Lok Sabha Question No. 2513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Impementation of PMKSY in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2513

ANSWERED ON 13.03.2025

## IMPEMENTATION OF PMKSY IN UTTAR PRADESH

## †2513. DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) in Uttar Pradesh including Baghpat district and the total area brought under irrigation since the inception of the scheme;

(b) the details of funds allocated and utilized under the PMKSY in Uttar Pradesh during the last three years and the current year along with the number of farmers benefited, year-wise;

(c)  whether  any  steps  have  been  taken  to  improve  water  use  efficiency  among  farmers  and  promote sustainable irrigation practices under the PMKSY, if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether any assessment has been made by the Government regarding the impact of the PMKSY on agricultural productivity and farmers' income, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojna  (PMKSY) is  an  umbrella  scheme,  consisting  of  two  major components being implemented by the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry  of Jal Shakti, namely,  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefit  Programme (AIBP), and Har  Khet  Ko  Pani  (HKKP).  HKKP,  in  turn,  consists  of  four  sub-components:  (i)  Command  Area Development  &  Water  Management  (CAD&WM);  (ii)  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  (SMI);  (iii)  Repair, Renovation  and  Restoration  (RRR)  of  Water  Bodies;  and  (iv)  Ground  Water  (GW)  Development.  In 2016, with the launching of revised AIBP format, CAD&WM sub-component of HKKP was taken up for pari passu implementation with AIBP.

Further,  in  December,  2021,  implementation  of  PMKSY  for  the  period  2021-22  to  2025-26  has been  approved  by  Government  of  India.  However,  approval  of  Ground  Water  component  under PMKSY-HKKP has provisionally been accorded till 2021-22 only for committed liabilities, which has been extended subsequently till completion of ongoing works. Also, Per Drop More Crop component, which  was  earlier  a  component  of  PMKSY,  is  now  being  implemented  separately  by  Department  of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare (DoA&FW) under Rashtriya Krishi Vikash Yojna (RKVY).

Details of physical progress in the State of Uttar Pradesh under various components of PMKSY are as follows.

|   Sl.No . | Component of PMKSY    | Physical Progress in the State of Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | PMKSY-AIBP and CAD&WM | Four (04) projects have been implemented under PMKSY-AIBP in Uttar Pradesh viz. Bansagar Canal project, Saryu Nahar(NP) project, Arjun Sahayak Project and Madhya Ganga canal Phase -II project. No project implemented under PMKSY-AIBP and CADWM is benefiting the Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh. A total of 7.67 lakh hectare of Irrigation Potential has been created and 21.71 thousand hectares command area has been developed under these projects since 2016-17. |
|         2 | PMKSY-HKKP-RRR        | An Area of 2.35 thousand hectares of Irrigation Potential has been created under this component of PMKSY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|         3 | PMKSY-GW              | 14,752 wells are created and 36.36 thousand-hectare area brought under ground water irrigation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|         4 | PMKSY-WDC             | 20,307 Water Harvesting Structures created/rejuvenated and 1.05 lakh hectare additional area brought under protective irrigation from 2015-16 to 2021-22. Further, 56 projects (02 projects in Baghpat) covering an area of 2.64 lakh hectares have been sanctioned to Uttar Pradesh since 2021-22.                                                                                                                                                                           |
|         5 | PDMC                  | An area of 4.77 Lakh hectare has been covered under Micro Irrigation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

(b) Central  Assistance  provided  in  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  and  estimated  number  of beneficiaries under different components of PMKSY are as follows.

|    | Sl.NComponent of PMKSY   | Central Assistance provided (Rs. in crore)   | Central Assistance provided (Rs. in crore)   | Central Assistance provided (Rs. in crore)   | Central Assistance provided (Rs. in crore)   | Estimated number of target beneficiaries   |
|----|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|    | Sl.NComponent of PMKSY   | 2021-22                                      | 2022-23                                      | 2023-24                                      | 2024-25                                      | Estimated number of target beneficiaries   |
| 1. | PMKSY-AIBP and CADWM     | 0.00                                         | 23.90                                        | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 43,22,751                                  |
| 2. | PMKSY-GW                 | 0.00                                         | 10.00                                        | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 15,252                                     |
| 3. | PMKSY-WDC                | 21.78                                        | 0.00                                         | 86.20                                        | 54.64                                        | 1,11,963                                   |
| 4. | PDMC                     | 150.00                                       | 149.25                                       | 133.49                                       | 173.87                                       | 3,04,551                                   |

(c) Underground Pipeline (UGPL), SCADA based irrigation and precision-irrigation are promoted under PMKSY.  By construction of distribution network of about 55,290 km  UGPL under PMKSYAIBP, land acquisition of about 76,594 hectare has been avoided and water use efficiency has been increased.  96.23  lakh  hectare  area  has  been  brought  under  micro  irrigation  in  country  under PMKSY-PDMC.

(d) Development  Monitoring  and  Evaluation  Office  (DMEO)  under  NITI  Ayog  has  carried  out evaluation of PMKSY for the period 2015-2020. Most of the components of PMKSY have been ranked as satisfactory in terms of relevance, efficiency, impact and equity parameters of the performance.