Lok Sabha Question No. 3135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Catch the Rain Campaign
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3135

ANSWERED ON 21.12.2023

## CATCH THE RAIN CAMPAIGN

## 3135.   SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of various interventions under the Jal Shakti Abhiyaan Catch the Rain Campaign;

(b)  the  details  of  works  related  to  reviving  traditional  water  bodies  that  have  been  completed  in  Pratapgarh, Deoria of Uttar Pradesh, Balasore of Odisha, and Pali Parliamentary constituency of Rajasthan during the last two years;

(c) whether  the programme  also  carried  out watershed  development  works  in  the  said parliamentary constituencies;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) the details of intensive afforestation works carried out in the said parliamentary constituencies; and

(f) the details of the expenditure incurred for completion of all works under the programme during the last two years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan:  Catch  the  Rain  (JSA:CTR)  campaign  has  five  focused  interventions-  (1)  rainwater harvesting  &  water  conservation  (2)  enumerating,  geo-tagging  &  making  inventory  of  all  water  bodies; preparation  of  scientific  plans  for  water  conservation  (3)  setting  up  Jal  Shakti  Kendras  in  all  districts  (4) intensive afforestation and (5) awareness generation.

(b) Under JSA: CTR campaign, Parliamentary Constituency-wise data is not maintained. The JSA: CTR portal (jsactr.mowr.gov.in) has provisions for collection and compilation of district-wise details of works undertaken by all the districts across the country. JSA: CTR has one focused intervention of rainwater harvesting & water conservation  which  inter-alia  includes  renovation  of  traditional  water  bodies.  The  details  of  works  related  to renovation of traditional  water  bodies  completed  during  the  last  two  years  under  the  campaign in  Pratapgarh, Deoria of Uttar Pradesh, Balasore of Odisha and Pali district of Rajasthan is at Annexure I .

(c)  to  (e) As  per  information  available  on  JSA:  CTR  portal  (jsactr.mowr.gov.in),  the  details  of  watershed development & intensive afforestation works completed under JSA: CTR in the districts of Pratapgarh, Deoria, Balasore and Pali is at Annexure II .

(f) Funds  spent  under  the  JSA:  CTR  Campaigns  is  inter-sectoral  convergence  of  various  development programmes/  schemes  of  Central  and  State  Governments.  However,  financial  assistance  of  Rs.  2.00  lakh  is released to each district for GIS mapping of water bodies and preparation of scientific water conservation plans under JSA: CTR. The state-wise details of funds released under JSA: CTR for GIS mapping of water bodies and preparation of district water conservation plans is at Annexure III.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3135 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 21.12.2023 REGARDING 'CATCH THE RAIN CAMPAIGN'.

| S No.   | Name of District           |   Renovation of Traditional water bodies completed |
|---------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Pratapgarh-(JSA: CTR 2023) |                                                728 |
|         | Pratapgarh-(JSA: CTR 2022) |                                               1748 |
|         | Total                      |                                               2476 |
| 2       | Deoria-(JSA: CTR 2023)     |                                                 95 |
|         | Deoria-(JSA: CTR 2022)     |                                                150 |
|         | Total                      |                                                245 |
| 3       | Balasore-(JSA: CTR 2023)   |                                                 73 |
|         | Balasore-(JSA: CTR 2022)   |                                                179 |
|         | Total                      |                                                252 |
| 4       | Pali-(JSA: CTR 2023)       |                                                276 |
|         | Pali-(JSA: CTR 2022)       |                                                240 |
|         | Total                      |                                                516 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) to (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3135 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  21.12.2023  REGARDING  'CATCH  THE  RAIN CAMPAIGN'.

|   S No. | Name of District   |   Watershed development works completed under JSA: CTR (from 22.03.2021 to 15.12.2023) |   Intensive afforestation works completed under JSA: CTR (from (22.03.2021 to 15.12.2023) |
|---------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Pratapgarh         |                                                                                  12184 |                                                                                    107701 |
|       2 | Deoria             |                                                                                  15413 |                                                                                    470224 |
|       3 | Balasore           |                                                                                   2633 |                                                                                      2929 |
|       4 | Pali               |                                                                                   2223 |                                                                                    117502 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3135 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  21.12.2023  REGARDING  'CATCH  THE  RAIN CAMPAIGN'.

State-wise details of funds released under JSA: CTR

| Sr .No.   | State/ UT                          |   2021-22 Amount (In Rs Lakhs) |   2022-23 Amount (In Rs Lakhs) |   2023-24 Amount (In Rs Lakhs) |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar Island (UT)    |                              2 |                              0 |                              0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                             13 |                             13 |                              0 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                             11 |                              1 |                              1 |
| 4         | Assam                              |                             19 |                              0 |                              1 |
| 5         | Bihar                              |                             28 |                              3 |                             39 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |                              1 |                              0 |                              0 |
| 7         | Chattisgarh                        |                             13 |                              4 |                             10 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                              2 |                              0 |                              0 |
| 9         | Delhi                              |                              8 |                              1 |                              4 |
| 10        | Goa                                |                              1 |                              1 |                              2 |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |                             15 |                             37 |                              0 |
| 12        | Haryana                            |                             22 |                             22 |                              0 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                              7 |                              4 |                              1 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                  |                             18 |                              1 |                             19 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |                             13 |                              1 |                              2 |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |                              2 |                             26 |                              3 |
| 17        | Kerala                             |                             11 |                              2 |                              0 |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |                              2 |                              0 |                              0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |                              0 |                              1 |                              0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                             44 |                              1 |                              1 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |                              3 |                             20 |                              0 |
| 22        | Manipur                            |                             12 |                              6 |                              0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          |                              8 |                              1 |                              1 |
| 24        | Mizoram                            |                              7 |                              1 |                              0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |                              5 |                              5 |                             11 |
| 26        | Odisha                             |                             11 |                             10 |                              8 |
| 27        | Puducherry (UT)                    |                              0 |                              2 |                              2 |
| 28        | Punjab                             |                              7 |                              8 |                              8 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |                             24 |                             37 |                              1 |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |                              4 |                              0 |                              0 |
| 31        | Tamilnadu                          |                             34 |                             31 |                              1 |
| 32        | Telangana                          |                             32 |                              4 |                              0 |
| 33        | Tripura                            |                              8 |                              0 |                              8 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                             46 |                             19 |                              5 |
| 35        | Uttrakhand                         |                             13 |                              0 |                             13 |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |                              2 |                              0 |                              0 |
| Total     | Total                              |                            448 |                            262 |                            141 |