Lok Sabha Question No. 6214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-02
Subject: Irrigation Initiatives and its Impact on Farmers’ Income
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Adhikari Deepak Dev

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6214

## ANSWERED ON 02.04.2026

## IRRIGATION INITIATIVES AND ITS IMPACT ON FARMERS' INCOME

## 6214.  SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK DEV:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government  in  recent  years  to  augment  irrigation  facilities  for farmers, State/UT-wise;

(b) the status of adoption of such interventions, State/UT-wise; and

(c) whether the impact of such interventions on farmers' income has been evaluated, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY)

(a) to (c) Water being a State subject, it is for the concerned State Government to plan, implement, operate and manage irrigation projects, and to prepare action plans for expanding irrigation in the State. The Government of India provides technical support and partial financial assistance to projects included under ongoing schemes.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched during the year 2015-16, with an aim to enhance physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable areas under assured irrigation, improve onfarm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, etc. Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) and Har Khet Ko Paani (HKKP) are two major components of PMKSY, being implemented by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Additional irrigation potential of 29.23 lakh hectare has been created under PMKSY-AIBP and 22.21 lakh hectare command area has been developed under PMKSY HKKP-CAD&WM during 2016-25. 5.57 lakh hectare irrigation potential has been created/restored under Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) and Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR) sub-components of PMKSY-HKKP during 2016-25.

State-wise details of irrigation potential created and command area developed under different components of PMKSY are placed at Annexure.

Further, a special package for Maharashtra for the completion of eight (08) major and medium irrigation projects  and  eighty-three  (83)  surface  minor  irrigation  schemes  in  suicide  prone  districts  in  Vidarbha  and Marathwada and rest of Maharashtra region of the state of Maharashtra was sanctioned in July 2018. Three (03) major and medium projects and seventy (70) surface minor irrigation schemes have been completed. 2.16 lakh hectare irrigation potential has been developed under this scheme.

In  addition,  a  pilot  scheme  viz.  Modernisation  of  Command  Area  Development and  Water  Management (MCAD)  has  been  launched  with  aim  to  modernize  irrigation  water  supply  network  with  robust  backend infrastructure  for  micro-irrigation  by  farmers  from  established  source  to  the  farm  gate  with  underground pressurized piped irrigation.

These  initiatives  have  improved  the  reach  and  reliability  of  irrigation  water  at  the  farm  level.  Enhanced command area development and adoption of micro-irrigation have led to better water use efficiency, expansion of irrigated area, and increased cropping intensity, thereby contributing to higher agricultural productivity and improved farmers' incomes.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6214 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.04.2026 REGARDING 'IRRIGATION INITIATIVES AND ITS IMPACT ON FARMERS' INCOME'.

Irrigation  potential  created  and  command  area  developed  during  2016-25  under  different components of PMKSY

Irrigation Potential/ Command Area are in thousand hectares

| Sl. No.         | State/UT                  | Irrigation potential developed under PMKSY-AIBP   | Command Area Developed under PMKSY-CAD&WM   | Irrigation potential created/restored under PMKSY- HKKP   |
|-----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1               | Andhra                    | 24.33                                             | 0.93                                        | 1.47                                                      |
| 2               | Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh | -                                                 | -                                           | 26.49                                                     |
| 3               | Assam                     | 39.74                                             | 25.4                                        | 137.29                                                    |
| 4               | Bihar                     | 32.2                                              | 19.13                                       | 56.46                                                     |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh              | 18.17                                             | 13.26                                       | 4.87                                                      |
| 6               | Goa                       | 4.24                                              | 8.21                                        | -                                                         |
| 7               | Gujarat                   | 614.9                                             | 1048.79                                     | 3.9                                                       |
| 8               | Himachal Pradesh          | 0.96                                              | -                                           | 33.51                                                     |
| 9               | Jharkhand                 | 95.32                                             | 0                                           | 6.09                                                      |
| 10              | Karnataka                 | 116.86                                            | 42.94                                       | 11.73                                                     |
| 11              | Kerala                    | 2.9                                               | 13.28                                       | -                                                         |
| 12              | Madhya Pradesh            | 198.61                                            | 420.9                                       | 39.83                                                     |
| 13              | Maharashtra               | 416.27                                            | 279.27                                      | -                                                         |
| 14              | Manipur                   | 26.47                                             | 17.07                                       | 18.55                                                     |
| 15              | Meghalaya                 | -                                                 | -                                           | 30.72                                                     |
| 16              | Mizoram                   | -                                                 | -                                           | 2.17                                                      |
| 17              | Nagaland                  | -                                                 | -                                           | 13.36                                                     |
| 18              | Odisha                    | 102.33                                            | 106.48                                      | 40.36                                                     |
| 19              | Punjab                    | 223.63                                            | 101.72                                      | -                                                         |
| 20              | Rajasthan                 | 27.94                                             | 103.48                                      | 19.01                                                     |
| 21              | Sikkim                    | -                                                 | -                                           | 5.18                                                      |
| 22              | Tamil Nadu                | 7.6                                               | -                                           | 13.96                                                     |
| 23              | Telangana                 | 195.79                                            | 10.68                                       | 25.55                                                     |
| 24              | Uttar Pradesh             | 768.63                                            | 7.32                                        | 2.35                                                      |
| 25              | Uttarakhand               | 0                                                 | -                                           | 29.92                                                     |
| 26              | UT of Jammu Kashmir       | & 6.52                                            | 2.05                                        | 29.39                                                     |
| 27 UT of Ladakh | 27 UT of Ladakh           | 0                                                 | 0                                           | 4.89                                                      |
| Total           | Total                     | 2923.41                                           | 2220.91                                     | 557.05                                                    |

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