THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)
(a) & (b) Total water requirement of the country for different uses for high demand scenario for the years 2025 and 2050, as assessed by National Commission on Integrated Water Resources Development in 1999, constituted by erstwhile Ministry of Water Resources, is given below:
S. No. Uses Water Demand by 2025
(in BCM) Water Demand by 2050
(in BCM)
1 Irrigation 611 807
2 Domestic 62 111
3 Industries 67 81
4 Power 33 70
5 Others 70 111
Total 843
1180
The average annual water availability in the Country has been assessed as 1999.20 BCM. However, due to various factor, the entire quantum of available water is not utilizable. The average annual water availability in the country, river basin-wise, as assessed by Central Water Commission, is given at Annexure-I.
(c) & (d) Water being a State subject, steps for augmentation, conservation and efficient management of water resources are primarily undertaken by the respective State Governments. Central Government supplements the efforts of the State Governments through various schemes and programme.
Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) - a campaign for water conservation and water security. During the campaign, officers, groundwater experts and scientists from the Government of India will work together with State and district officials in India’s most water-stressed districts for water conservation and water resource management.
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A meeting of the State Ministers of Water Resources and Water Supply chaired by Minister of Jal Shakti was held on 11th June 2019 to review the steps taken by various States on water conservation and the implementation of action plans to deal with the water supply situation, plan for water harvesting and conservation in convergence with other programmes. State Governments were requested to complete water conservation measures so that large-scale rain water harvesting could be possible in the upcoming monsoon season.
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), Ministry of Jal Shakti, has prepared a conceptual document titled “Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Ground Water – 2013” which provides information about area-specific artificial recharge techniques to augment ground water resources. The Master Plan has been circulated to the State Governments for implementation.
Further, Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has issued directives to all States/UTs to take measures to promote artificial recharge of ground water / rain water harvesting.
An ‘Inter-Ministerial Committee’ under the Chairmanship of Secretary (WR, RD & GR) has been constituted to take forward the subject of ‘Push on water conservation related activities for optimum utilization of monsoon rainfall’.
Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development, has sanctioned 8214 watershed development projects in 28 States during the period 2009-10 to 2014-15 covering an area of about 39.07 million hectare under Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP). IWMP was amalgamated as the Watershed Development Component (WDC) of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) in 2015-16. The activities being undertaken through the watershed development projects inter alia include soil and moisture conservation, rain water harvesting, etc. The State wise details of projects sanctioned, area covered by the projects and funds released as Central share to States under WDC-PMKSY are given at Annexure-II.
Government of India has launched Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) on 25th June, 2015 in select 500 cities across the country for a period of five years i.e. from 2015-16 to 2019-20 with focus on development of basic civic amenities in the Mission cities. Under the water supply component of the Mission, projects related to rain water harvesting, rejuvenation of water bodies specifically for drinking water supply, recharging of ground water, etc., can be taken up by the States/UTs to enhance water supply in the Mission cities.
AMRUT guidelines incentivizes States/UTs for implementing reforms in the Mission cities. One of the key reform is adopting Model Building Bye-laws (MBBL) by the State and one of its milestone is “State to formulate a policy and action plan for having Rain water harvesting structures in all commercial, public buildings and new buildings on plots of 300 sq. meters and above”.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MOH&UA) has taken measures aimed at water conservation like issuance of guidelines for Urban Regional Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI) and Model Building Bye-Laws (MBBL) for the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Urban Development Authorities (UDAs) to implement rain water harvesting and take other water conservation measures. Till date, 33 States/UTs out of 36 States/UTs have amended their Building Bye Laws (BBLs) or issued guidelines in this regard.
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Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No. 5298 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 25.07.2019 regarding “Availability of Water”.
Basin-wise Details of Average Annual Water Availability in India
S.
No. River Basin Catchment area (sq.km) Average Water Resources Potential (BCM)
1 Indus 317708 45.53
2 Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna
(a) Ganga 838803 509.52
(b) Brahmaputra 193252 527.28
(c) Barak & others 86,335 86.67
3 Godavari 312150 117.74
4 Krishna 259439 89.04
5 Cauvery 85167 27.67
6 Subarnarekha 26804 15.05
7 Brahmani-Baitarani 53902 35.65
8 Mahanadi 144905 73.00
9 Pennar 54905 11.02
10 Mahi 39566 14.96
11 Sabarmati 31901 12.96
12 Narmada 96659.79 58.21
13 Tapi 65805.80 26.24
14 West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to Tadri 58360 118.35
15 West Flowing Rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari 54231 119.06
16 East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar 82073 26.41
17 East Flowing Rivers between Pennar & Kanyakumari 101657 26.74
18 West Flowing Rivers of Kutch and Saurashtra including Luni 192112 26.93
19 Area of Inland Drainage in Rajasthan 144835.90 Negl.
20 Minor Rivers draining into Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh 31382 31.17
Total 3271953 1999.20
Source: Reassessment of Water Availability in India using Space Inputs, June 2019
Annexure-II
Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of Unstarred Question No. 5298 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 25.07.2019 regarding “Availability of Water”.
State-wise details of number of projects sanctioned, area covered by the projects and funds released as Central share under WDC-PMKSY
(Area in million ha, Amount in Rs. crore)
Sl.
No
State Sanctioned
(from 2009-10 to 2014-15)@ Central share released
(from 2009-10 to 2018-19#)
Total no.
of Projects Area of the
projects
1
12 Andhra Pradesh 432 1.810 987.92
2 Arunachal Pradesh 156 0.467 244.33
3 Assam 372 1.577 454.08
4
Bihar 123 0.612 151.31
5
3 Chhattisgarh 263 1.195 307.88
6
Gujarat 610 3.103 1288.64
7 Haryana 88 0.362 98.70
8 Himachal Pradesh 163 0.840 283.58
9 Jammu & Kashmir 159 0.652 230.82
10 Jharkhand 171 0.911 191.52
11 Karnataka 571 2.569 1872.94
12 Kerala 83 0.423 109.30
13 Madhya Pradesh 517 2.937 1409.87
14 Maharashtra 1186 5.128 2413.95
15 Manipur 102 0.491 149.10
16 Meghalaya 96 0.236 173.03
17 Mizoram 89 0.373 259.89
18 Nagaland 111 0.476 499.30
19 Odisha 310 1.700 1004.31
20 Punjab 67 0.314 60.42
21 Rajasthan 1025 5.764 2415.27
22 Sikkim 15 0.066 22.08
23 Tamil Nadu 270 1.368 924.94
24 Telangana 330 1.399 593.01
25 Tripura 65 0.213 200.21
26 Uttarakhand 65 0.346 131.08
27 Uttar Pradesh 612 3.045 808.49
28 West Bengal 163 0.693 178.15
Total 8214
39.07
17464.12
@ 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.
# including releases under the erstwhile IWMP.
Note: 1) WDC-PMKSY is not operational in the Union Territories.
2) There is no sanctioned project in Goa.
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