(a) whether the Government has taken adequate measures for effective implementation of Rain Water Conservation Programme;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the financial assistance given to different States including Maharashtra during the last three years, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government proposes to evolve any new technology for harvesting of rain water; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)
(a) to (b) Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management including conservation and water harvesting in the Country is primarily States’ responsibility. Further, to supplement the efforts of the State Governments, Government of India provides technical and financial assistance to encourage sustainable development and efficient management of water resources through various schemes and programmes.
Further, important measures taken by the Central Government for conservation, management of ground water and effective implementation of rain water harvesting in the country are at the following URL: http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps_to_control_water_depletion_Jun2019.pdf.
In addition, a number of States have done notable work in the field of water conservation/harvesting. Of these, mention can be made of ‘Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan’ in Rajasthan, ‘Jalyukt Shibar’ in Maharashtra, ‘Sujalam Sufalam Abhiyan’ in Gujarat, ‘Mission Kakatiya’ in Telangana, Neeru Chettu’ in Andhra Pradesh, Jal Jeevan Hariyali in Bihar, ‘Jal Hi Jeevan’ in Haryana among others.
Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditions in the water stressed blocks of 256 districts in India. In this regard, teams of officers from Central Government along-with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to visit water stressed districts and to work in close collaboration with district level officials to undertake suitable interventions.
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Central Government supports construction of water harvesting and conservation works primarily through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Pradhan mantra Krishi Sinchayee Yojana- Watershed Development Component (PMKSY-WDC).
The expenditure made on water conservation and water harvesting works under MGNREGA during last three years as uploaded by the States (including Maharashtra) in the MIS after following due procedures of the Programme is at Annexure-I.
The State wise details of projects sanctioned, area covered by the projects and funds released as Central share to States (including Maharashtra), water harvesting structures created / rejuvenated under WDC-PMKSY are given at Annexure-II.
(c) & (d) Central Government has taken several initiatives towards sustainable management of ground water including rainwater harvesting and also used techniques like remote sensing, GIS etc. as supplementary tools for various studies/interventions including preparation of aquifer management plans etc.
Further, National Remote Sensing Centre/Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have prepared Hydro-geomorphological maps for the entire country, using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) containing information on ground water prospects and suitable locations for constructing recharge structures. In addition, ISRO has also enabled Geospatial support to Jal Shakti Abhiyan for water conservation/ recharge measures.
Various technologies commonly used for rain water harvesting have been described in the “Manual on Artificial Recharge of Ground Water” available in public domain in the following URL: http://cgwb.gov.in/documents/Manual-Artificial-Recharge.pdf and also in “Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Ground Water in India”, in http://cgwb.gov.in/documents/masterplan-2013.pdf.
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ANNEXURE-I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Unstarred Q. No. 4293 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 19.03.2020 regarding “Rain water Conservation Programme”.
State-wise expenditure made on water harvesting & water conservation works taken up under MGNREGA during last three years
EXPENDITURE MADE ON WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING UNDER MAHATMA GANDHI NREGS (As on 12th March 2020) (Fig. in Lakhs)
STATE 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR 6.85 27.06 21.28
ANDHRA PRADESH 26,883.09 45,562.49 76,071.40
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 449.53 415.94 934.29
ASSAM 7,289.78 6,313.29 9,089.83
BIHAR 12,815.34 15,755.42 18,504.42
CHHATTISGARH 56,968.91 46,126.35 56,566.27
GOA 4.17 0.79 -
GUJARAT 10,615.99 9,356.21 19,053.33
HARYANA 4,676.61 4,808.16 5,390.08
HIMACHAL PRADESH 6,097.75 6,197.91 9,223.64
JAMMU AND KASHMIR 3,492.41 5,150.10 3,544.78
JHARKHAND 64,549.33 13,758.44 9,113.13
KARNATAKA 42,815.38 45,328.67 58,117.13
KERALA 47,288.36 52,218.32 90,084.51
LAKSHADWEEP - 1.91 2.34
MADHYA PRADESH 54,782.40 49,305.13 97,836.62
MAHARASHTRA 35,477.85 28,266.58 32,335.89
MANIPUR 2,230.21 756.14 3,030.05
MEGHALAYA 6,564.46 7,612.55 5,418.09
MIZORAM 1,029.55 1,423.71 3,772.23
NAGALAND 2,441.35 6,735.86 1,788.46
ODISHA 21,503.97 15,535.24 15,135.74
PUDUCHERRY 94.26 273.47 340.05
PUNJAB 441.22 697.23 918.65
RAJASTHAN 94,725.62 76,775.45 1,12,731.28
SIKKIM 1,256.02 639.97 404.45
TAMIL NADU 46,809.32 52,329.75 2,18,461.69
TELANGANA 39,856.98 57,285.68 54,154.01
TRIPURA 15,142.90 7,190.17 9,378.79
UTTAR PRADESH 98,100.82 55,418.56 74,206.86
UTTARAKHAND 4,616.11 5,742.98 6,033.32
WEST BENGAL 85,368.13 67,365.18 41,352.50
Total 7,94,394.67 6,84,374.71 10,33,015.11
ANNEXURE -II
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No. 4293 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 19.03.2020 regarding “Rainwater conservation Programme”.
State-wise details of number of projects sanctioned, area covered by the projects, funds released as Central share and WHS created/rejuvenated under WDC-PMKSY
(Amount in Rs. crore)
Sl.
No
State Sanctioned
(from 2009-10 to 2014-15)@ Central share released
(from 2009-10 to 2019-20#) WHS created /
Rejuvenated
(in Nos.)
Total no.
of Projects Area of the
Projects (in mha)
1 Andhra Pradesh 432 1.810 1107.13 192647
2 Arunachal Pradesh 156 0.467 300.04 628
3 Assam 372 1.577 492.75 6566
4 Bihar 123 0.612 203.04 4108
5 Chhattisgarh 263 1.195 330.35 8193
6 Gujarat 610 3.103 1288.64 18732
7 Haryana 88 0.362 101.94 3311
8 Himachal Pradesh 163 0.840 283.58 9115
9 Jammu & Kashmir 159 0.652 230.82 4131
10 Jharkhand 171 0.911 191.52 3209
11 Karnataka 571 2.569 1894.70 28674
12 Kerala 83 0.423 128.69 21628
13 Madhya Pradesh 517 2.937 1631.15 27057
14 Maharashtra 1186 5.128 2413.95 11236
15 Manipur 102 0.491 149.10 10980
16 Meghalaya 96 0.236 174.22 2499
17 Mizoram 89 0.373 275.06 8489
18 Nagaland 111 0.476 636.85 2961
19 Odisha 310 1.700 1041.85 21507
20 Punjab 67 0.314 60.42 336
21 Rajasthan 1025 5.764 2534.70 101827
22 Sikkim 15 0.066 22.08 169
23 Tamil Nadu 270 1.368 924.94 51513
24 Telangana 330 1.399 590.30 21436
25 Tripura 65 0.213 210.96 2653
26 Uttarakhand 65 0.346 131.08 22696
27 Uttar Pradesh 612 3.045 808.49 17079
28 West Bengal 163 0.693 271.02 11705
Total 8214 39.07 18429.37 615085
@ Sanctioned under the erstwhile Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), which has been amalgamated as the Watershed Development Component (WDC) of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) with effect from 2015-16.
# As on 31.12.2019 including releases under the erstwhile IWMP.
Note: 1) WDC-PMKSY has not been taken up in any Union Territories( J&K and Laddakh have been created as UTs quite recently).
2) There is no sanctioned project in Goa.
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