(a) whether the Government has recently identified the suicide-prone districts in the country with a view to provide adequate irrigation facilities;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) the nature of irrigation facilities proposed to be provided in these districts; and
(d) the time by which it is likely to be implemented?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI SHARAD PAWAR)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 15 DUE FOR REPLY ON 26TH FEBRUARY, 2007.
(a) to (d): The Government has provided a rehabilitation package of Rs.16978.69 crore for 31
suicide prone districts in four states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and
Kerala, to mitigate the distress of the farmers. Providing adequate irrigation facilities
is one of the components of the package. The State wise details including nature of
irrigation facility proposed are given below. The package is being implemented over a
period of three years
I. Major Irrigation
(Rs. in Crore) State Allocation Allocation (No. of Projects) for 2006-07 Physical Financial Financial Original Additional Total Package
A.P. 04 10 14 3233.00 1078.00 Karnataka 04 05 09 1204.05 401.35 Kerala - 01 01 - NA Maharashtra 08 - 08 1260.43 420.14 Total 16 6 32 5697.48 1899.49
II. Medium Irrigation
(Rs. in Crore) State Allocation Allocation (No. of Projects) for 2006-07 Physical Financial Financial Original Additional Total Package
A.P. 06 05 11 325.00 108.33 Karnataka 01 07 08 04.66 2.05 Kerala 01 04 05 35.00 11.66 Maharashtra 09 - 09 468.15 156.05 Total 17 16 33 832.81 278.09
III. Minor Irrigation
(Rs. in Crore) State Allocation under package Allocation for 2006-07 Physical Financial Physical Financial (No. of Projects)
A.P. 932 2231.00 310 744.00 Karnataka 897 458.10 299 152.70 Kerala 179 70.03 60 22.34 Maharashtra 557 448.68 186 149.56 Total 2565 3207.81 855 1068.60
IV. Micro Irrigation
(Rs. in Crore) State Allocation under package Allocation for 2006-07 Physical Financial Physical Financial (lakh ha) (lakh ha)
A.P. 4.27 640.00 1.42 213.33 Karnataka 0.430 64.00 0.153 23.00 Kerala 0.130 19.53 0.043 6.51 Maharashtra 0.534 78.00 0.173 26.00 Total 5.364 801.53 1.789 268.84