LOK SABHA
The Central Government has declared 14 water resources projects as National Projects subject to working out the mode of financing in consultation with the Ministry of Finance and Planning Commission. For these projects it is proposed to provide 90% project cost of irrigation and drinking water component of the project as Central Grant after techno-economic appraisal of the Detailed Project Report and Investment clearance by the Planning Commission. The details of the 14 National Projects are given below. The irrigation benefits from these projects is estimated to be about 21 lakh ha apart from additional indirect irrigation benefits and availability of drinking water.
NATIONAL PROJECTS
| S.No. | Name of the Project | State |
| 1 | Teesta Barrage | West Bengal |
| 2 | Shahpur Kandi | Punjab |
| 3 | Bursar | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 4 | 2nd Ravi Vyas Link | Punjab |
| 5. | Ujh multipurpose project | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 6. | Gyspa project | Himachal Pradesh |
| 7. | Lakhvar Vyasi | Uttranchal |
| 8. | Kishau | Himachal Pradesh /Uttranchal |
| 9. | Renuka | Himachal Pradesh |
| 10. | Noa-Dehang Dam Project | Arunanchal Pradesh |
| 11. | Kulsi Dam Project | Assam |
| 12. | Upper Siang | Arunanchal Pradesh |
| 13 | Gosikhurd | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Ken Betwa | Madhya Pradesh |
This information was given by the Minister of State for Water Resources, Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav in response to a question by Shri AnandRao V.Adsul, Shri C.K. Chandrappan, Shri Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, Shri M. Raja Mohan Reddy, Shri S. Ajaya Kumar, Shri Uday Singh, Shri Kailash Meghwal Shri Ravi Prakash Verma, Shri Balashowry Vallabhaveni, Shri Mahavir Bhagora, Shri Basudeb Acharia and Shri K.C. Pallani Shamy in the Lok Sabha today.
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