(a) whether a number of schemes have been received from various States under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Prograamme (AIBP) during the last three years;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government of Bihar has submitted Baleshwar Pump
Canal Scheme Phase-I under this Programme to the Union
Government for clearance;
(d) if so, by when it is likely to be cleared; and
(e) the assistance provided by the Union Government to the State Government for its implementation?
THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI ARJUN CHARAN SETHI)
(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
SATATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 619 FOR ANSWER ON 5.5.2003 REGARDING SCHEMES
UNDER AIBP.
(a)& (b) The State-wise details of number of schemes and the
amount of Central Loan Assistance (CLA) provided under Accelerated
Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) during the last three years
are given in the statement enclosed at Annexure-I and II.
(c) to (e) Probably the Hon’ble Memeber is referring to the
Bateshwarasthan Pump Canal Project submitted by the Government of
Bihar to the field unit of the Central Water Commission (CWC) as
no scheme by the name Baleshwar Pump Canal Scheme Phase-I has been
received in the CWC. Bateshwarasthan Pump Canal Project estimated
to cost Rs. 212 crore envisaging to irrigate 25.4 thousand hectare
was submitted to the field unit of CWC at Patna for CLA under AIBP
during 2002-2003. Field unit of CWC, Patna after examination
requested clarifications from the State Government on
environmental clearance of the Ministry of Environment & Forests,
Government of India, concurrence of the Government of Jharkhand on
removing command area lying in Jharkhand from the scope of the
project and provision of adequate funds for the project in the
Tenth Five Year Plan. As the State Government did not comply with
these observations, as per the criteria for inclusion of projects
under AIBP, Bateshwarasthan Pump Canal project did not qualify for
CLA under AIBP during 2002-2003. The scheme can be included for
CLA under AIBP on satisfying the AIBP criteria.
ANNEX - I
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 619 FOR ANSWER ON 5.5.2003
REGARDING SCHEMES UNDER AIBP
S.No State No. of Schemes provided with CLA under AIBP
2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
Major/ Minor Major/ Minor Major/ Minor Medium Medium Medium
1 Andhra Pradesh 10 4 3 2 Arunachal Pr. 532 385 288 3 Assam 6 46 6 5 7 58 4 Bihar 6 2 2 5 Chhattisgarh 2 3 5 6 Goa 2 2 0 7 Gujarat 5 3 4 8 Haryana 1 9 Himachal Pr. 3 60 1 3 10 J & K 7 9 9 11 Jharkhand 5 3 4 12 Karnataka 4 7 8 13 Kerala 2 1 1 14 Madhya Pradesh 10 6 10 15 Maharashtra 8 4 16 16 Manipur 108 2 3 118 17 Meghalaya 1 47 1 34 1 18 Mizoram 10 7 5 19 Nagaland 468 74 61 20 Orissa 6 23 9 9 21 Punjab 3 3 3 22 Rajasthan 8 7 7 23 Sikkim 76 62 24 Tripura 3 335 3 335 3 268 25 Uttar Pradesh 9 8 8 26 Uttaranchal 193 27 West Bengal 5 5 4
Total 105 1629 89 916 111 1053
(Rs. Crore)
S.No State CLA released under AIBP during Total CLA Released
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
Major/ Minor Major/ Minor Major/ Minor Medium Medium Medium
1 Andhra Pr. 95.020 281.660 33.186 409.866 2 Arunachal Pr. 7.500 15.000 1.500 24.000 3 Assam 18.300 5.777 13.416 1.105 12.300 3.974 54.872 4 Bihar 148.440 3.420 14.481 166.341 5 Chhattisgarh 13.930 48.200 104.000 166.130 6 Goa 61.650 58.000 0.000 119.650 7 Gujarat 421.850 581.690 1000.330 2003.870 8 Haryana 0.000 0.000 18.000 18.000 9 Himachal Pr. 13.720 4.295 3.244 8.150 29.409 10 Jammu & K 10.460 11.070 34.999 56.529 11 Jharkhand 9.050 10.820 9.670 29.540 12 Karnataka 171.000 492.500 620.850 1284.350 13 Kerala 22.400 11.275 5.665 39.340 14 Madhya Pr. 151.328 215.410 220.000 586.738 15 Maharashtra 97.020 39.100 133.134 269.254 16 Manipur 1.500 9.360 18.500 1.000 30.360 17 Meghalaya 1.280 4.232 1.220 3.250 1.500 11.482 18 Mizoram 1.433 2.000 0.750 4.183 19 Nagaland 5.000 5.000 2.659 12.659 20 Orissa 74.500 25.820 168.475 179.570 448.365 21 Punjab 55.620 113.690 36.660 205.970 22 Rajasthan 78.467 96.315 174.385 349.167 23 Tripura 4.845 9.038 2.063 19.000 2.625 10.770 48.341 24 Uttar Pr. 315.900 354.690 359.000 1029.590 25 Uttaranchal 0.000 0.000 25.163 25.163 26 West Bengal 26.825 38.608 28.133 93.566 27 Sikkim 0.000 2.400 0.750 3.150
Total 1791.605 64.595 2554.226 47.755 3015.137 46.565 7519.884