Lok Sabha Question No. 1258 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Awareness/Training Programme for Water Conservation
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: ANSHUL VERMA, C. MAHENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1258

ANSWERED ON 03.03.2016

## AWARENESS/TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR WATER CONSERVATION

1258.   SHRI ANSHUL VERMA SHRI C. MAHENDRAN

Will the Minister of  WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  organising awareness/training  programmes  for  public including women to educate them on water conservation management;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of such programmes  organised and the number of participants especially women provided training during each of the last three years and the current year in the country, State/UT-wise; and

(c) the extent of success achieved through these programmes?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION (PROF.SANWAR LAL JAT)

(a)  &  (b)    Yes,  Madam.  The  Ministry  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  &  Ganga Rejuvenation,  Government  of  India,  has  organized  awareness/capacity  building  programmes  for different  stakeholders  including  public  on  water  conservation  management  through  various organizations  like  Central  Ground  Water  Board  (CGWB),  Central  Water  Commission  (CWC), National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) and National Water Mission (NWM). As of now, about 433 training programmes   have been organized, 43,375 participants attended these programmes, which includes 9,864 women participants during the last three years and current financial year (2015-16).

In  addition  to  the  above,  336  mass  awareness  programmes  have  been  organized  by  the  Ministry through CWC, NIH and NWM during the last three years and the current financial year.

State-wise/UT-wise details are enclosed at Annexures -I (a),  I (b), and II to V.

(c)         These capacity building/awareness programmes  for different stakeholders are fruitful in building capacity, creating awareness and educating them on water conservation and management including water quality. The interactions/discussions held during such programmes are also useful in adopting better water conservation and management practices in the field.

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## Annexure-I(a)

(Annexure I(a)referred in the reply to the part a & b of  Unstarred Question No.1258  answered in Lok Sabha on 3.3.2016 regarding 'Awareness/Training Programme for Water Conservation')

State-wise Details of Training Programmes Conducted for Water Conservation under the aegis of RGNGWTRI, CGWB

| State/UT              | 2015-16          | 2015-16            | 2015-16                  | 2014-15          | 2014-15            | 2014-15               | 2013-14          | 2013-14            | 2013-14                  | 2012-13          | 2012-13         | 2012-13                  |
|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
| State/UT              | No. of Trainings | No of participants | No of women participants | No. of Trainings | No of participants | No women participants | No. of Trainings | No of participants | No of women participants | No. of Trainings | No participants | No of women participants |
| 1. Punjab             | 2                | 136                | 6                        | 3                | 146                | 15                    | 4                | 408                | 22                       | 2                | 288             | 13                       |
| 2. Haryana            | 1                | 130                | 17                       | 2                | 239                | 9                     | 4                | 400                | 51                       | 5                | 555             | 145                      |
| 3. Rajasthan          | 3                | 326                | 71                       | 6                | 481                | 56                    | 8                | 820                | 84                       | 8                | 1353            | 8                        |
| 4. Gujarat            | 2                | 231                | 26                       | 4                | 229                | 17                    | 7                | 734                | 72                       | 7                | 798             | 82                       |
| 5. Chhattisgarh       | 3                | 359                | 239                      | 4                | 226                | 67                    | 7                | 689                | 24                       | 7                | 748             | 74                       |
| 6. Maharashtra        | 3                | 273                | 74                       | 4                | 259                | 18                    | 8                | 1109               | 167                      | 8                | 1481            | 250                      |
| 7. Uttar Pradesh      | 3                | 873                | 249                      | 16               | 2030               | 330                   | 7                | 793                | 173                      | 8                | 1195            | 143                      |
| 8. Bihar              | 2                | 183                | 136                      | 3                | 200                | 65                    | 5                | 594                | 134                      | 5                | 542             | 156                      |
| 9. Jharkhand          | 2                | 164                | 43                       | 2                | 182                | 33                    | 3                | 287                | 99                       | 3                | 307             | 199                      |
| 10. West Bengal       | 2                | 141                | 24                       | 4                | 207                | 14                    | 7                | 564                | 102                      | 7                | 628             | 64                       |
| 11. Assam             | 1                | 20                 | 2                        | 2                | 138                | 52                    | 5                | 409                | 413                      | 4                | 301             | 178                      |
| 12. Meghalaya         | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 0                | 0                  | 0                     | 1                | 192                | 0                        | 4                | 241             | 30                       |
| 13. Manipur           | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 1                | 93                 | 31                    | 1                | 35                 | 0                        | 0                | 0               | 0                        |
| 14. Nagaland          | 1                | 35                 | 6                        | 0                | 0                  | 0                     | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 0                | 0               | 0                        |
| 15. Tripura           | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 0                | 0                  | 0                     | 1                | 73                 | 0                        | 1                | 110             | 32                       |
| 16. Arunachal Pradesh | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 1                | 32                 | 5                     | 1                | 48                 | 0                        | 1                | 60              | 45                       |
| 17. Odisha            | 2                | 138                | 35                       | 3                | 73                 | 21                    | 7                | 559                | 227                      | 7                | 555             | 105                      |

