Lok Sabha Question No. 219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Cultivable Area under PMKSY
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †219 ANSWERED ON 02.02.2023

## CULTIVABLE AREA UNDER PMKSY

†219. DR. HEENA GAVIT:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the data on the increased cultivable area and the number of new water resources created under

'Har Khet ko Paani' Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) till date;

(b) the periodic assessments, if any, being carried out to ensure the smooth implementation of the three components of the PMKSY;

(c) the progress being made towards achieving the aim to cover 28.5 lakh hectare area under irrigation by 2024; and

(d) the measures taken/proposed to be taken to reduce the wide gap between irrigation potential created and irrigation potential utilized in order to increase the crop yield and reduce dependency of farmers on irrigation?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is an umbrella scheme, consisting, inter alia, 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: Command Area Development & Water Management (CAD&WM), Surface Minor  Irrigation (SMI), Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies, and Ground Water (GW) Development. However, while approving continuation of PMKSY for the period 2021-26, Government of India has provisionally approved GW Development component only for ongoing works.

Further,  PMKSY  also  included  two  components  being  implemented  by  other  Departments.  Per Drop  More  Crop  component  of  PMKSY  was  being  implemented  by  Department  of  Agriculture  &

Farmers  Welfare,  which  is  now  no  longer  a  part  of  PMKSY.  In  addition,  Watershed  Development component of PMKSY is being implemented by Department of Land Resources.

Under 85 number of projects included under CAD&WM component of PMKSY-HKKP in 2016, during 2016-2022 cultivable command area of 16.42 lakh hectare has been covered. Further, irrigation potential of 2.58 lakh hectare has been achieved during 2016-2022 under SMI component of PMKSYHKKP, with completion of 2,406 number of projects  in  this  period.  Similarly  under  RRR  of  Water Bodies  component  of  PMKSY-HKKP,  0.84  lakh  hectare  of  irrigation  potential  has  been  achieved during 2016-2022, with completion of work in 1,134 number of water bodies, and revival of storage of 131.15  million  cubic  meter.  Under  GW  Development  component  of  HKKP,  till  June,  2022,  27,962 number of wells have been completed, creating 70.89 thousand hectare irrigation potential.

(b) Development  Monitoring  and  Evaluation  Office  (DMEO)  under  NITI  Ayog  has  carried  out evaluation of PMKSY for the period 2015-2020. Further "Performance and Impact of Micro Irrigation in  Improving  Water  Use  Efficiency  in  India's  Agriculture:  Study  of  the  PMKSY-PDMC"  has  been carried out by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in the year 2021. In addition, progress of various  projects  under  PMKSY  are  being  reviewed  from  time  to  time  by  various  authorities  and agencies of the State Government as well as Government of India.

(c) Apart  from  the  irrigation  potential  created  under  different  components  of  PMKSY-HKKP mentioned above, an additional irrigation potential of 24.35 lakh hectare has been created during 201617 to 2021-2022 by major and medium irrigation projects being provided partial financial assistance under  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefit  Programme  (AIBP)  component  of  PMKSY-AIBP.  In  addition, under Per Drop More Crop component of PMKSY being implemented by Department of Agriculture & Farmers  Welfare,  during  2015-22,  67.46  lakh  hectare  has  been  covered  under  micro  irrigation. Similarly, under Watershed Development component of PMKSY being implemented by Department of Land Resources, during 2015-22 inter-alia an additional area of 14.54 lakh hectare has been brought under protective irrigation.

(d) In order to reduce the gap between irrigation potential created and utilized, the State Governments concerned  are  undertaking  command  area  development  and  water  management  works,  primarily consisting  of  on-farm  development  works.  Further,  since  1974-75,  Government  of  India  has  been providing  partial  financial  assistance  to  identified  projects  for  CAD&WM  works  under  centrally sponsored  scheme  named  Command  Area  Development  scheme,  which  was  later  re-named  as Command  Area  Development  &  Water  Management  scheme.  The  scheme  was  brought  under  the PMKSY-HKKP umbrella in 2015. Since 2016, central assistance to CAD&WM works by Government of India under PMKSY is limited to pari passu implementation of CAD&WM works in respect of the 85 eligible projects out of 99 priority projects included under PMKSY-AIBP.