Lok Sabha Question No. 2032 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Micro Irrigation under PMKSY in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Naresh Chandra Uttam Patel, Shri Jitendra Kumar Dohare

†2032.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2032

ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025

## MICRO IRRIGATION UNDER PMKSY IN UTTAR PRADESH

SHRI JITENDRA KUMAR DOHARE:

## SHRI NARESH CHANDRA UTTAM PATEL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  and  present  status  of  micro  irrigation  initiatives  in  Etawah  and  Fatehpur  Parliamentary Constituencies of Uttar Pradesh under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY);

(b) the details of the area covered under soil and moisture conservation and micro irrigation in the said Constituencies;

(c) the number of farmers benefited under the above projects and the increase registered in crop yield and efficient use of water;

(d)  the  details  of  major  challenges  faced  during  the  implementation  of  PMKSY  and  micro  irrigation initiative in the said Constituencies; and

(e) the details of steps taken by the Government for summer irrigation and irrigation expansion in the said Constituencies?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY)

(a)  to  (e) Water,  being  State  subject,  water  resources  projects  are  planned,  funded,  executed  and maintained  by  the  State  Governments  themselves  as  per  their  own  resources  and  priority.  In  order  to supplement  their  efforts,  Government  of  India  provides  technical  and  financial  assistance  to  State Governments  to  encourage  sustainable  development  and  efficient  management  of  water  resources  under various ongoing schemes.

Per Drop More Crop is a micro irrigation scheme launched in 2015-16, as a component of Pradhan Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  and  later  on  it  got  subsumed  under  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas Yojana  (RKVY)  in  2022-2023.  This  scheme  is  being  implemented  by  Department  of  Agriculture  and Farmer's  Welfare  across  India  including  Etawah  and  Fatehpur  parliamentary  constituencies  of  Uttar Pradesh.

Government of Uttar Pradesh has informed the details of area covered, and farmers benefitted by micro irrigation in Etawah and Fatehpur parliamentary constituencies, which are as tabulated below:

|   Sl. No. | Parliamentary Constituency   |   Area Covered under irrigation (in hectare) |   micro Farmers benefitted |
|-----------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|         1 | Etawah                       |                                      5737    |                       4977 |
|         2 | Fatehpur                     |                                      3984.19 |                       3409 |

Further, it has been informed that due to the adoption of micro irrigation systems by farmers around 25%-30%  increase  in  crop  yield  has  been  registered.  Further  micro  irrigation  has  helped  in  saving  the ground water use and increase in water use efficiency.

To promote micro irrigation in said constituencies, the Government conducts several trainings, Kisan Gosthis, melas and other awareness programmes.

Besides  micro  irrigation  development,  watershed  development  projects  have  also  been  taken  up under Watershed Development component of PMKSY in the said constituencies, details of which are given below.

|   Sl. No. | Parliamentary Constituency   |   Area Covered (in hectare) |
|-----------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | Etawah                       |                        4850 |
|         2 | Fatehpur                     |                        7476 |

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