Lok Sabha Question No. 4125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: Drought Situation
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.4125 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.08.2015

## Drought Situation

## 4I25. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR  SINGH

Will the Minister of RURAL  DEVELOPMENT  be pleased to state:

- (a) the schemes  formulated  ro tackie drought situations in rural areas of the country;
- (c) whether the Govemment  has started special  projects  for these  drought prone  areas, and
- (b) the number ofdrought-prone rural areas identified in Bihar;
- (d) if so, the details  thereofand the amount earmarked  /allocated/released lor the purpcse  during  each  of the last three years and the current year, State/UT  \_wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE  FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (S  HiU SUDARSHAN  BHAGAT)

- (a)  to  id) A l-Lgh Level Technical Committee  headed by  prof.  C.H. Hanumanatha Rao, in the year 1994, identified 30 Blocks  in 6 Districts in Bihar  for coverage  under the Drought  Prone  Area Programme (DpAp) being implemented  by the Ministry of Rural Development  to tackle drought in the country. Subsequently, in the  ;'ear  2009,  the DPAP along  with the other  two programmes  of the Nliriitiy namely Desert Development  programme  (DDp) and Integrated Wasteland  Development  Programme (IWDp) were integrated and consolidated inlo a single programme called the Integrated Watershed  Management Programme  flWMP).  The major activities  taken up under IWMp inter alia include,  ridge  area treatment,  drainage  line treatment,  soil and moisture conservation,  rain water harvesting, nursery raising,  afforestation,  horticulture, pasture  development  and creation  of livelihood for asset-less  persons.  The DPAP blocks identified in the country including  Bihar have been given due weightage  while selecting project areas  for the implementation  of IWMP. In the State of Bihar,  I23 projects  covering an area of 6.12 lakh hectares in 14 districts  have been sanctioned under the programme.  From the financial  year 20li-16,  the IWMP has been converted  as the Watershed Component  of the Praclnan  MantriKrishiSinchayeeyojana  (pMKSy).  State-wise details  oi funds released  under IWMP during  the last three  years  and current  year are given in the Annexure I -

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Further,  as per the information  received  from the Ministry  of Agriculture,  the State Govemmentsare  primarily responsible for  taking  necessary relief/measures  in the wake  of notified natural calamities  including drought. Government  of lndia supplements  efforts of State Govemments  with financial assistance and logistic support. For undertaking relief measures,  funds are available  with the State  Governments  in the form of State Disaster  Response Fund (SDRF). Additional  financial assistance, over and above SDRF,  is considered from National  Disaster Response Fund (NDRF)  for natural calamities  oi severe nature and is approved on the basis of Memorandum receive<i fiom State Govemment  in accordance  with established  procedure keeping in view items and norms in vogue for assistance. The details of assistance  approved for drought  in the last three years  from NDRF is given in Annexure 2.

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## ANNEXTIRE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (a)  to (d) OF TIIE LOK SABHA TII\STRRED OUESTION NO, 4125 FOR REPLY ON 13.08.2015

## Annexure-1

State-wise  details of funds released under Integrated Watershed Management Programme  (IWMP) during the last three years and current year are given as under:-

(Rs. in Crores)

| S.No.   | State               | 2072-13   | 2013-14   | 2014- 15             | 2015-r6           |
|---------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|-------------------|
| i.      | ,t,Tdl,ra I'radesh  | 76.48     | 107.67    | 163.28 51.43 26.97 0 | No funds released |
| 2       | ,\iunar:hal Pradssh | 15.97     | I 10.83   | 0                    |                   |
| 3       | Ass r r:r           | 42.97     | 116.60    | 6.99                 |                   |
| 4       | Bihar               | 12. l8    | 15.42     | 21.47                |                   |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh        | 0         | 26.00     | 10.00                |                   |
| 6.      | Goa                 | 0         | 0         | 0                    |                   |
| 7.      | arat Gu             | 329.24    | 60.00     | 72.34                |                   |
| 8.      | Harvana             | 5.23      | 14.20     |                      |                   |
| 9.      | Himachal Pradesh    | 8.02      | 46.08     |                      |                   |
| 10.     | Jammu & Kashmir     | 38.27     | 0         |                      |                   |
| I l.    | .lqarkhand          | 48.17     | 29.40     | 0                    |                   |
| 12.     | Karnataka           | 334.55    | 586.1 l   | 125.43               |                   |
| 13.     | Kerala              | 4.81      | 0         | 15.16                |                   |
| 14.     | Madhva Pradesh      | 128.30    | 135.57    | 303.98               |                   |
|         | Maharashtra         | s01.60    | 180.35    | 197.91               |                   |
| i6.     | !qrur               | 33.75     | 30.28     | 11.10                |                   |
| 17.     | &ehqlsvi-- l        | 37.43     | 28.06     | 37.15                |                   |
| 18.     | ir{izoram           | 16.44     | 69.r8     | 75.81                |                   |
| to      | and                 | 76.42     | 74.67     | 95.09                |                   |
| 20.     | Odisha              | 89.70     | I 36.91   | 248.79               |                   |
| t.l     | nb )rrni            | t4.8S     | 15.44     | 0                    |                   |
| 22.     | Rajasthan           | 424.5)    | 0         | 403.08               |                   |
| ?3.     | llikl:int           | 8.18      | 0         | 0                    |                   |
| 24.     | iamii Nadu          | 22',7.77  | 168.55    | 124.02               |                   |
| 25.     | -feiangana          | 48.66     | 75.5 8    | 124.58               |                   |
| 1tb.    | [r ;l) Lrra         | 21.02     | 47.81     | 19.04                |                   |
| 2.7     | Jttar Pradesh       | 128.43    | 88.09     | 75.39                |                   |
| 'l ti.  | .Iitari,.khand      |           | 0         | 49.77                |                   |
| 2.r_).  | \\'est Ben al       | .10.31    | 0         | 25.85                |                   |

## ,\\NE}^URF] REF'ERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (a)  to  (d) TO TIIE LOK SABHA UNSTARR[,D OUESTIONNO. 4125 FOR REPLY oN 13.0 l5

Annexure-2 Statetnerrt  indicating assistance  approved from the National  Disaster Response  Fund lrriDRF;  for drt lght ol 2012-13,2013-14 & 2014-15

(Rs. in Crores)

| S.N.   | Statc                 | Drought of 2012-13   | Drought of 2013-14   | Drought of 2014-15   |
|--------|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|        |                       | Assistance           | Assistance           | Assistance approved  |
|        | l.; r;,ii; ['r aJe;lt | t42.97               | 251.54               | 237.51               |
|        | Lliirar               |                      | 931 .87              |                      |
| J      | f; iriarat            | 864.71               |                      |                      |
| 4      |                       |                      |                      | 168.87               |
| 5      | Karnataka             | s26.06               | 226.57               | 200.85               |
| 6      | kerala                | K-62.61 R-107.89     |                      |                      |
|        | l.,l.lh lra:,h :ra    | K-778.09 R- I 036.98 |                      | 1962.99              |
| It     | F ajasthan            | 320.64               |                      |                      |
|        | T'amii Nadu           | 624.69               |                      |                      |
| i0{    | ia: Pradesh           |                      |                      | 777.34               |

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