Lok Sabha Question No. 870 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: 'Khet Talab' under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHOLA SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .870 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07 .201 6

## 'KHET TALAB' UNDER MGNREGS

## 870. SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government has decided to create 5 lakh farm ponds and dug wells under MGNREG Scheme;
- (b) if so, State/UT - wise details of number of farm ponds and dug wells that are planne be build in this year 2016 -17, including for the State of Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the  criteria  on  which  the  location  for  these  5  lakh  farm  ponds  and  dug  w ascertained;
- (d) whether  activities  to  create  these  farm  ponds  and  dug  wells  in  drought -hit  r egions have been started immediately for providing relief to people there;
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  financial  and  physical  progress  made  so  far State/UT - wise; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

- (a): In current financial year (FY 2016 - 17) a national target of constructing 8,82,325 Farm Ponds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been kept to harvest rain wa ter.
- (b): Details  of  the  number  of  farm  ponds  which  are  planned  to  be  built  in  Stat including Uttar Paradesh under MGNREGA during this Financial Year 2016 - 17, is given in Annexure - I.
- (c): The  Ministry  has  imparted  training  to  260  engineers  of  State Technical  Resource Teams  (STRTs)  from  31  States/UTs  on  all  works  permitted  under  MGNREGA  including farm ponds and dug wells. Guidelines to locate farm ponds and dug well are provided 'SAMARTHYA' technical training manual (MGNREGA) published by the Ministry of Rural Development.
- (d): Yes,  Madam. Strategically  most  of  the  States/UTs  started  to  create  maxim number of farm ponds before pre - monsoon to avail benefit in the same year.
- (e): State/UT - wise details of the physical progress in constructio n of Farm Ponds in FY 2016- 17 (as on 18 - 07- 2016) is given in Annexure - II.
- (f): Does not arise.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 870 dated 21.07.2016

| No.   | State             | No. of Works   |
|-------|-------------------|----------------|
| (1)   | (2)               | (3)            |
| 1     | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR | 307            |
| 2     | ANDHRAPRADESH     | 250000         |
| 3     | ARUNACHALPRADESH  | 1108           |
| 4     | ASSAM             | 13239          |
| 5     | BIHAR             | 15000          |
| 6     | CHHATTISGARH      | 55000          |
| 9     | GOA               | 25             |
| 10    | GUJARAT           | 27516          |
| 11    | HARYANA           | 61             |
| 12    | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 10361          |
| 13    | JAMMUANDKASHMIR   | 1885           |
| 14    | JHARKHAND         | 128132         |
| 15    | KARNATAKA         | 111340         |
| 16    | KERALA            | 5000           |
| 17    | MADHYAPRADESH     | 50000          |
| 18    | MAHARASHTRA       | 1000           |
| 19    | MANIPUR           | 2724           |
| 20    | MEGHALAYA         | 300            |
| 21    | MIZORAM           | 2131           |
| 22    | NAGALAND          | 603            |
| 23    | ODISHA            | 20340          |
| 24    | PUDUCHERRY        | 5              |
| 25    | PUNJAB            | 1581           |
| 26    | RAJASTHAN         | 25000          |
| 27    | TAMILNADU         | 17500          |
| 28    | TELANGANA         | 25000          |
| 29    | TRIPURA           | 18700          |
| 30    | UTTAR PRADESH     | 5705           |
| 31    | UTTARAKHAND       | 3814           |
| 32    | WEST BENGAL       | 88948          |
|       | Total             | 882325         |

Annexure-II referred in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 870 dated 21.07.2016

## Farm Ponds works in FY 2016-17 (as on 18.07.2016)

| No.   | States             | Ongoing   | Completed   |
|-------|--------------------|-----------|-------------|
| (1)   | (2)                | (3)       | (4)         |
| 1     | ANDHRAPRADESH      | 298125    | 3965        |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 246       | 0           |
| 3     | ASSAM              | 3129      | 21          |
| 4     | BIHAR              | 8144      | 599         |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH       | 20961     | 1941        |
| 6     | GOA                | 10        | 0           |
| 7     | GUJARAT            | 5027      | 347         |
| 8     | HARYANA            | 354       | 11          |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 10991     | 2269        |
| 10    | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   | 1467      | 116         |
| 11    | JHARKHAND          | 122592    | 12841       |
| 12    | KARNATAKA          | 52116     | 2938        |
| 13    | KERALA             | 1444      | 832         |
| 14    | MADHYAPRADESH      | 17953     | 4325        |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA        | 27351     | 1490        |
| 16    | MANIPUR            | 286       | 27          |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA          | 543       | 22          |
| 18    | MIZORAM            | 506       | 57          |
| 19    | NAGALAND           | 27        | 0           |
| 20    | ODISHA             | 18406     | 5028        |
| 21    | PUNJAB             | 25        | 2           |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN          | 63642     | 1059        |
| 23    | SIKKIM             | 5         | 2           |
| 24    | TAMILNADU          | 1668      | 871         |
| 25    | TELANGANA          | 17191     | 302         |
| 26    | TRIPURA            | 1187      | 449         |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH      | 39928     | 1333        |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND        | 3014      | 31          |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL        | 70212     | 14041       |
| 30    | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR    | 0         | 0           |
| 31    | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI | 0         | 0           |
| 32    | DAMAN&DIU          | 0         | 0           |
| 33    | LAKSHADWEEP        | 0         | 0           |
| 34    | PUDUCHERRY         | 10        | 0           |