| State/UT             | 2015-16          | 2015-16            | 2015-16                  | 2014-15          | 2014-15            | 2014-15                  | 2013-14          | 2013-14            | 2013-14                  | 2012-13          | 2012-13            | 2012-13                  |
|----------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
| State/UT             | No. of Trainings | No of participants | No of women participants | No. of Trainings | No of participants | No of women participants | No. of Trainings | No of participants | No of women participants | No. of Trainings | No of participants | No of women participants |
| 18. Andhra Pradesh   | 2                | 158                | 63                       | 3                | 201                | 36                       | 5                | 612                | 77                       | 3                | 385                | 24                       |
| 19. Telengana        | 2                | 147                | 63                       | 2                | 157                | 43                       | 3                | 389                | 63                       | 5                | 821                | 111                      |
| 20. Karnataka        | 2                | 172                | 50                       | 4                | 261                | 70                       | 8                | 876                | 348                      | 8                | 1175               | 404                      |
| 21. Goa              | 1                | 34                 | 12                       | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 0                | 0                  | 0                        |
| 22. Kerala           | 2                | 146                | 115                      | 3                | 100                | 40                       | 7                | 759                | 390                      | 7                | 1000               | 527                      |
| 23. Himachal Pradesh | 2                | 128                | 30                       | 2                | 53                 | 1                        | 7                | 665                | 153                      | 7                | 863                | 236                      |
| 24. Jammu & Kashmir  | 1                | 29                 | 1                        | 2                | 60                 | 7                        | 6                | 411                | 35                       | 7                | 825                | 199                      |
| 25. Tamil Nadu       | 3                | 345                | 110                      | 4                | 331                | 58                       | 7                | 963                | 299                      | 7                | 1116               | 296                      |
| 26. Madhya Pradesh   | 2                | 270                | 48                       | 8                | 783                | 103                      | 7                | 832                | 203                      | 7                | 701                | 35                       |
| 27. Uttrakhand       | 2                | 145                | 59                       | 2                | 64                 | 11                       | 7                | 577                | 142                      | 7                | 677                | 99                       |
| 28. Delhi            | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 0                | 0                  | 0                        | 1                | 75                 | 0                        |
| Total                | 46               | 4583               | 1479                     | 85               | 6545               | 1102                     | 133              | 13798              | 3278                     | 136              | 16800              | 3456                     |

(Annexure I (b)  referred in the reply to the Part of  a & b of  Unstarred Question No.1258  answered in Lok Sabha on 3.3.2016 regarding 'Awareness/Training Programme for Water Conservation')

## Details of Water Management and Training Programmes under Jal Kranti Abhiyan by Central Ground Water Board

|   Sl. No. | State            | Year    |   Total Participants |   Woman Participants |
|-----------|------------------|---------|----------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | West Bengal      | 2015-16 |                   45 |                   19 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh   | 2015-16 |                   65 |                   16 |
|         3 | Kerala           | 2015-16 |                   51 |                   22 |
|         4 | Odisha           | 2015-16 |                   62 |                   26 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh     | 2015-16 |                   76 |                   28 |
|         6 | Jammu Kashmir    | 2015-16 |                   32 |                    4 |
|         7 | Himachal Pradesh | 2015-16 |                   50 |                   25 |
|         8 | Lakshadweep      | 2014-15 |                  165 |                  115 |
|         9 | Lakshadweep      | 2015-16 |                  170 |                  108 |

Total CGWB training programmes -

409

Total participants -

42442

Women participants -

9678

## Annexure-II

(Annexure II referred in the reply to the part a & b of  Unstarred Question No.1258  answered in Lok Sabha on 3.3.2016 regarding 'Awareness/Training Programme  for Water Conservation')

