Lok Sabha Question No. 2033 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Status of Waste/Barren Land
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, VIRENDRA  KUMAR, ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE, ABHISHEK BANERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2033 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 .12.2015

## Status of Waste/Barren Land

## †2033. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

SHRI ABHISHEK BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of fallow and barren/ waste land in terms of percentage and total are country, State/UT - wise;
- (b) the details o f the projects implemented and areas of waste land brought under cultivat along with the methods used to turn the waste land into arable land and to prevent t from becoming barren and the extent of success achieved therefrom;
- (c) whether  the  Gov ernment  proposes  to  constitute  a  high  powered  committee  to  invite suggestions regarding development of barren land in the country, if so, the details t
- (d) the details of funds sanctioned/ released and expenditure incurred under the programm reclamation of wasteland particularly in the tribal areas of the country, State/UT - wise; and
- (e) the agencies through which these programmes have been /are being implemented and th steps taken/being taken by the Government to make the said programme successful?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI BIRENDER SINGH)

- (a) : As per the information received from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ,the State /UT - wise details offallow and barren /waste land aregiven at Annexure I.
- (b) There  is  no  scheme/  programme  exclusively  to  convert waste  land  into  arable  land . However,  the  Department  of Land  Resources,  Ministry  of  Rural Development  had  be implementing  an  area  development  programme  namely  the  Integrated  Watershed  Management Programme (IWMP) with effect from 2009 - 10 for development of rainfed/degraded areas incl uding wastelands in the country. The majoractivities taken up under IWMP inter alia include ridge area treatment, drainage line  treatment, soil and moisture conservation, rain  water harvesti raising, afforestation, horticulture, pasture develo pment etc. The IWMP has beenamalgamated as theWatershed Development Component  of  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana  (PMKSY) from 2015 - 16. The State - wise  details of the projects sanctioned and area covered under PMK (erstwhile IWMP) are at Annexure - II . A s per the Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects - 2008 (Revised Edition - 2011), the period for completing PMKSY (Watershed Development ) projects is between 4 - 7 years. These projects are in different stages of implementation.
- (c) Thereis no proposal in the Department to constitute a high powered committee to in suggestions regarding development of barren land in the country .
- (d) The State/UT - wise details of funds released and expenditure incurred under the W atershed Development C omponent  of  PMKSY(erstwhile  IWMP)  for  reclamation  of  wasteland  including in tribal areas of the country are given at Annexure - III .
- (e) For  implementation  of  the  programme,  agencies/  institutional  structures  at the State, District  and project  levels have  been  constituted . The  Department  has, inter  ali a,  taken a number of  steps for  effective  implementation  of  the programme such  asinsistence of  public participation through the formation of the village Watershed Committee which impleme nt s t e programme;dedicated implementing structures; third party concurrent mon itoring and evaluating agencies; Bhuwan IWMP portal; Drishti mobile app ;field visits and regular review meetings etc.

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## Annexure - I

Annexure referred to in reply of  part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question. No. 2033 due for reply on 10.12.2015

State/UT - wise details of Barren & Un - culturable land, Culturable Wasteland & Fallow Land with % to Geographical area in t (Thousand hectares)

