Question : GROUND WATER

(a) whether the Union Government are contemplating to allocate funds to the State Governments for ground water conservation projects;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the total funds allocated to each State during the last three years, particularly to drought affected States; and

(d) the result achieved so far?

THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI ARJUN CHARAN SETHI)

(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 255 ANSWER ON 9.8.2000 REGARDING GROUND WATER

Water being a State subject, it is primarily the responsibility of the concerned State Governments to plan, finance and execute schemes for ground water conservation. However, the Central Government is implementing various programmes which help in in-situ conservation of soil moisture, infiltration of water into soil profiles and resultant ground water recharge and improvement in efficiency of water use.

The Central Ground Water Board under the Ministry of Water Resources is implementing a pilot scheme on recharge studies. The Ninth Plan outlay for the scheme is Rs.25.00 crore. An amount of Rs. 3.53 crore has been spent for ground water recharging and rainwater harvesting during 1997-98 to 1999-2000. The State-wise position of expenditure is given at Annexure-I.


The Ministry of Agriculture has been implementing various schemes which have a component of ground water conservation, namely, National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA), Soil Conservation in the Catchment of River Valley Projects (RVP), Soil Conservation in Flood Prone Rivers (FPR), Watershed Development Project in Shifting Cultivation Areas (WDPSCA) in North Eastern States and Reclamation of Alkali Soils. The State-wise position of funds released under these schemes during the last three years (1997- 1998 to 1999-2000) is given at Annexure-II.

The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing various schemes which also have a component of ground water conservation namely, Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP), Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP) and Desert Development Programme (DDP). The State-wise position of funds released under these schemes during the last three years (1997-1998 to 1999-2000) is given at Annexure-III to V.

From the year 2000-2001, a new initiative in the form of Prime Minister’s Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) has been introduced under which Additional Central Assistance (ACA) is provided to the States/UTs for selected basic minimum services in order to focus on certain priority areas of the Government. One of the components of this scheme is Rural Drinking Water. Under the PMGY-Rural Drinking Water, minimum 25% of the total allocation for the component will be utilised by the respective States/UTs on projects/schemes for water conservation, water harvesting, water recharge and sustainability of drinking water sources in respect of DDP/DPAP areas, over- exploited, dark/grey blocks and other water stress/drought affected areas.

The impact assessment studies undertaken by the concerned agencies have shown encouraging results with regard to recharge of ground water and improvement in ground water levels.

Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 255 for answer on 9.8.2000 regarding ground water.

Annexure-I

FUNDS ALLOCATED DURING THREE YEARS 1997-98 TO 1999-2000 FOR RECHARGE STUDIES IN VARIOUS STATES/UTs UNDER CENTAL SECTOR SCHEME ON STUDIES ON ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE OF GROUND WATER.

Sl.N State/UT	1997-98	1998-99	Funds	Expenditu	Expenditu	allocated	in the	year 1999-2000 (Rs. in Lakh)	(Rs.)	(Rs.)
1. NCT of Delhi	5,12,361	17.96

2. Haryana	9,24,000	34.52
3, Himachal	25.37
Pradesh
4,. Jammu &	19.00
Kashmir

5. Karnataka	6,60,265	-
6. Kerala	24,35,000	6,25,000	-
7,. Madhya	4,64,000	8,27,000	17.94
Pradesh

8. Maharashtra	2,20,820	12,99,000	37.32

9. Punjab	10,75,000	97.74
10. Rajasthan	4,50,000	14.50
11. Tamil Nadu	6,50,000	8,00,000	-
12. Uttar Pradesh	5.00
13. West Bengal	38,250	29.37
14. Chandigarh	5,28,000	-
Total	5508678	6000000	298.72
 The total expenditure made in Central Sector
Scheme of Artificial Recharge is reported as
Rs. 237.89 lakhs during the year 1999-2000.

