Lok Sabha Question No. 3029 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3029

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 th  AUGUST, 2023

## DRIP AND SPRINKLER IRRIGATION

3029.  DR. G. RANJITH REDDY: SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of hectares of land covered under drip and sprinkler irrigation as of 2014, State-wise;
- (b) the number of hectares of land covered under drip and sprinkler irrigation between 2014 and June, 2023, year and State-wise;
- (c) whether  any  assessment  has  been  made  to  find  out  that  how  much income of farmers has gone up by using drip and sprinkler irrigation between 2014 and 2023; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b)  From the year 2005-06 to 2014-15, the Department of Agriculture & Farmers  Welfare  (DA&FW)  implemented  the  following  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes on Micro Irrigation namely Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation systems:
- i. Micro Irrigation (MI)  from 2005-06 to 2009-10
- ii. National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI)  from 2010-11 to 2013-14
- iii.  On Farm Water Management (OFWM)  during 2014-15

From  2015-16,  the  Micro  Irrigation  is  being  implemented  as  Per  Drop More Crop (PDMC) scheme.

Financial Assistance @ 55% for Small & Marginal farmers and @ 45% for Other farmers is provided by the Government for installation of Micro Irrigation under the PDMC scheme. For larger adoption of Micro Irrigation systems by the farmers, 25% higher unit cost has been taken for calculation of subsidy for the

North  Eastern  and  Himalayan  States  and  15%  higher  for  low  Micro  Irrigation penetrating States under the scheme.

From  2005-06  to  2013-14,  total  42.44  lakh  hectares  of  land  were covered  under  Drip  &  Sprinkler  irrigation  systems  in  various  States  of  the Country.  State- wise details of land covered under these systems is given at Annexure I. From  2014-15  to  till  date,  total  83.19  lakh  hectares  of  land  has  been covered  under  Drip  &  Sprinkler  irrigation  systems  in  the  Country.  Year  and State- wise details of land covered under these systems is given at Annexure II & III. (c)  &  (d)      The  NITI  Aayog  conducted  evaluation  study  on  PDMC  scheme  in 2020.  The  study  revealed  that  the  scheme  is  relevant  in  achieving  national priorities  such  as  improving  on-farm  water  use  efficiency,  enhancing  crop income enhancement of farmers.  The study also stated that  Micro irrigation adoption helped  to  improve  water  use  efficiency  around  30%  to  70%  and  increase productivity, generating employment opportunities and overall income of farmers in the range of 10% to 69%.

Annexure- I Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3029 to be answered on 8 th  August, 2023 Land covered under Drip & Sprinkler Irrigation Systems from the year 2005-06 to 2013-14 through MI and NMMI Schemes

Area in ha

| S.No   | State            |    Drip |   Sprinkler |   Total |
|--------|------------------|---------|-------------|---------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh   |  642698 |      193183 |  835881 |
| 2      | Bihar            |    2584 |       88792 |   91376 |
| 3      | Chattisgarh      |    8725 |      132174 |  140899 |
| 4      | Goa              |     297 |         409 |     706 |
| 5      | Gujarat          |  272810 |      264947 |  537757 |
| 6      | Haryana          |   23334 |       40859 |   64193 |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh |       0 |        1155 |    1155 |
| 8      | Jharkhand        |    6049 |       14227 |   20276 |
| 9      | Karnataka        |  257761 |      373026 |  630787 |
| 10     | Kerala           |   10082 |        6790 |   16872 |
| 11     | Madhya Pradesh   |  135230 |       77193 |  212423 |
| 12     | Maharashtra      |  481369 |      230002 |  711371 |
| 13     | Odisha           |   18156 |       70834 |   88990 |
| 14     | Punjab           |   25839 |        2163 |   28002 |
| 15     | Rajasthan        |   78302 |      597118 |  675420 |
| 16     | Tamil Nadu       |  153586 |        3860 |  157446 |
| 17     | Uttrakhand       |     145 |         431 |     576 |
| 18     | Uttar Pradesh    |   10019 |       15563 |   25582 |
| 19     | West Bengal      |     439 |         459 |     898 |
| 20     | Manipur          |     288 |           0 |     288 |
| 21     | Meghalaya        |     308 |         307 |     615 |
| 22     | Mizoram          |     530 |        1113 |    1643 |
| 23     | Sikkim           |     354 |        1177 |    1531 |
| 24     | Tripura          |       0 |         280 |     280 |
|        | Total            | 2128905 |     2116062 | 4244967 |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3029 to be answered on 8 th  August, 2023

