Lok Sabha Question No. 2179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Drought Prone Area Programme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE

## G OVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2179 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016 Drought Prone AreaProgramme

## 2179.SH RI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPM ENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  large  number  of  districts  across  the  country  have  been  declared  dro affected, if so, the deta ils thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has not been able to provide free foodgrains and employmen under MGNRE GS to such affected rural population;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the programmes carried out in those regio particular reference to DPAP, State/ UT - wise  and  the  reaction of the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Apex Court h as also expressed concern for not implementing the welfare programmes for such population of the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the corrective action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) As per the information furnished by the Drought Management Division , Department of  Agriculture , Cooperationand  Farmers  Welfare ,  Ministry  of  Agriculture & Farmers Welfare ,a total of 246 Districts in 10 States have been declared as drought affected during 2015 - 16.The State - wise details are given at Annexure.
- (b)& (c)The Mahatma Gandhi Nationa l Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme ( MGNREGS ) aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adu members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. In the drought affected rural are as, under  MGNREGS ,  for  enhancing  the  livelihood  security  of  people,  Ministry  h guaranteed 150 days of wage employment in a financial  year to rural househol whose  adult  members  volunteer  to  do  unskilled  manual  work. The  provision  of additional employment  of 50 days over and above 100 days per household under MGNREGS has been made in the notifie d drought affected areas of the 10 States during 2015 - 16.

In addition to the above, Department of Land Resources have been implementing area development  programme s on  watershed  basis.  The  erstwhile  Drought  Prone  Areas Programme (DPAP) along wi th two other programmes namely Desert Development Programme (DDP) and Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP) were integrated  into  a  single  modified  programme  known  as  Integrated  Watershed Management  Programme  (IWMP)  in  2009 - 10  for  the  developmen t  of  rainfed/ degraded areas. Under this programme, the drought prone areas have been given due priority while selecting the project areas.

The major activities taken up under IWMP inter alia include ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment, soil a nd moisture conservation, rain water harvesting, nursery raising,  afforestation,  horticulture,  pasture  development,  livelihoods  for  a persons. In 2015 - 6, the IWMP has been amalgamated as the Watershed Development Component of the 'Pradhan Mantri K rishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY)'. As on 31.12.2015, a total of 8214 projects have been sanctioned covering an are 39.07 million ha and an amount of Rs.12496.86 crore released as Central assistanc various States under aforesaid scheme.

A s  per  the  Com mon  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 .

- (d)& (e) As per the informatio n furnished by the Drought Management Division , Department of Agriculture , Cooperationand  Farmers  Welfare ,  Ministry  of  Agriculture &  Farmers Welfare ,a writ petition (Civil) No. 857/2015 has been filed by Swaraj Abhiyan b Hon'ble Supreme Court of Ind ia  seeking inter - alia necessary relief and compensation for the drought affected States, implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA generation of adequate employment under MGNREGA . The matter is sub - judice.

In addition to the above, t he  Min istry has recently received a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 768/2015 (Public Interest Litigation) filed in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, New Delhi  regarding  timely  payment  of  wages  and  compensation  to  workers  und MGNREGA. The matter is sub - judice.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part  (a) of LokSabhaUnsatrred Question No. 2179 due for reply on 10.3.2016

## STATE -WISE DETAILS OF DISTRICTS DECLARED DROUGHT AFFECTED DURING -2015-16

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/ total number of districts   | No. of districts / talukas                   | Name of districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Karnataka (30)                             | 27(Kharif) (126 taluks) 12(Rabi) (62 taluks) | Bangalore Rural, Ramanagara, Kolar, Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Mysuru, Mandya, Ballari, Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburgi, Yadgir, Bidar, Belagavi, Bagalkote, Vijapura, Haveri, Dharwad, Shivamogga, Hassan, Uttara Kannada, Chikkamagaluru Ballari, Koppal, Raichuru, Kalaburagi, Yadagiri , Bidar, Belagavi, Bagalkote, Vijayapura, Haveri,Dharwad |
|         2 | C hhattisgarh(27)                          | 25 (110 tehsils)                             | Raipur, Gariband, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Balod, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon, Kabirdham, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewara, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Mungeli, JanjgirChamap, Balrampur, Surajpur, Koriya, Raigarh, Jashpur                                                                                                                                    |
|         3 | Madhya Pradesh (51)                        | 42                                           | Katni, Shahdol, Umaria, Anuppur, Tikamgarh, Jabalpur, Sidhi, Sagar, Damoh, Seoni, Sigroli, Chhatarpur, Bhind, Panna, Satna, Dindori, Mandsaur, Morena, Jhabua, Bhopal, Ujjain, Vidishia, Raisen, Rajgarh, Khandwa, Narsinghpur, Guna, Betul, Burhanpur, Agar Sehore, Indore, Dhar, Shajapur, Harda, Dewas                                              |
|         4 | Maharashtra (36)                           | 21 (15747 village)                           | Nashik, Dhule, Nadurbar, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Satara, Sangli , Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Osmanabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli, Akola, Yeotmal, Nagpur, Gadchiroli                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|         5 | Odisha (30)                                | 21 (139 Blocks)                              | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bolangir, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Khurdha, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Nawrangpur, Nayagarh, Puri, Rayagada, Sonepur, Sundergarh                                                                                                                                           |
|         6 | Andhra Pradesh (13)                        | 10 (359 Mandals)                             | Anantapur, Chittoor, YSR Kadapa, Kurnool, , SPSR Nellore, Guntur, Srikakulam, Krishna                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|         7 | Uttar Pradesh (75)                         | 50                                           | SantRavidas Nagar, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Ballia, Sidhartha Nagar, Shajahanpur, Pratapgarh, Chandauli, Etawah, Basti, Jaunpur, Faizabad, Gonda, Kan nauj, Barabanki, SantKabir Nagar, Jhansi, Jalaun, Gorakhpur, Etah, Allahabad, Ghaziabad, Farukhabad, Mau, Rampur, Hamirpur, Lalitpur, Chitrakoot,                                                   |

Kodagu,

Gadag,

Durg,

Ratlam,

Latur,

Bundhgarh,

Ganjam,

Nawapara,

Banda,

Baghpat,

Kanpur

Maharajganj,

| Nagar, Lucknow, Deoria, Mainpuri, Agra, Auraiya, Pilibhit, Amethi, Mahoba, RaiBareily, Kushi Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Ambedkar Nagar and Balrampur   |
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|   8. | Telangana(10)   | 7 ( 231 mandals)    | Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Ranga Nalgonda, Karimnagar and Warangal                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|    9 | Jharkhand(24)   | 24                  | Ranchi, Khunti, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Singhbhum, Saraikela, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Latehar, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Chatra, Dumka, Godda, Sahebganj, Deoghar, Jamtara, Giridih                                                               |
|   10 | Rajasthan       | 19 (14487 Villages) | Ajmer (541), Banswada (1514),Bara(1070), Barmer(2206),Bhilwara(1126),Chittourgarh(94), (249), Dungarpur (988),Hanumangarh(100),Jaipur(603), (407),Jaiusalmer(114), Jhunjhunu (130), (527), Nagour (139), Rajsamand (1063), (2498), Pali (291), Pratapgarh (827). |

Palamu,

Jallour

Jodhpur

Udaipur