Lok Sabha Question No. 1230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Research in Water Management
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1230

ANSWERED ON 03.03.2016

## RESEARCH IN WATER MANAGEMENT

## 1230.          SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

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

- (a) whether the Government is encouraging research in the fields of water management and its conservation technology;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  progress  made  in  these  fields  during  the  last  three years;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up a water university; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION

(PROF. SANWAR LAL JAT)

(a)  &  (b).  Yes,  Madam.  This  Ministry  promotes  research  activity  to  address  the  challenges  in water  sector  by  adopting  modern  techniques  and  technologies  and  also  to  involve  research  & academic institutions pursuing research in identified / key priority areas of water sector through its  scheme  'Research  and  Development  Programme  in  Water  Sector'  under  the  current  Plan. Details of the research projects taken up under the scheme in the field of water management and its  conservation  technology  are  at Annexure-I. The  outcomes  of  these  technologies  are demonstrated/disseminated by the respective research institutes to the beneficiaries. During the last three years, the assistance amounting to Rs 1.88 crore in this regard have been provided by way of grants to academicians and experts in universities, IITs, recognized R&D laboratories and institutes by this Ministry.

- (c) & (d). There is no proposal to set up a water university as of now.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1230 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  03.03.2016 IN  LOK  SABHA REGARDING RESEARCH IN WATER MANAGEMENT

## Details of the research projects in the fields of water management and its conservation

|   S.No | Title of project                                                                                                                                                                          | Institute                                                                |
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|      1 | Development of a Space enabled Drought Management Support system for the five drought prone districts in Kerala State, in the Wake of the Global Climate Change and the projected impacts | CWRDM, Kozhikode, Kerala                                                 |
|      2 | Augmentation of water resources through water harvesting in hilly areas                                                                                                                   | Dr. Y.S. Parmar University, Solan                                        |
|      3 | Standardization of drip irrigation and fertigation schedules with and without mulchin fruits crop of himalayan region.                                                                    | Dr. Y.S. Parmar University, Solan                                        |
|      4 | Water use efficiency studies of Mangalam Irrigation project.                                                                                                                              | CWRDM. Kozhikode Kerala.                                                 |
|      5 | Efficiency study of Damodar left bank irrigation system and strategies for integrated command area water management.                                                                      | IIT, Kharagpur                                                           |
|      6 | Impact of mining of water resources in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya.                                                                                                                          | CES, N-E Hill. University.Shillong.                                      |
|      7 | Development of GIS based decision support system for Irrigation System Management                                                                                                         | AFE Deptt, IIT, Khargpur.                                                |
|      8 | Development of an indigenous automated Micro Irrigation System.                                                                                                                           | WTC, IARI, NewDelhi.                                                     |
|      9 | Investigation on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) of water saving yield optimization in irrigated ecosystem.                                                                          | Directorate of Rice Research, Hyderabad.                                 |
|     10 | Vulnerability assessment and ground water management studies in aquifers of Pondicherry                                                                                                   | Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu.                                        |
|     11 | Hydro-geo-chemical impacts of shrimp farming on coastal watershed                                                                                                                         | Central Institute of Brakish Water Aquaculture, Chennai                  |
|     12 | Development of Nanofiltration Membrane Technology for Drinking Water Purification and Water Reclamation for Industrial Use                                                                | Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat |
|     13 | Study and Investigations on the Marble Waste material (Marble Slurry) to remove Arsenic from Ground Water"                                                                                | Govt. R.R. (PG) Autonomous College, Alwar, Rajasthan                     |