Land covered under Drip Irrigation Systems from 2014-15 to 2023-24 (till date) through OFWM and PDMC Schemes

Area in hectare

| S.No   | State             | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |   2022-23 | 2023-24   |   Total |
|--------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 31386     | 62524     | 114704    | 138665    | 144900    | 92468     | 0         | 12654     |     70467 | 8146      |  675914 |
| 2      | Bihar             | 235       | 5000      | 699       | 187       | 6         | 1986      | 1275      | 2071      |      4058 |           |   15517 |
| 3      | Chattisgarh       | 1145      | 1294      | 3552      | 1582      | 2770      | 2753      | 3807      | 4289      |      5515 |           |   26707 |
| 4      | Goa               | 22        | 54        | 67        | 100       | 0         | 150       | 50        | 0         |         6 |           |     449 |
| 5      | Gujarat           | 37575     | 70174     | 76224     | 79057     | 86559     | 77498     | 65239     | 55051     |     71222 | 29366     |  647965 |
| 6      | Haryana           | 1550      | 1757      | 1440      | 1957      | 2720      | 3054      | 4206      | 3850      |      3312 |           |   23846 |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  | 175       | 1830      | 531       | 719       | 229       | 1511      | 1034      | 0         |       257 |           |    6286 |
| 8      | Jharkhand         | -         | 4528      | 5810      | 1370      | 2622      | 4448      | 1686      | 4370      |      5121 |           |   29955 |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 23        | -         | -         | -         | -         | 70        | 605       | 1         |         0 |           |     699 |
| 10     | Karnataka         | 55307     | 37534     | 46653     | 67250     | 76831     | 65007     | 65803     | 35935     |     42485 |           |  492805 |
| 11     | Kerala            | 1968      | 162       | 212       | 193       | 527       | 344       | 214       | 192       |       799 |           |    4611 |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh    | 19776     | 55000     | 43836     | 28416     | 20276     | 8294      | 8154      | 26993     |     15459 |           |  226204 |
| 13     | Maharashtra       | 70058     | 25551     | 82281     | 85425     | 110363    | 114816    | 35200     | 64206     |    109282 |           |  697182 |
| 14     | Odisha            | 1792      | 719       | 1908      | 665       | 1546      | 1348      | 3291      | 2929      |      1597 |           |   15795 |
| 15     | Punjab            | 440       | 1660      | 1802      | 167       | 218       | 432       | 391       | 1266      |      1211 | 139       |    7726 |
| 16     | Rajasthan         | 25668     | 25603     | 16705     | 16517     | 16378     | 18997     | 23321     | 31123     |     69616 |           |  243928 |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu        | 8451      | 29241     | 33125     | 59995     | 75141     | 199061    | 118710    | 62616     |     44713 |           |  631053 |
| 18     | Telangana         | 25298     | 31188     | 51341     | 55749     | 28145     | 4109      | 7448      | 19324     |     35280 |           |  257882 |
| 19     | Uttrakhand        | 778       | 460       | 2239      | 1212      | 2244      | 3887      | 1772      | 2204      |      2853 |           |   17649 |
| 20     | Uttar Pradesh     | 449       | 339       | 4260      | 1842      | 3623      | 6859      | 8831      | 16690     |     38179 |           |   81072 |
| 21     | West Bengal       | -         | -         | -         | 25        | 329       | 9365      | 18        | 90        |         0 |           |    9827 |
| 22     | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 3404      | 2228      |      1301 |           |    6933 |
| 23     | Assam             | 194       | -         | -         | 63        | 70        | 2001      | 1834      | 3395      |      2483 | 648       |   10688 |
| 24     | Manipur           | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |        50 | -         |      50 |
| 25     | Mizoram           | 1314      | 398       | -         | -         | -         | 2024      | 463       | 363       |       779 |           |    5341 |
| 26     | Nagaland          | 444       | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1980      | 1165      | 4451      |      5702 |           |   13742 |
| 27     | Sikkim            | 704       | 500       | -         | -         | -         | 306       | 317       | 339       |       298 |           |    2464 |
| 28     | Tripura           | 444       | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1860      |       488 |           |    2792 |
| 29     | Ladakh            | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |         3 |           |       3 |
|        | Total             | 285196    | 355516    | 487389    | 541156    | 575497    | 622768    | 358238    | 358489    |    532536 | 38299     | 4155085 |

