(a) the area covered by irrigation at the end of each Five
Year Plan, plan-wise;
(b) the target set and achievements made during the Tenth
Five Year Plan; and
(c) the allocation made for the Tenth Five Year Plan?
(a) the area covered by irrigation at the end of each Five
Year Plan, plan-wise;
(b) the target set and achievements made during the Tenth
Five Year Plan; and
(c) the allocation made for the Tenth Five Year Plan?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES(SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV)
(a) Irrigation potential created at the end of each Five
Year Plan is at Annexure-I.
(b) A target of creation of 16.743 million hectare of
irrigation potential was set for the Tenth Five Year Plan,
out of which 3.20 million hectare has been created by the
end of the year 2003-04.
(c) An outlay of Rs. 95743.42 crore was approved for
irrigation and flood control in the Tenth Five Year Plan.
ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1058 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 1.8.2005
(In million hectares) Plan Total Cumulative Irrigation Potential Created Up to 1951 (Pre-Plan) 22.60 I Plan (1951-56) 26.26 II Plan (1956-61) 29.08 III Plan (1961-66) 33.57 Annual Plans (1966-69) 37.10 IV Plan (1969-74) 44.20 V Plan (1974-78) 52.02 Annual Plans (1978-80) 56.61 VI Plan (1980-85) 65.22 VII Plan (1985-90) 76.53 Annual Plans (1990-92) 81.09 VIII Plan (1992-97) 86.26 IX Plan (1997-2002) 93.98*******