| S.No   | STATES/Uts        | Geographic al Area   | Barren & Un- Culturable Land   | Barren & Un- Culturable Land   | Culturable Waste land   | Culturable Waste land   | Fallow Land other than Current fallow   | Fallow Land other than Current fallow   | Current Fallow Land   | Current Fallow Land   |
|--------|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| S.No   | STATES/Uts        | Geographic al Area   | area                           | %                              | area                    | %                       | area                                    | %                                       | area                  | %                     |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 27507                | 1959                           | 7.12                           | 587                     | 2.14                    | 1610                                    | 5.85                                    | 2337                  | 8.50                  |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 8374                 | 38                             | 0.46                           | 64                      | 0.77                    | 69                                      | 0.82                                    | 38                    | 0.46                  |
| 3      | ASSAM             | 7844                 | 1408                           | 17.95                          | 78                      | 0.99                    | 52                                      | 0.66                                    | 81                    | 1.03                  |
| 4      | BIHAR             | 9416                 | 432                            | 4.58                           | 45                      | 0.48                    | 122                                     | 1.29                                    | 767                   | 8.14                  |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH      | 13519                | 290                            | 2.14                           | 358                     | 2.65                    | 265                                     | 1.96                                    | 257                   | 1.90                  |
| 6      | GOA               | 370                  |                                | 0.00                           | 53                      | 14.20                   |                                         | 0.00                                    | 12                    | 3.30                  |
| 7      | GUJARAT           | 19602                | 2552                           | 13.02                          | 1960                    | 10.00                   | 16                                      | 0.08                                    | 379                   | 1.93                  |
| 8      | HARYANA           | 4421                 | 101                            | 2.29                           | 26                      | 0.59                    | 18                                      | 0.40                                    | 103                   | 2.34                  |
| 9      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 5567                 | 779                            | 13.98                          | 124                     | 2.23                    | 21                                      | 0.38                                    | 57                    | 1.03                  |
| 10     | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 22224                | 306                            | 1.38                           | 134                     | 0.60                    | 13                                      | 0.06                                    | 113                   | 0.51                  |
| 11     | JHARKHAND         | 7972                 | 572                            | 7.17                           | 349                     | 4.38                    | 1038                                    | 13.02                                   | 1440                  | 18.06                 |
| 12     | KARNATAKA         | 19179                | 787                            | 4.10                           | 413                     | 2.15                    | 535                                     | 2.79                                    | 1822                  | 9.50                  |
| 13     | KERALA            | 3886                 | 16                             | 0.42                           | 97                      | 2.49                    | 56                                      | 1.44                                    | 77                    | 1.97                  |
| 14     | MADHYA PRADESH    | 30825                | 1387                           | 4.50                           | 1025                    | 3.32                    | 493                                     | 1.60                                    | 375                   | 1.22                  |
| 15     | MAHARASHTRA       | 30771                | 1722                           | 5.60                           | 916                     | 2.98                    | 1200                                    | 3.90                                    | 1418                  | 4.61                  |
| 16     | MANIPUR           | 2233                 | 1                              | 0.04                           | 1                       | 0.03                    | 0                                       | 0.00                                    | 0                     | 0.01                  |
| 17     | MEGHALAYA         | 2243                 | 132                            | 5.87                           | 391                     | 17.42                   | 155                                     | 6.92                                    | 60                    | 2.68                  |
| 18     | MIZORAM           | 2108                 | 8                              | 0.39                           | 7                       | 0.32                    | 194                                     | 9.20                                    | 50                    | 2.39                  |
| 19     | NAGALAND          | 1658                 | 2                              | 0.15                           | 70                      | 4.24                    | 99                                      | 5.99                                    | 50                    | 3.02                  |
| 20     | ODISHA            | 15571                | 1104                           | 7.09                           | 551                     | 3.54                    | 659                                     | 4.23                                    | 949                   | 6.09                  |
| 21     | PUNJAB            | 5036                 | 51                             | 1.01                           | 62                      | 1.24                    | 6                                       | 0.12                                    | 58                    | 1.15                  |
| 22     | RAJASTHAN         | 34224                | 2411                           | 7.04                           | 4152                    | 12.13                   | 2024                                    | 5.91                                    | 1869                  | 5.46                  |
| 23     | SIKKIM            | 710                  |                                | 0.00                           | 3                       | 0.47                    | 4                                       | 0.63                                    | 5                     | 0.70                  |
| 24     | TAMIL NADU        | 13006                | 489                            | 3.76                           | 328                     | 2.52                    | 1696                                    | 13.04                                   | 1308                  | 10.06                 |
| 25     | TRIPURA           | 1049                 |                                | 0.00                           | 4                       | 0.35                    | 2                                       | 0.17                                    | 2                     | 0.20                  |
| 26     | UTTARAKHAND       | 5348                 | 228                            | 4.26                           | 315                     | 5.88                    | 86                                      | 1.60                                    | 51                    | 0.95                  |
| 27     | UTTAR PRADESH     | 24093                | 479                            | 1.99                           | 423                     | 1.76                    | 537                                     | 2.23                                    | 1201                  | 4.99                  |
| 28     | WEST BENGAL       | 8875                 | 13                             | 0.14                           | 24                      | 0.27                    | 15                                      | 0.17                                    | 379                   | 4.28                  |
| 29     | A&N ISLAND        | 825                  | 2                              | 0.20                           | 3                       | 0.37                    | 3                                       | 0.40                                    | 3                     | 0.32                  |
| 30     | CHANDIGARH        | 11                   |                                | 0.00                           |                         | 0.00                    | 0                                       | 0.47                                    | 0                     | 0.26                  |
| 31     | D & N HAVELI      | 49                   | 0                              | 0.17                           | 0                       | 0.96                    | 2                                       | 3.14                                    | 2                     | 3.32                  |
| 32     | DAMAN & DIU       | 11                   |                                | 0.00                           | 0                       | 0.52                    | 0                                       | 0.07                                    | 0                     | 1.05                  |
| 33     | DELHI             | 148                  | 16                             | 11.14                          | 10                      | 6.68                    | 8                                       | 5.50                                    | 12                    | 8.04                  |
| 34     | LAKSHADWEEP       | 3                    |                                | 0.00                           |                         | 0.00                    |                                         | 0.00                                    |                       | 0.00                  |
| 35     | PUDUCHERRY        | 48                   | 0                              | 0.15                           | 5                       | 9.46                    | 2                                       | 5.12                                    | 5                     | 11.09                 |
|        | ALL INDIA         | 328726               | 17284                          | 5.26                           | 12578                   | 3.83                    | 11001                                   | 3.35                                    | 15282                 | 4.65                  |

