Lok Sabha Question No. 2017 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Review of AIBP
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: JYOTI DHURVE, BHARATENDRA SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2017

ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## REVIEW OF AIBP

## †2017. SHRIMATI JYOTI DHURVE KUNWAR BHARATENDRA

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state: (a)  the  extra  area  that  has  been  brought  under  irrigation  facility  to  accomplish  the  Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), State/UT-wise; (b) whether the Government is contemplating to review the AIBP during the current Five Year Plan; (c) if so, the details thereof; and (d)  the  manner in which the interests of States having low irrigation percentage are proposed to be

- protected?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION (Dr. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) As per the information available with Central Water Commission (CWC), State-wise details of irrigation  potential  created  through  Major/Medium  Irrigation  Projects  under  Accelerated  Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) are given at Annexure . Government of India has launched the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) during 2015-16 to irrigate the agricultural fields. Under the AIBP, now a part of PMKSY, 99 projects having potential of 76.03 lakh ha. have been identified in consultation with States, to be completed in phases  by  Dec.,  2019.    Innovative  funding  mechanisms  through  NABARD  are  envisaged  for

(b) to (d) completion of these projects in a mission mode.

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|                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                    | Annexure                                                                                                                           |
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| Annexure as mentioned in the part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Qu. No. 2017 Regarding Review of AIBP due for reply on 28.07.2016 | Annexure as mentioned in the part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Qu. No. 2017 Regarding Review of AIBP due for reply on 28.07.2016 | Annexure as mentioned in the part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Qu. No. 2017 Regarding Review of AIBP due for reply on 28.07.2016 |
| Sr. No.                                                                                                                            | States                                                                                                                             | Potential Created under AIBP (Major/Medium Irrigation Project) upto 3/2016 (Th. Ha.)                                               |
| 1                                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 275.20                                                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                                                              | 86.96                                                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                                              | 467.37                                                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                                                  | Chattisgarh                                                                                                                        | 192.34                                                                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                                                                  | Goa                                                                                                                                | 20.47                                                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                                                  | Gujarat                                                                                                                            | 1155.18                                                                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                                                            | 115.22                                                                                                                             |
| 8                                                                                                                                  | Himanchal Pradesh                                                                                                                  | 37.50                                                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                                                                  | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                                     | 58.01                                                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                                                          | 42.42                                                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                                          | 611.97                                                                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                                                             | 49.51                                                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 847.38                                                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                                                        | 699.20                                                                                                                             |
| 15                                                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                                                            | 26.16                                                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                                                                 | Orissa                                                                                                                             | 268.83                                                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                                                                             | 198.33                                                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                                                          | 1125.32                                                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                                                            | 16.81                                                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                                                                          | 469.39                                                                                                                             |
| 21                                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                      | 1629.92                                                                                                                            |
| 22                                                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                                        | 147.50                                                                                                                             |