Lok Sabha Question No. 4111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: Watershed Projects
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, PREM DAS RAI, C.R. CHAUDHARY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 4111 TO BE ANSWERED  ON T3.08.2015

## Watershed  Projects

'1111 SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: SHRI PREM DAS RAI: SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister  of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of watershed  projects sanctioned  and the amount earmarked/  released and utilised d'"ring each of the last three years  and the current year indicating their status, State/I-I-!--q,ise;
- (b) the nunber of watershed  projects pending for approval,  StateAJT-wise;
- (c) whether  the Govemment  has made  any evaluation  of the watershed  projects  during 2014l5 ifso, the outcome thereof and the details of shortcomings  irregularities found;
- (d) the measures taken/being taken by  the Govemment to  overcome  these shortcomings/irregularities; and
- (c1 1lre steps taken  by the Govemment  to achieve  the targets  set for tlle aforesaid projects?

## ANSWER

## \4I\IISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

t.?''. J'he Number of watershed projects sanctioned and the amount  released and utilised dur-inq each of the last three  years and the current year, StateruT-wise  under the erstwhile Integrated  Watershed  Management Programme (IWMP)  is given at Annexure.As  per the Guidelines of the programme, the project  duration varies from 4-7 yea* and the major ar,ljr.rties  are sequenced  into three phasesThe  Preparatory Phase (1 to 2 years)  involves :j](:tnralation of DPR,  Entry  Point Activities  and Institution & Capacity Building.  The Works Phase (2 to 3 years) involves  the Watershed  Development Works, Livelihood  Activities for -.h,)  assetl3rs  oersons  and Production  System  & Micro Enterprises.  The Consolidation  and \r, itlrriraw-ai  Phase  (1 1o 2 years) involves consolidation  and completion  of various works. Tlrt:'ciore,  the projects  sanctioned  under IWMP so far are at various stages  of implementation. O'-'r. o1l the t.otal 3127  projects  sanctioned  during last three  years (2012-13  to 2014-15),258 nroleo.s are in WorksPhase and remaining 2869 projects are in Preparatory  phase  of ir l'ierrrentation.No nerv rvatershedproject  has been sanctioned during current financial year :ll.!15..16. -lhe erstwhile  IWMP has been amalgamated as watershed  component of the new ;i;'ru:re calied  PradhanMantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (PMKSY) from 2015-16.

ii'l: No  'latershed  project  proposal  is pending for approval in this Department.

(c.r and ( d): The Department  ofLand  Resources has not made any evaluation  of the watershed irtftrrts  during 2014-15.  However, there isa provision  of evaluation  of projects by the inie!.,endent evaluating  agencies  after completion of every  phase  of the project i.e. 9'r:pz:ratory  Phase, Works  Phase and Consolidation  & Withdrawal Phase. Only after the submission  of a satisfactory  evaluation  report of the Preparatory Phase  alongwith  action taken lepLrrt  on recommendations of the evaluating  agency by the State Level Nodal Agency, rl-.r:t-'rntral  funds are released by the Department for the implementation  of next phase of :rr',)ie.ts i.3. Vorks Phase.

ie):l-he  Department has, inter alia, taken following steps to achieve  the targets set for the rrfi.rr':said  pro! ects:

- i) Special emphasis  on Monitoring and Evaluation ofthe projects.
2. iii) Holding Regional  Review Meetings  with State Govemment  officers under the Chairpersonship  of Secretary, Department  of Land Resources to review the performance  of the scheme and progress  of works.
3. ii) \lonitoring  the progress  of works under watershed projects  through  the instruments  of  Quarterly  Review  Meetings, State  level Nodal Agency  Meetings, Management  Information System (MIS), progress reports, utilization certificates, Audited Statement  of Accounts.
4. i,r) Introducing a system of Third party concurrent Monitoring &Evaluation in the States-
- v) lltilization  of space technology  in Monitoring &Evaluation  of Watershed Projects through  IWMP Bhuwan portal developed  by National Remote Sensing Centre NRSC) by the using of following application-
- a)  'Srishti'  -  is a Geographic  Information  System(GIS)  based Geo-portal developed  to assist in monitoring, evaluation, change assessment  and provide inputs  in planning for watershed management  and preparation of Detailed  Project Reports (DPR).
7. vi) Insisterce  cn adopting the Public Financial Management  System (PFMS)  of the Govt.  ,rI  kdia.
- b)  'Drishti' is the Mobile Application  tool to capture  data including  visuals from the field for real time monitoring  of IWMP projects.  The tool can also be used lor community monitoring of IWMP works.

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