(a) Whether a number of proposals under D.P.A.P/I.W.D.P. pertaining to
watershed development projects from various State Governments are lying
pending with the Union Government ;
(b) If so, the details thereof, scheme-wise and State-wise particularly from
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra; and
(e) The time by which these proposals are likely to be cleared ?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI A. NARENDRA)
(a) to (c ) : Under Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP) lists
of the prioritized districts are called from the State Governments every year and
the projects are sanctioned as per the availability of funds for new projects after
accounting for the committed liability for projects already in progress. Accordingly,
all prioritized projects upto 2003-04 have duly been sanctioned.
Under Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), funds are released to the pre-identified
blocks of the country. Projects are sanctioned suo-moto by the Department of Land
Resources depending upon the availability of funds after meeting out the committed
liability of ongoing projects and taking into consideration area left to be tackled in a particular block. Hence, proposals are not received under DPAP. Above procedure is
uniformly applicable throughout the country including Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
States .