(a)Whether the Government proposes to start any Water Development
Programme at National level to be implemented by Panchayati Raj Institutions ;
(b) If so, the details thereof ;
(c)Whether the Government proposes to expand the Hariyali programme
only ;and
(d) If so, the details thereof ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES(SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV)
(a)&(b) Water being a State subject, the respective State Governments conceive
plan and implement major, medium and minor schemes, both surface and ground
water for utilization of water resources.Government of India is providing central
assistance to the State Governments through various schemes/programmes,
such as Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programmes (AIBP); Command Area
Development and Water Management (CADWM) Programme; National Project
for repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies directly linked to
Agriculture etc. The Government of India also encourages rain water harvesting
and recharge to groundwater.The areas related to
(i) water conservation and water harvesting,
(ii) irrigation canals including micro and minor irrigation works,
(iii) provision of irrigation facility to land owned by households belonging to
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes or to land of beneficiaries of land reforms
or that of the beneficiaries under the Indira Awas Yojana of the Government of
India,
(iv) renovation of traditional water bodies including desilting of tanks, and
(v) flood control and protection works including drainage in water logged areas
are duly focused in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 of the
Ministry of Rural Development.
(c)&(d)As informed by Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural
Development, Hariyali is not a programme but common guidelines for
implementation of three Area Development Programmes namely Integrated
Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP), Drought Prone Areas Programme
(DPAP) and Desert Development Programme (DDP) are implemented on watershed
basis.