Note:'0' relates to the area below 500 Hectares

Source: Directorate of Economics And Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b ) ofLok Sabha Unstarred Question No .2033due for reply on 10.12.2015

State wise details of projects sanctioned and area (in million ha) under PMKSY ( Watershed Development )

| S. No.   | Name of State       | Total No of Projects Sanctioned since 2009   | Area in million hectare   |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 432                                          | 1.81                      |
| 2        | Bihar               | 123                                          | 0.612                     |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh        | 263                                          | 1.195                     |
| 4        | Gujarat             | 610                                          | 3.103                     |
| 5        | Haryana             | 88                                           | 0.362                     |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh    | 163                                          | 0.84                      |
| 7        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 159                                          | 0.652                     |
| 8        | Jharkhand           | 171                                          | 0.911                     |
| 9        | Karnataka           | 571                                          | 2.569                     |
| 10       | Kerala              | 83                                           | 0.423                     |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh      | 517                                          | 2.937                     |
| 12       | Maharashtra         | 1186                                         | 5.128                     |
| 13       | Odisha              | 310                                          | 1.70                      |
| 14       | Punjab              | 67                                           | 0.314                     |
| 15       | Rajasthan           | 1025                                         | 5.764                     |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu          | 270                                          | 1.368                     |
| 17       | Telangana           | 330                                          | 1.399                     |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh       | 612                                          | 3.046                     |
| 19       | Uttarakhand         | 65                                           | 0.346                     |
| 20       | West Bengal         | 163                                          | 0.693                     |
| 21       | North-EasternStates |                                              |                           |
|          | Arunachal Pradesh   | 156                                          | 0.467                     |
| 22       | Assam               | 372                                          | 1.577                     |
| 23       | Manipur             | 102                                          | 0.491                     |
| 24       | Meghalaya           | 96                                           | 0.236                     |
| 25       | Mizoram             | 89                                           | 0.373                     |
| 26       | Nagaland            | 111                                          | 0.476                     |
| 27       | Sikkim              | 15                                           | 0.066                     |
| 28       | Tripura             | 65                                           | 0.213                     |
|          | Grand Total         | 8214                                         | 39.07                     |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part ( d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2033 due for reply on 10.12.2015

State/UT - wise details of projects sanctioned, funds released / utilization during last three years and the current year under PMKSY(

