MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMEMT (SHRI A. NARENDRA)
(a)&(b): Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP) is being implemented in 972 blocks of 182 districts across 16 Programme States including Gujarat where it covers 43938 sq.km. spread over 67 blocks of 14 districts. State-wise coverage under the programme is given at Annexure-I. Since, DPAP is a long term area development programme for drought proofing basically by rejuvenating the natural resource base on watershed basis, the resource poor and disadvantaged sections of the village community including farmers inhabiting the programme areas are benefited.
(c)to(e): Under DPAP specific allocations of funds to the programme States is not made. Ministry of Rural Development, sanctions new projects, each of 500 hectares, as per the Guidelines of Watershed Development and funds are released to ZPs/DRDAs in installments over the project period of five years. The first
installment of central funds is released with the sanction of new projects and the programme being demand driven, subsequent installments are released on receipt of specific proposals from the State Govt./Z.P.IDRDA along with Utilisation Certificate, Audited Statement of Accounts etc. The Ministry routinely receives proposals seeking fund release against ongoing projects from the ZPslDRDAs/States including Gujarat. While releasing the central installments, it is ensured that ZP / DRDA has utilsed more than 50% of funds released to it earlier. So far, 21353 projects have been sanctioned from 1995-96 to 2004-05 under DP AP. State-wise and year-wise details of projects sanctioned is given in Annexure- II
(f): DPAP projects are executed through Watershed Association / Gram Panchyat. The role ofNGOs lies in assisting the project implementation, capacity. building of executing agency and imparting training to various stakeholders.
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2919 due for reply on 17.12.2004
Annexure-I
STATES, DISTRICTS AND BLOCKS COVERED UNDER DROUGHT PRONE AREAS PROGRAMME (DPAP)
SI.No. Name of the States No. of No. of Blocks Area (in Sq.Kms) Districts
1. Andhra Pradesh 11 94 99218
2. Bihar 6 30 9533
3. Chattisgarh 8 29 21801
4. Gujarat 14 67 43938
5. Himachal Pradesh 3 10 3319
6. Jammu & Kashmir 2 22 14705
7 Tharkhand 14 100 34843
8. Karnataka 15 81 84332
9. Madhya Pradesh 23 105 89101
10. Maharashtra 25 149 194473
11. Orissa 8 47 26178
12. Rajasthan 11 32 31969
13. Tamil Nadu 16 80 29416
14. Uttar Pradesh 15 60 35698
15. U ttaranchal 7 30 15796
16. West Bengal 4 36 11594
Total 182 972 75914
Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2919 due for reply on 17.12.2004
Annexure-II Details of State-wise and year-wise proiects sanctioned under DP AP
State Year
Year 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 Total
Batch 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Hariya Hariy li-I ali-II
Andhra Pr. 527 60 321 700 587 314 166 291 287 287 3540
Bihar 101 0 0 0 0 28 46 60 60 68 363
Chhattisgarh 234 0 0 0 0 197 106 116 116 116 885
Gujarat 275 100 19 55 230 329 110 241 250 250 1859
Himachal Pr. 33 21 0 0 17 77 40 50 40 40 318
J&K - 0 10 22 0 132 44 66 66 66 406
Jharkhand 263 0 0 0 19 200 173 164 200 200 1219
Karnataka 406 0 0 0 248 266 245 221 227 227 1840
M.P. 661 0 0 0 265 657 238 265 269 269 2624
Maharashtra 818 0 0 0 219 578 296 300 296 303 28]0
Orissa 192 0 0 0 0 111 221 160 146 146 976
Rajasthan 182 0 0 0 18 271 96 113 96 96 872
T.Nadu 297 0 0 103 299 0 61 144 160 160 1224
U.P. 282 99 56 0 286 93 92 158 160 160 1386
Uttranchal 117 0 0 0 90 58 90 97 90 90 632
W.B. 135 0 0 0 0 60 28 32 72 72 399
Total 4523 280 406 880 2278 3371 2052 2478 2535 2550 21353
