Lok Sabha Question No. 5224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Watershed Development Component of PMKSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Thiru Thanga Tamilselvan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5224 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2026

## Watershed Development Component of PMKSY

## 5224. Thiru Thanga Tamilselvan:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether  it  is  true  that  the  Union  Government  has  amalgamated the earlier implemented Integrated  Watershed  Management  Programme  (IWMP)  as  the  Watershed  Development Component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (WDC-PMKSY)  in  2015-16  and again as WDC-PMKSY 2.0 from 2021;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the purpose for which the WDC-PMKSY 2.0 is being implemented;

(d) the funding pattern for the projects;

(e) the total amount spent on the scheme during the last three years, State-wise; and

(f) the total number of peoples/institutions have benefitted under this scheme during the last five years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (Dr. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a) to (c) Since 2009-10, the Department of Land Resources (DoLR) has been implementing Integrated  Watershed  Management  Programme  (IWMP)  for  the  development  of  rainfed  / degraded  areas.  In  2015-16,  IWMP  was  amalgamated  as  the  Watershed  Development Component  (WDC)  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY).  Under  WDCPMKSY-1.0 (projects sanctioned during 2009-10 to 2014-15), DoLR supported implementation of 6382 watershed projects covering an area of 2.95 crore hectare in 27 States and UTs of J&K and Ladakh. The period of WDC-PMKSY 1.0 projects got over in March, 2022.

On  15.12.2021,  Government  approved  the  continuation  of  programme  as  WDCPMKSY 2.0 for the period of 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a physical target of 49.5 lakh ha and indicative financial outlay of Rs. 8,134 crore, as the Central share. Under WDC-PMKSY 2.0,

a total of 1220 watershed projects covering an area of 52.95 lakh ha at a total cost of Rs.12404 crore  have  been  sanctioned  to  all  States  and  UTs  of  J&K  and  Ladakh.  An  amount  of  Rs. 6079.31 crore  of  Central  share  has  been  released to  them  from  2021-22  to  2025-26  (as  on 18.03.2026).

The  activities  being  undertaken  under  this  programme inter  alia include  ridge  area treatment,  drainage  line  treatment,  soil  and  moisture  conservation,  rain  water  harvesting, nursery raising, afforestation, horticulture, pasture development, improvement in livelihood/income potential of land etc. These activities are aimed for resource conservation, resource  generation  and  sustainable  resource  utilization.  WDC-PMKSY,  through  these interventions,  seeks  to  ensure  sustainable  development  through  improved  natural  resource management and better resilience of farmers to climate change.

(d) Under WDC-PMKSY 2.0, the funding pattern between the Centre and States is 60:40 and for North Eastern Region States and the Hilly States of  Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand, it is  90:10 and for UT of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh, it is 100%.

(e) The State-wise details of Central share released under WDC-PMKSY 2.0 during the last three years are given at Annexure-I.

(f) WDC-PMKSY is an area development programme and all the people of the project areas are benefitted through the activities and interventions carried out in the project areas under the programme. However, the State-wise details of farmers benefitted and mandays of employment generated reported under WDC-PMKSY 2.0, from 2022-23 to 2025-26 (Q3) are given at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure I

## Details of Central share released under WDC-PMKSY 2.0 during2022-23 to 2024-25

| S. No.   | State             |   Funds released (Rs. in Cr.) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                        133.87 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                        360.51 |
| 3        | Assam             |                        207.26 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                         83.49 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                        187.39 |
| 6        | Goa               |                          8.32 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |                        257.04 |
| 8        | Haryana           |                         23.36 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                         68.6  |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |                        105.22 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |                        305.2  |
| 12       | Kerala            |                         27.23 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                        479.89 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                        421.73 |
| 15       | Manipur           |                         36.37 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                         85.77 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                        131.64 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                         77.55 |
| 19       | Odisha            |                        290.84 |
| 20       | Punjab            |                         16.13 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |                        497.61 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |                         34.75 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |                        171.14 |
| 24       | Telangana         |                         90.74 |
| 25       | Tripura           |                         66.36 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |                        195.48 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                        107.97 |
| 28       | West Bengal       |                        151.98 |
| 29       | J&K(UT)           |                        127.28 |
| 30       | Ladakh(UT)        |                         32.19 |
|          | G. Total          |                       4782.91 |

## Annexure II

## State-wise details of Farmers benefitted and Mandays of employment generated under WDC-PMKSY 2.0, from 2022-23 to 2025-26 (Q3)

| S. No.      | State Name        | No. of farmers benefitted   | No. of man-days generated   |
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    | 30338                       | 487,843                     |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh | 16573                       | 1,999,723                   |
| 3           | Assam             | 159469                      | 2,524,192                   |
| 4           | Bihar             | 66731                       | 212005                      |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      | 31758                       | 569735                      |
| 6           | Goa               | 1480                        | 21372                       |
| 7           | Gujarat           | 51665                       | 405117                      |
| 8           | Haryana           | 4778                        | 48605                       |
| 9 Himachal  | Pradesh           | 44796                       | 392309                      |
| 10          | Jharkhand         | 123311                      | 607927                      |
| 11          | Karnataka         | 281341                      | 1,652,973                   |
| 12          | Kerala            | 52102                       | 86750                       |
| 13          | Madhya Pradesh    | 35937                       | 2362065                     |
| 14          | Maharashtra       | 140345                      | 819,799                     |
| 15          | Manipur           | 2607                        | 147201                      |
| 16          | Meghalaya         | 18350                       | 637,451                     |
| 17          | Mizoram           | 13297                       | 39705                       |
| 18          | Nagaland          | 6567                        | 484519                      |
| 19          | Odisha            | 142983                      | 2,426,268                   |
| 20          | Punjab            | 25198                       | 83,993                      |
| 21          | Rajasthan         | 139067                      | 2,999,905                   |
| 22          | Sikkim            | 11564                       | 387,038                     |
| 23          | Tamil Nadu        | 113051                      | 595452                      |
| 24          | Telangana         | 6159                        | 23,910                      |
| 25          | Tripura           | 10108                       | 488,764                     |
| 26          | Uttarakhand       | 45969                       | 1,220,768                   |
| 27 Uttar    | Pradesh           | 161768                      | 1,230,165                   |
| 28          | West Bengal       | 65079                       | 300,792                     |
| 29          | UT of J &K        | 133603                      | 502,695                     |
| 30          | UT of Ladakh      | 42691                       | 33092                       |
| Grand Total |                   | 19,78,685                   | 2,37,92,133                 |

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