Details of training programs organized by National Water Academy, CWC,  Pune during last three  year  and  current  year  with  number  of  participants  especially  women  participants  is  as below:

| Name of the programs                                                                                          | Total No. of trainees attended   | No. of Women Trainees attended   | State-wise                                     |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 2012-13                                                                                                       |                                  |                                  | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| 'Water Resources of India' which includes water conservation.                                                 | 47                               | 29                               | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| 2013-14                                                                                                       |                                  |                                  | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| 'Water Resources of India' which includes water conservation.                                                 | 27                               | 13                               | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| 2014-15                                                                                                       |                                  |                                  | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| i) Training - cum- Workshop on Scenario of Water Resources Sector in India which includes water conservation. | 34                               | 30                               | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| ii) Water Management Issues & Remedies                                                                        | 27                               | 7                                | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| 2015-16 (current year)                                                                                        |                                  |                                  | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| i) Training cum Workshop on 'Scenario of Water Resources Sector in India'.                                    | 37                               | 30                               | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| ii) 'Overview of Water Resources' for the non- technical officers of MoWR.                                    | 24                               | 05                               | All participants from the State of Maharashtra |
| Total                                                                                                         | 196                              | 114                              |                                                |

(Annexure III  referred in the reply to the part a & b of  Unstarred Question No.1258 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 3.3.2016 regarding 'Awareness/Training Programme for Water Conservation')

## TRAINING  &  CAPACITY  BUILDINGPROGRAMMES  /  WORKSHOPS  /  CONFERENCES  / CONVENTION BY NATIONAL WATER MISSION (NWM)

| SNo   | State            | Year    |   No. Participants | No. of Participants   | Women   |
|-------|------------------|---------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   | 2013-14 |                 27 | ---                   |         |
|       |                  | 2014-15 |                 20 | ---                   |         |
|       |                  | 2015-16 |                 60 | 5                     |         |
| 2     | NE Region States | 2013-14 |                 30 | ------                |         |
|       |                  | 2015-16 |                120 | 41                    |         |
| 3     | Telangana        | 2014-15 |                 15 | --                    |         |
|       |                  | 2015-16 |                 50 | 6                     |         |
| 4     | Maharashtra      | 2012-13 |                 10 | --                    |         |
|       |                  | 2014-15 |                 25 | ---                   |         |
|       |                  | 2015-16 |                 90 | 20                    |         |
| 5     | Haryana          | 2013-14 |                 25 |                       |         |
|       |                  | 2014-15 |                 10 |                       |         |
|       |                  | 2015=16 |                 20 |                       |         |
| 6     | Madhya Pradesh   | 2014-15 |                 10 |                       |         |
|       |                  | 2014-15 |                 20 |                       |         |
|       |                  | 2015-16 |                 30 |                       |         |
| 7     | Tamil Nadu       | 2015-16 |                 20 |                       |         |
| 8     | Chhattisgarh     | 2015-16 |                 20 |                       |         |
| 9     | Rajasthan        | 2015-16 |                 20 |                       |         |
| 10    | Punjab           | 2015-16 |                 40 |                       |         |
| 11    | Gujarat          | 2015-16 |                 20 |                       |         |
| 12    | Himachal Pradesh | 2015-16 |                 20 |                       |         |
| 13    | Jammu &Kashmir   | 2015-16 |                 20 |                       |         |
| 14    | Uttrakhand       | 2015-16 |                 15 |                       |         |
|       | Total            |         |                737 | 72                    |         |

(Annexure-IV)  referred in the reply to part a & b  Unstarred Question No.1258 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 3.3.2016 regarding 'Awareness/Training Programme for Water Conservation')

Details of mass awareness  programmes organised by Central Water Commission (CWC) during last 3 Years and the current year

## Maharashtra

## 2013-14

*  A drawing and painting competition had been organized on 'Conservation of Water' for children
* A drawing and painting competition had been organized on 'Conservation of Water' in Women's College of Arts & Commerce
* Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme conducted at 7 districts of Maharashtra.

## Gujarat

## 2012-13

.

- *A Road shown has been organized at Ahmadabad

## 2013-14

- *Water Conservation awareness programmes for children have been conducted at different places
-    6 Nos.