Sl.N States/Uts 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
1 Andhra Pradesh 1368.00 1551.50 1665.00
2 Arunachal 210.00 181.00 127.00
Pradesh
3 Assam 145.00 170.00 120.00
4 Bihar 98.00 125.00 0.00
5 Goa 0.00 8.00 3.00
6 Gujarat 966.00 2433.00 2480.00
7 Haryana 180.00 465.77 245.00
8 Himachal Pradesh 770.00 1068.20 762.00
9 Jammu & Kashmir 566.00 637.00 665.00
10 Karnataka 3050.00 3115.00 3200.00
11 Kerala 500.00 1502.88 390.00
12 Madhya Pradesh 3028.00 4013.59 4750.00
13 Maharashtra 3320.00 4360.00 1500.00
14 Manipur 605.00 265.00 460.00
15 Meghalaya 120.00 360.00 410.00
16 Mizoram 525.00 1140.00 866.00
17 Nagaland 460.00 1000.00 900.00
18 Orissa 1300.00 662.39 500.00
19 Punjab 242.60 321.00 123.00
20 Rajasthan 4198.00 5559.00 5130.00
21 Sikkim 90.00 150.00 200.00
22 Tamil Nadu 1500.00 2230.00 2075.00
23 Tripura 261.00 480.00 551.00
24 Uttar Pradesh 3255.40 4184.44 3575.03
25 West Bengal 110.00 620.00 750.00
26 Andaman & 25.00 65.00 34.00
Nicobar
27 Dadar & Nagar 1.00 1.00 0.00
Haveli
Grand Total 26894.00 36668.77 31481.03

(Rs. in Lakhs)
S.No State 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
1 Andhra Pradesh 7964.00 9991.36 9143.26
2 Arunachal 1444.00 3623.00 2476.00
Pradesh
3 Assam 2438.00 6120.00 4180.00

4. Bihar 9380.00 11768.50 9380.00

5. Goa 227.00 283.75 352.92
6. Gujarat 4672.00 5860.51 6028.52
7 Haryana 1746.00 2190.91 1883.91

8. Himachal Pradesh 1568.00 1967.07 2275.77

9. J & K 4395.00 5514.58 6381.44
10 Karnataka 7325.00 9177.40 8402.25
11. Kerala 3724.00 4673.49 4307.88
12 Madhya Pradesh 8817.00 11063.07 9444.68
13 Maharashtra 10602.00 13301.46 13614.41
14 Manipur 529.00 1330.00 907.00
15 Meghalaya 568.00 1425.00 974.00
16 Mizoram 406.00 1018.00 696.00
17. Nagaland 422.00 1058.00 724.00
18 Orissa 4173.00 5236.47 4847.93
19 Punjab 1330.00 1668.62 1720.64
20 Rajasthan 8732.00 10954.54 12676.22
21 Sikkim 372.00 434.00 460.83
22 Tamil Nadu 6314.00 7922.54 6534.66
23 Tripura 503.00 1262.00 862.00
24 Uttar Pradesh 14775.00 18537.93 14775.00
25 West Bengal 5704.00 7169.63 7008.15
26 A&N Islands 12.50 12.50 12.50
27 D&N Haveli 12.50 12.50 12.50
28 Daman & Diu 12.50 12.50 12.50
29 Delhi 5.00 5.00 0.00
30 Lakshadweep 12.50 12.50 12.50
31 Pondicherry 5.00 5.00 5.00
TOTAL 108190.00 143611.83 130112.47

(Rs. in Lakhs)
1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
1 Andhra Pradesh 421.6900 482.6200 437.06250
2 Gujarat 1101.1400 860.1800 2750.84700
3 Haryana 796.6200 608.2200 453.55000
4 Himmachal Pradesh 150.0000 30.0000 255.00000
5 J & K 225.0000 585.0000 486.02000
6 Karnataka 841.6800 350.4500 215.38000
7 Rajasthan 3463.8900 5063.5600 3901.21550
Total 7000.0200 7980.0300 8499.07500

S.N States	Central Central	Central	Opening	release	release	release	Balance	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	as on 1.4.2000
1 Andhra Pradesh 2292.50	2290.62	2670.75	480.00
2 Bihar 115.13	238.28	229.99	1065.00
3 Gujarat 528.48	776.95	878.81	2265.00
4 Himachal Pradesh 69.50	52.00	90.00	158.00
5 Jammu & Kashmir 112.50	40.00	219.55	195.00
6 Karnataka 786.39	908.28	801.91	985.00
7 Madhya Pradesh 892.55	882.51	1401.76	2459.00
8 Maharashtra 1986.06	552.00	644.50	5505.00
9 Orissa 63.84	274.55 46.25	572.00
10 Rajasthan 419.00	173.50	385.75	663.00
11 Tamil Nadu 707.34	272.71	827.30	169.00
12 Uttar Pradesh 842.06	838.61	1093.18	911.00
13 West Bengal 259.67 209.25	962.00
Total	9075.02	7300.01	9499.00	16389.00