(a) whether the Central Water Commission has cleared some water resource schemes for various States;
(b) if so, the details thereof, Project-wise and State-wise alongwith funds allocated for the said projects; and
(c) the time by which the said projects are likely to be completed?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES(SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV)
(a)to(c) The clearance to water resources projects by the Central Water Commission is a continuous process depending on
the completion of appraisal process of the project proposals received from the State Governments and compliance of the
observations of the Central Appraising Agencies by the State Governments. The details of the project proposals approved by
the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources on Irrigation, Flood Control & Multipurpose Projects during its
89th to 91st meeting are given in Annex-I.
Irrigation is a State subject and planning, execution, priority of execution of projects and funding thereof is within the
purview of the State Governments. The Central Government provides financial assistance under Accelerated Irrigation
Benefits Programme (AIBP) to the eligible projects as per guidelines of the AIBP based on the proposals received from the
State Governments on year to year basis.