## 2014-15

- *Awareness programmes conducted at 32 places
- 1 Nos*Water Conservation programme has been conducted on 19th March,2015 at Silvassa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli

## Andhra Pradesh

## 2013-14

- *Jal Padyatra Programme at Nizamabad was conducted
- *Painting competition at Nagar junasagar Dam conducted
- *Debate  competition  on  conservation  of  water  under  Mass  Awareness  programme  at  AP  Tribal Welfare School(Girls)
- *Video shows were conducted among students at Narayana High School at Madhira A.P.
- *Cultural programme by folk dancers conducted at Perur

## 2014-15

- *Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme conducted at 12 districts of AP and 9 district of Telangana

## Orissa

## 2012-13

- *Painting and Essay competition was organized for children (boys & girls) at KISS,Bhubaneswar
- *Printing and Distribution of poster in three languages Oriya, English & Hindi

## 2013-14

- *Slogans  regarding  the  conservation  of  water  are  being  displayed  on  day  to  day  basis  on  display board in the office premises
- *Pamphlets on 'Save Water' have been distributed to different offices under this organization for further distribution among general public.

## 2014-15

* Slogans regarding the Conservation of Water are being displayed on day to day basis on display board in the office premises

## Madhya Pradesh

## 2014-15

- 'Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme was organized in 51 districts of M.P. as per the guidelines circulated by the MoWR,RD&GR

## Uttar Pradesh

## 2013-14

*  Banners preparation and display for creating awareness for Water Conservation
* Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme have been organized in 34 districts of U.P.

## Himachal Pradesh

## 2013-14

Awareness/Training  programme  for  men  &  women  officials  of  State  Irrigation  Deptt.  and  general mass regarding Water Conservation in the State was organized at Shimla.

## 2014-15

'Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme have been organized in 12 districts of H.P.

## Uttrakhand

## 2014-15

'Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme have been organized in 8 districts of Uttarakhand.

## Haryana

## 2014-15

'Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme have been organized in 20districts of Haryana.

## Chandigarh (UT)

## 2014-15

'Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme have been organized in the UT of Chandigarh.

## Jammu and Kashmir

## 2014-15

'Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme have been organized in 16districts of J &K.

## Tamil Nadu

## 2012-13

* Awareness programme for information, Education & Communication in tribal area of Mettupalayan Taluk Coimbatore District.

## Karnataka

## 2014-15

'Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme have been organized in 30 districts of Karnataka.

## Bihar

## 2014-15

'Hamara Jal Hamara Jeevan programme have been organized in 33 districts of Bihar.

Total: Mass awareness programme at different places/districts - 289

## Annexure-V

(Annexure-V referred  in  the  reply  to  part  a  &  b  of    Unstarred  Question  No.1258  to  be  answered  in  Lok  Sabha  on 3.3.2016 regarding 'Awareness/Training Programme for Water Conservation')

Details  of  Mass  Awareness  Programmes  on  water  conservation  and  water  quality  organised  by National Institute of Hydrology and National Water Mission

| National Institute of Hydrology (NIH)   | National Institute of Hydrology (NIH)   | National Institute of Hydrology (NIH)   | National Institute of Hydrology (NIH)   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                 | State                                   | Year                                    | Total Participants                      |
| 1.                                      | Uttrakhand                              | 2015-16                                 | 580                                     |
|                                         |                                         | 2014-15                                 | 1171                                    |
|                                         |                                         | 2013-14                                 | 1656                                    |
|                                         |                                         | 2012-13                                 | 1542                                    |
| 2.                                      | Andhra Pradesh                          | 2015-16                                 | Nil                                     |
|                                         |                                         | 2014-15                                 | 105                                     |
|                                         |                                         | 2013-14                                 | 232                                     |
| 3.                                      | Punjab                                  | 2015-16                                 | Nil                                     |
|                                         |                                         | 2014-15                                 | 105                                     |
|                                         |                                         | 2013-14                                 | 232                                     |
| 4.                                      | Bihar                                   | 2013-14                                 | 150                                     |
|                                         | Total programmes - 29                   |                                         | 5193                                    |
| National Water Mission (NWM)            | National Water Mission (NWM)            | National Water Mission (NWM)            | National Water Mission (NWM)            |
| 1.                                      | Rajasthan                               | 2015-16                                 | 2445                                    |
|                                         | Total programmes - 18                   |                                         | 2445                                    |