## Annexure-III

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3029 to be answered on 8 th  August, 2023 Land covered under Sprinkler Irrigation Systems from 2014-15 to 2023-24 (till date) through OFWM and PDMC Schemes

Area in Hectare

| S.No   | State             | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   |   Total |
|--------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 4737      | 31580     | 26394     | 47776     | 55369     | 29605     | -         | 2000      | 20308     | 1891      |  219660 |
| 2      | Bihar             | 2088      | 155       | 3529      | 2956      | 918       | 1981      | -         | 16        | 193       |           |   11836 |
| 3      | Chattisgarh       | 4099      | 6762      | 15675     | 11505     | 16159     | 24935     | 14827     | 14351     | 18370     |           |  126683 |
| 4      | Goa               | 44        | 38        | 56        | 136       | -         | 135       | 82        | -         | 1         |           |     492 |
| 5      | Gujarat           | 44120     | 72507     | 89724     | 64077     | 54219     | 30151     | 36090     | 23739     | 34887     | 5029      |  454543 |
| 6      | Haryana           | 1850      | 1360      | 4261      | 8794      | 7749      | 19599     | 8240      | 39195     | 33474     |           |  124522 |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  | 79        | 1476      | 406       | 478       | 193       | 1063      | 1017      | -         | 149       |           |    4861 |
| 8      | Jharkhand         | -         | -         | -         | 174       | 1356      | 1541      | 223       | 498       | 927       |           |    4719 |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 57        | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 415       | 13        | -         |           |     485 |
| 10     | Karnataka         | 26946     | 26686     | 92752     | 168857    | 158022    | 185584    | 255375    | 300118    | 124357    |           | 1338697 |
| 11     | Kerala            | 793       | 399       | 98        | 165       | 438       | 239       | 174       | 193       | 960       |           |    3459 |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh    | 4308      | 20224     | 10487     | 11345     | 14917     | 6303      | 9564      | 42897     | 31109     |           |  151154 |
| 13     | Maharashtra       | 7670      | 9691      | 23891     | 47404     | 49596     | 56282     | 14678     | 49273     | 59108     |           |  317593 |
| 14     | Odisha            | 10040     | 2188      | 2703      | 2371      | 8535      | 7151      | 10301     | 27402     | 20822     |           |   91513 |
| 15     | Punjab            | 435       | 139       | 148       | 433       | 289       | 509       | 351       | 2453      | 1829      | 68        |    6654 |
| 16     | Rajasthan         | 21662     | 30743     | 30945     | 31688     | 37604     | 39575     | 45870     | 47109     | 121388    |           |  406584 |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu        | 4067      | 3047      | 11653     | 45700     | 97304     | 64433     | 95437     | 39713     | 26142     |           |  387496 |
| 18     | Telangana         | 4594      | 8676      | 10639     | 33725     | 12236     | 440       | 3862      | 16214     | 5431      |           |   95817 |
| 19     | Uttrakhand        | 407       | 261       | 960       | 970       | 2012      | 2903      | 2356      | 1496      | 4378      |           |   15743 |
| 20     | Uttar Pradesh     | 1954      | 1259      | 28251     | 26393     | 51463     | 50094     | 49273     | 17241     | 27047     |           |  252975 |
| 21     | West Bengal       | -         | -         | -         | 2112      | 12975     | 12459     | 14802     | 14275     | 25120     |           |   81743 |
| 22     | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |           | 3494      | 781       | 498       |           |    4773 |
| 23     | Assam             | -         | -         | -         | 719       | -         | 8872      | 4897      | 9454      | 5477      | 787       |   30206 |
| 24     | Manipur           | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1600      | 2554      | 4455      | 2894      | 3359      | 157       |   15019 |
| 25     | Mizoram           | 251       | -         | -         | -         | -         | 324       | 56        | 64        | 47        |           |     742 |
| 26     | Nagaland          | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 850       | 355       | 1067      | 1924      |           |    4196 |
| 27     | Sikkim            | 138       | 273       | -         | -         | -         | 2218      | 2683      | 2575      | 2473      |           |   10360 |
| 28     | Tripura           | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1553      | 244       |           |    1797 |
|        | Total             | 140339    | 217464    | 352572    | 507778    | 582954    | 549799    | 578876    | 656584    | 570022    | 7932      | 4164322 |

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