(a) the targets fixed for the creation of additional Irrigation Potential during the Ninth Five year Plan;
(b) the progress made by each State in this regard;
(c) whether there is any gap between installed capacity and utilisation capacity of irrigation projects ;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps taken by the Government to bridge the gap
during Ninth Five Year Plan period?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES
(SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) & (b) The targets fixed for creation of additional
irrigation potential during the Ninth Five Year Plan and the
progress made by each State in this regard are furnished at
Annexure-I.
(c) & (d) The gap between irrigation capacity installed and
its utilization has been about 8.80 million hectares at the
end of the Eighth Five Year Plan. A lag of a few years
between the introduction of irrigation and its full
utilization is unavoidable mainly due to the following
reasons:
(i) construction of distribution system and
preparing the land for irrigated farming takes time;
(ii)
switching over from rainfed agriculture to irrigated
agriculture involves a major change in agricultural
techniques which farmers take time to master;
(iii) adopting
appropriate cropping pattern as per project design is not
certain and
(iv) poor water management practices at farm
level.
(e) Centrally Sponsored Command Area Development Programme
(CADP) is under implementation since the year 1974-75 with
the basic objective of bridging the gap between potential
created and its utilization. The Ninth Plan outlay for CADP
is Rs. 2927.19 crore comprising Rs.860.00 crore in the Central
Sector and Rs.2087.19 crore in the State Sector. The targets
fixed for various on-farm development activities in the
Ninth Plan under CADP for bridging the gap are as follows:
Activities Area to be covered (in Thousand Hectare)ANNEXURE - I
(i) Field Channels 950.00
(ii) Field Drains 100.00
(iii) Warabandi 3600.00
(iv) Reclamation of Waterlogging Area 60.00
Sl Name of Targets for Ninth Plan Achievements made during No. States 1997-99 (Provisional) Major Minor Total Major Minor Total & & Medium Medium
1. Andhra Pr. 579.13 28.90 608.03 192.69 95.67 288.36
2. Arunachal Pr. 0.00 23.00 23.00 0.00 7.89 7.89
3. Assam 6.50 12.84 19.34 5.50 7.22 12.72
4. Bihar 492.00 205.25 697.25 31.43 62.30 93.73
5. Goa 16.22 3.02 19.24 3.52 0.28 3.80 6. Gujarat 1867.00 70.10 1937.10 33.22 31.11 64.33
7 Haryana 197.71 80.64 278.35 5.15 23.57 28.72
8. Himachal Pr. 3.00 6.00 9.00 0.45 4.00 4.45 9 J & Kashmir 29.90 21.00 50.90 2.29 2.53 4.82 10 Karnataka 1109.88 155.00 1264.88 80.61 32.89 113.50 11 Kerala 373.12 50.18 423.30 46.23 32.84 79.07 12 Madhya Pr. 384.75 150.00 534.75 52.70 20.90 73.60 13 Maharashtra 1755.00 528.00 2283.00 338.00 149.00 487.00 14 Manipur 50.38 15.00 65.38 13.00 7.00 20.00 15 Meghalaya 3.88 8.82 12.70 0.00 4.11 4.11 16 Mizoram 0.00 1.85 1.85 0.00 0.46 0.46 17 Nagaland 4.50 14.30 18.80 0.00 2.06 2.06 18 Orissa 915.39 89.60 1004.99 74.96 46.95 121.91 19 Punjab 126.25 241.61 367.86 17.63 28.13 45.76 20 Rajasthan 469.26 39.44 508.70 70.40 12.35 82.75 21 Sikkim 0.00 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.43 1.43 22 Tamil Nadu 4.80 11.57 16.37 2.18 3.26 5.44 23 Tripura 22.92 16.00 38.92 1.05 6.70 7.75 24 Uttar Pr. 1000.00 5000.00 6000.00 486.00 1357.03 1843.03 25 West Bengal 395.00 450.00 845.00 103.41 250.00 353.41
TOTAL 9806.59 7226.62 17033.21 1560.42 2189.68 3750.10
Total UTs 5.20 17.11 22.31 0.10 4.35 4.45 GRAND TOTAL 9811.79 7243.73 17055.52 1560.52 2194.03 3754.55