Lok Sabha Question No. 106 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Micro Irrigation Initiatives under PMKSY
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Darshan Singh Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE& FARMERS' WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS' WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.106

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  DECEMBER, 2024

## MICRO IRRIGATION INITIATIVES UNDER PMKSY

*106.  SHRI DARSHAN SINGH CHOUDHARY: Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and current status of Micro Irrigation Initiatives under Pradhan Mantri Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  in  Hoshangabad  Parliamentary  Constituency  in Madhya Pradesh (MP);
- (b) the  details  of  the  progress  of  Dudhi  and  Chinki  Boras  Barrage  Irrigation Projects  in  MP  along  with  the  completion  of  the  above  Irrigation  Projects  under PMKSY;
- (c) the details of coverage area of Micro Irrigation in the district;
- (d) the number of farmers benefited along with the increase in crop yield/irrigation efficiency from the said projects;
- (e) the  details  of  the  challenges  faced  during  the  implementation  of  PMKSY  and Micro Irrigation Initiatives in the said district; and
- (f) the  details  of  the  future  plans  to  expand  the  Micro  Irrigation  and  irrigation efficiency in Hoshangabad district?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

- (a)  to (f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  106  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  3 RD   DECEMBER,  2024 REGARDING MICRO IRRIGATION INITIATIVES UNDER PMKSY.

(a) to (d): The  Government  accords  high  priority  to  water  conservation  and  its management.  To  this  effect,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  is being implemented in the country with an aim to enhance physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices etc.

The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing Per Drop More  Crop  (PDMC)  scheme  in  the  Country  including  Hoshangabad  Parliamentary constituency  in  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh.  PDMC  was  implemented  as  a component of PMKSY during the year 2015-16 to 2021-22. From the year 2022-23, PDMC  is  being  implemented  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY).  PDMC focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation, namely, Drip and Sprinkler irrigation system.

The  Hoshangabad  Parliamentary  constituency  covers  three  districts  of  the State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  namely;  Narmadapuram,  Narsinghpur  and  Raisen.  The details  of  the  area  coverage  under  Micro  Irrigation  in  these  Districts  and  No.  of farmers benefited through PDMC from 2015-16 to 2024-25 (till date) as reported by the  State Government is given as under:

|   Sr. No. | District     |   Area covered under Micro-irrigation (ha) |   Number of Beneficiaries |
|-----------|--------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Narmadapuram |                                       8917 |                      6047 |
|         2 | Narsinghpur  |                                       6748 |                      4503 |
|         3 | Raisen       |                                      12897 |                      9162 |

Adoption of Micro Irrigation results in improved water use efficiency, crop yield and enhancement of income of the farmers. NITI Aayog conducted evaluation study on PDMC scheme in year 2021. The study revealed that the scheme is relevant in achieving  national  priorities  such  as  substantially  improving  on-farm  water  use efficiency, enhancing crop productivity, generating employment opportunities etc. The study  also  revealed  that  water  use  efficiency  improved  around  30%  to  70%  and productivity increases in the range of 9% to 100% for various crops in different States through adoption of micro irrigation.

Dudhi  and  Chinki  Boras  Barrage  Irrigation  Projects  in  Madhya  Pradesh  are being  implemented  and  funded  by  State  Government      through  Narmada  Valley Development Authority (NVDA), an agency of State Government of Madhya Pradesh. The  projects  envisage  providing  Micro  Irrigation  infrastructure  at  farm  gate  through Pressurised  Piped  Irrigation  Command  (PPIC)  System.  The  State  Government initiated the projects on December, 2021 and the project period is for six years. The details of number of villages, project cost, targeted command area and progress, as reported by State Government, for these Irrigation Projects are as follows:

|   S. No. | Name of Project      | Districts                            |   No. of villages |   Projected command area (ha) |   Total project cost (Rs in crore) |   Financial Progress (Rs. in crore) |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | Dudhi Project        | Narmadapuram and Chhindwara          |               184 |                         55410 |                            1774    |                                  44 |
|        2 | Chinki Boras Barrage | Narmadapuram, Narsinghpur and Raisen |               446 |                        131925 |                            5162.49 |                                 896 |

(e) & (f): Farmers are willing to adopt micro irrigation because of its benefits such as enhanced water use efficiency and crop yield. However, Micro Irrigation systems involve  substantial  capital  investment.    For  encouraging  farmers  to  adopt  micro irrigation, subsidy of 55% is being provided for small and marginal farmers and 45% for  other  farmers  under  PDMC  scheme.  Further,  provision  has  also  been  made  in operational guidelines of the scheme for providing 90 % subsidy to Forest Rights Act (FRA)  Patta  holders  in  States/UTs  to  encourage  them  to  adopt  Micro  Irrigation.  To facilitate States in mobilising resources for top-up of subsidy over and above PDMC norms  and  also  to undertake  innovative projects for Micro-irrigation  coverage, Government has created a Micro-irrigation Fund (MIF) with NABARD. States can avail loan from MIF on which Government of India provides interest subvention @ 2% to States.  In  addition,  provisions  have  been  made  in  operational  guidelines  of  PDMC Scheme to promote water use efficiency in command areas. States/UTs have  been instructed  to  dovetail  Pressurized  Piped  Irrigation  Command  (PPIC)  created  under various irrigation projects with PDMC scheme.  Besides, fertigation and automation is also being promoted through the scheme to achieve better efficiency.

PDMC  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  implemented  under  PM-RKVY.  All States/UTs  including  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  prepare  their  own  State  Annual Action  Plan  for  taking  up  micro-irrigation  activities  under  the  scheme  as  per  their priority which is approved by the State Level Sanctioning Committee. Accordingly, the Central Government supports the States/UTs to implement their plan.

The PMKSY has three components namely Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) and Watershed Development Component (WDC). AIBP  and  HKPP  components  are  being  implemented  by  Department  of  Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and WDC  is being implemented by Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development. AIBP and HKPP are not implemented in the Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad) District. Under WDC-PMKSY 1.0, four projects have been completed in the District covering an area of  19953 ha with total cost of Rs.23.94 crore. During the year 2021-22, two projects have  been  sanctioned  under  WDC-2.0  in  the  District  covering  an  area  of  10,330 hectare with a total cost of Rs. 22.73 crore for implementation up to March 2026. As such the State has not reported any challenges during the implementation of WDCPMKSY 2.0 in the District.