Lok Sabha Question No. 3566 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Objectives of PMKSY
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3566

## ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023

## OBJECTIVES OF PMKSY

## †3566.  SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the aims and objectives of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY);

(b) the details of funds allocated, released and utilised under the said scheme in Dahod district of Gujarat;

(c) the details of works executed under the said scheme; and

(d) the target set for the next two years in Dahod district?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched during the  year 2015-16 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.

PMKSY is an umbrella scheme, consisting of two major components being implemented by this Ministry, 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  (approval  only  till  2021-2022,  and  thereafter  only  for  ongoing  works). Further, in 2016, CAD&WM sub-component of HKKP was taken up for pari passu implementation with AIBP.

In  addition,  PMKSY  also  consists  of  Watershed  Development  component  (WDC)  which  is  being implemented by Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development. Another component, namely Per  Drop  More  Crop  (PDMC)  being  implemented  by  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare (DoA&FW), was also a component of PMKSY during 2016-21, and is now being implemented separately by DoA&FW.

Some of the key objectives of PMKSY, targeted through the above components, are given below:

- i. Bringing new areas under irrigation.
- ii. Bridging gap between irrigation potential created and its utilization and improving on-farm water use efficiency.
- iii. Enhancement of physical access of water on the farm and expansion of cultivable area under assured irrigation along with renovation of water bodies.
- iv. Integrated development of rainfed areas towards soil and water conservation, regeneration of ground water,  arresting  runoff  providing  livelihood  options  and  other  natural  resource  management activities, and promoting extension activities relating to water harvesting and management and crop alignment.

(b) to (d) During its implementation under PMKSY, i.e., during 2015-2022, an amount of Rs. 1,685.34 crore has been released under Per Drop More Crop Scheme (PDMC) for works in Gujarat. During this period, an area of 8.8 lakh hectare has been covered under micro irrigation in Gujarat, out of which an area of 11,297 hectare has been brought under micro irrigation in Dahod district of Gujarat.

Apart  from  that,  there  is  no  information  on  implementation,  or  targets  in  next  two  years,  for  any  other component of PMKSY in Dahod district of Gujarat.