| S.   | Name of State       | Funds released (Central Share)   | Funds released (Central Share)   | Funds released (Central Share)   | Funds released (Central Share)   | * Funds utilised (including State Share & interest)   | * Funds utilised (including State Share & interest)   | * Funds utilised (including State Share & interest)   | * Funds utilised (including State Share & interest)   |
|------|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| No.  | Name of State       | 2012-13                          | 2013-14                          | 2014-15                          | 2015-16                          | 2012-13                                               | 2013-14                                               | 2014-15                                               | 2015-16**                                             |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh@     | 125.137                          | 183.25                           | 163.28                           | 86.73                            | 232.43                                                | 340.27                                                | 203.96                                                | 81.57                                                 |
| 2    | Bihar               | 12.18                            | 15.42                            | 21.47                            | 5.00                             | 4.41                                                  | 19.92                                                 | 15.39                                                 | 14.43                                                 |
| 3    | Chhattisgarh        | 0                                | 26.00                            | 10.00                            | 20.00                            | 38.04                                                 | 48.68                                                 | 49.08                                                 | 14.58                                                 |
| 4    | Gujarat             | 329.24                           | 60.00                            | 72.34                            | 100.00                           | 154.24                                                | 368.63                                                | 268.19                                                | 60.62                                                 |
| 5    | Haryana             | 5.23                             | 14.20                            | 26.97                            |                                  | 8.87                                                  | 14.18                                                 | 8.82                                                  | 13.14                                                 |
| 6    | Himachal Pradesh    | 8.02                             | 46.07                            | 0                                | 20.00                            | 39.55                                                 | 63.23                                                 | 59.38                                                 | 18.04                                                 |
| 7    | Jammu & Kashmir     | 38.27                            | 0                                | 51.43                            |                                  | 1.86                                                  | 26.12                                                 | 26.09                                                 | 16.68                                                 |
| 8    | Jharkhand           | 48.17                            | 29.40                            | 0                                | 20.00                            | 20.76                                                 | 40.60                                                 | 33.31                                                 | 31.38                                                 |
| 9    | Karnataka           | 334.55                           | 586.11                           | 125.43                           | 125.00                           | 450.51                                                | 509.28                                                | 299.59                                                | 57.20                                                 |
| 10   | Kerala              | 4.81                             | 0                                | 15.16                            | 20.00                            | 3.61                                                  | 15.77                                                 | 44.04                                                 | 18.53                                                 |
| 11   | Madhya Pradesh      | 128.30                           | 135.57                           | 303.98                           | 150.00                           | 160.16                                                | 291.36                                                | 286.81                                                | 134.21                                                |
| 12   | Maharashtra         | 501.60                           | 180.35                           | 197.91                           | 250.00                           | 362.60                                                | 627.41                                                | 542.28                                                | 177.09                                                |
| 13   | Odisha              | 89.70                            | 136.91                           | 248.79                           | 67.50                            | 88.12                                                 | 164.29                                                | 301.51                                                | 95.80                                                 |
| 14   | Punjab              | 14.89                            | 15.44                            | 0                                | 7.953                            | 4.43                                                  | 10.29                                                 | 18.50                                                 | 5.47                                                  |
| 15   | Rajasthan           | 424.53                           | 0                                | 403.07                           | 200.00                           | 217.85                                                | 509.57                                                | 949.03                                                | 123.73                                                |
| 16   | Tamil Nadu          | 227.77                           | 168.56                           | 124.02                           | 75.00                            | 146.14                                                | 231.06                                                | 204.99                                                | 35.88                                                 |
| 17   | Telangana           | -                                | -                                | 124.58                           | 70.00                            | -                                                     | -                                                     | 105.21                                                | 57.71                                                 |
| 18   | Uttar Pradesh       | 128.43                           | 88.09                            | 75.39                            | 75.00                            | 103.56                                                | 256.30                                                | 86.11                                                 | 89.96                                                 |
| 19   | Uttarakhand         | 4.22                             | 0                                | 49.77                            | 25.677                           | 5.85                                                  | 9.89                                                  | 37.79                                                 | 9.35                                                  |
| 20   | West Bengal         | 40.31                            | 0                                | 25.85                            | 10.00                            | 0.93                                                  | 23.87                                                 | 33.21                                                 | 19.29                                                 |
| 21   | North-EasternStates |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |
|      | Arunachal Pradesh   | 15.97                            | 110.83                           | 0                                | 18.00                            | 36.91                                                 | 118.25                                                | 44.00                                                 | 6.69                                                  |
| 22   | Assam               | 42.97                            | 116.60                           | 6.99                             |                                  | 37.87                                                 | 124.48                                                | 97.35                                                 | 32.53                                                 |
| 23   | Manipur             | 33.75                            | 30.28                            | 11.10                            | 9.00                             | 17.08                                                 | 23.61                                                 | 48.30                                                 | 7.93                                                  |
| 24   | Meghalaya           | 37.43                            | 28.06                            | 37.16                            | 18.00                            | 11.64                                                 | 60.09                                                 | 35.47                                                 | 8.05                                                  |
| 25   | Mizoram             | 16.44                            | 69.18                            | 75.81                            |                                  | 18.98                                                 | 72.35                                                 | 27.60                                                 | 44.40                                                 |
| 26   | Nagaland            | 76.42                            | 74.67                            | 95.09                            | 27.00                            | 82.10                                                 | 87.74                                                 | 96.76                                                 | 0.97                                                  |
| 27   | Sikkim              | 8.17                             | 0                                | 0                                | 6.30                             | 1.75                                                  | 4.22                                                  | 4.61                                                  | 0.71                                                  |
| 28   | Tripura             | 24.01                            | 47.81                            | 19.04                            | 13.50                            | 28.26                                                 | 52.42                                                 | 38.75                                                 | 12.10                                                 |
|      | Grand Total         | 2720.517                         | 2162.8 0                         | 2284.63                          | 1419.66                          | 2278.51                                               | 4113.88                                               | 3966.13                                               | 1188.04                                               |

Watershed Development ) (Rs in Crore)

@ Prior to creation of State of Telangana, the Central assistance was released to erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh. However, as per the information furnished by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of Telangana, state wise release of funds is indicated in respect of these two states for 2014 - 15.

*   Funds utilised for the particular year also includes the backlog of previous year projects.

** Funds Utilisation as on 3 1.10.2015 .