LOK SABHA
As per the Report of Working Group on Water Resources for the XI Five Year Plan, the unapproved projects in the X Plan comprising of 90 major, 136 medium and 74 Extension, Renovation & Modernization (ERM) projects are likely to spill over into XI Plan. The latest estimated cost of these projects is assessed as Rs.122060.24 crore and expenditure incurred on these projects up to X Plan is assessed as Rs.41127.75 crore.
Irrigation being State subject, the planning, execution and funding of irrigation projects is within the purview of the concerned State Governments. The Central Appraising Agencies (CAA) considers only those projects which are submitted by the State Government for appraisal to CAA. However, funding for expeditious completion of these projects being provided under Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme is not provided to unapproved projects.
The time taken for completion of appraisal process for the project proposals received by CAA depends on the promptness with which the State Governments complies with the observations of the Central Appraising Agencies.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Water Resources, Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav in response to a question by Shri Ramesh Dube in the Lok Sabha today.
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