imparts training and organizes field demonstrations through Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) to educate farmers for promotion of efficient irrigation techniques/ Micro Irrigation for various crops.

## Annexure  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2428  to  be  answered  on 06/08/2024

Details of farmland covered under the Micro Irrigation and number of farmers benefitted through the PDMC scheme during the last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24)

| S.No.   | State/UT          |   Farmland covered under the Micro Irrigation (in hectare) |   Number of farmers benefited |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                     309111 |                        273888 |
| 2       | Bihar             |                                                      17231 |                         15277 |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh      |                                                      88847 |                         94995 |
| 4       | Goa               |                                                        424 |                           262 |
| 5       | Gujarat           |                                                     524382 |                        383505 |
| 6       | Haryana           |                                                     148555 |                        106713 |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                       5365 |                         14507 |
| 8       | Jharkhand         |                                                      24773 |                         41572 |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                       1104 |                          1092 |
| 10      | Karnataka         |                                                    1330709 |                       1349348 |
| 11      | Kerala            |                                                       3254 |                          4367 |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                     202098 |                        110912 |
| 13      | Maharashtra       |                                                     591510 |                        533293 |
| 14      | Odisha            |                                                     106183 |                         90930 |
| 15      | Punjab            |                                                      11306 |                          7908 |
| 16      | Rajasthan         |                                                     616764 |                        429919 |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu        |                                                     779847 |                        704738 |
| 18      | Telangana         |                                                      96709 |                         78108 |
| 19      | Uttarakhand       |                                                      22682 |                         25858 |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                     275775 |                        201391 |
| 21      | West Bengal       |                                                      89903 |                        207140 |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                      13299 |                          7990 |
| 23      | Assam             |                                                      44315 |                         45584 |
| 24      | Manipur           |                                                      13662 |                         12284 |
| 25      | Meghalaya         |                                                        795 |                          1027 |
| 26      | Mizoram           |                                                       4631 |                          6626 |
| 27      | Nagaland          |                                                      25160 |                         11206 |
| 28      | Sikkim            |                                                      15389 |                         37534 |
| 29      | Tripura           |                                                       4511 |                          4602 |
| 30      | Ladakh            |                                                          3 |                             3 |
|         | Total             |                                                    5368297 |                       4802579 |

## Annexure  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2428  to  be  answered  on 06/08/2024

Year and district-wise area covered under Micro Irrigation through PDMC in the State of Andhra Pradesh during the last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24)

Area in ha

| S.No   | District              | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   Total |
|--------|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1      | Ananthapuramu         | 28807     | -         | 3687      |     13704 |     12374 |   58572 |
| 2      | YSR Kadapa            | 21370     | -         | 2893      |      9989 |     10578 |   44830 |
| 3      | Prakasam              | 11375     | -         | 1437      |      8847 |      9725 |   31384 |
| 4      | Chittoor              | 14006     | -         | 1483      |      6678 |      4936 |   27103 |
| 5      | Kurnool               | 14239     | -         | 1350      |      4515 |      4692 |   24796 |
| 6      | Annamayya             | -         | -         | -         |     10758 |      7783 |   18541 |
| 7      | Sri Satya Sai         | -         | -         | -         |      9356 |      7629 |   16985 |
| 8      | SPSR Nellore          | 4212      | -         | 398       |      3440 |      2675 |   10725 |
| 9      | East Godavari         | 4456      | -         | 561       |      2938 |      2228 |   10183 |
| 10     | West Godavari         | 9112      | -         | 746       |       161 |       115 |   10134 |
| 11     | Eluru                 | -         | -         | -         |      4657 |      3711 |    8368 |
| 12     | Nandyal               | -         | -         | -         |      4434 |      3688 |    8122 |
| 13     | Guntur                | 4721      | -         | 445       |       528 |       570 |    6264 |
| 14     | Krishna               | 4177      | -         | 251       |       281 |       225 |    4934 |
| 15     | Palnadu               | -         | -         | -         |      1583 |      2963 |    4546 |
| 16     | Vizianagaram          | 1701      | -         | 432       |       894 |       624 |    3651 |
| 17     | NTR                   | -         | -         | -         |      1803 |      1703 |    3506 |
| 18     | Srikakulam            | 1629      | -         | 591       |       541 |       608 |    3369 |
| 19     | Tirupathi             | -         | -         | -         |      1636 |      1586 |    3222 |
| 20     | Visakhapatnam         | 1907      | -         | 380       |        70 |        22 |    2379 |
| 21     | Bapatla               | -         | -         | -         |      1214 |      1072 |    2286 |
| 22     | Kakinada              | -         | -         | -         |      1056 |       773 |    1829 |
| 23     | Anakapalli            | -         | -         | -         |       836 |       829 |    1665 |
| 24     | Parvathipuramu Manyam | -         | -         | -         |       553 |       490 |    1043 |
| 25     | Alluri Sitharama Raju | -         | -         | -         |       259 |       274 |     533 |
| 26     | Konaseema             | -         | -         | -         |        44 |        97 |     141 |
| Total  | Total                 | 121712    | -         | 14654     |     90775 |     81970 |  309111 |

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