(a) whether the Government has formulated any new plan for conservation of rural water bodies and ground water recharge across the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the concrete steps taken by the Government for sustainability of drinking water supply in rural areas of the country including Latur district of Maharashtra and Chatra District of Jharkhand?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)
(a) to (c) Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan which is 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 for sustainable water management.
Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management including conservation and artificial recharge to ground water in the Country is primarily States’ responsibility. The 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.
Rural water supply is a State subject and Government of India supplements the efforts of the States by providing financial and technical assistance. To enable every rural household to have Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024, Government of India has launched Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), with an outlay of Rs.3.60 lakh Crore. This Mission, under the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, will focus on integrated demand and supply side management of water at the local level, including creation of local infrastructure for source sustainability like rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge and management of household wastewater for reuse in agriculture.
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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 Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana – Watershed Development Component (PMKSY-WDC).
As per Management Information System (MIS), the detailed works of renovation of traditional water bodies completed during last five years under MGNREGS including in Maharashtra and Jharkhand is given at Annexure I.
As per information received from Ministry of Rural Development, as on 31.10.2019, Rs. 17751.75 crore has been released to States including Maharashtra and Jharkhand as Central share for implementation under PMKSY-WDC. State wise details of watershed projects sanctioned, area covered by the projects and funds released as Central share are given at Annexure-II. Further, as per the information received from the States, between 2014-15 to 2019-20 (upto Sept. 2019), total 6,08,384 water harvesting structures were created/rejuvenated. State wise details are given at Annexure-III.
The total projects sanctioned and area covered by the projects in Latur district of Maharashtra and Chatra District of Jharkhand under WDC-PMKSY is as under:
State District Total No. of Projects sanctioned Area covered by the projects (in lakh hectare)
Maharashtra Latur 41 1.70
Jharkhand Chatra 6 0.34
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ANNEXURE I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Unstarred Question No. 1751 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 28.11.2019 regarding “Conservation of rural water bodies”.
Details of works of renovation of traditional water bodies completed during last five years under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS:
Renovation of traditional water bodies
SI. No. States/UTs 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15
1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR 1 3 6 10 4
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 19196 10126 23091 15346 13714
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 34 35 13 2
4 ASSAM 591 588 366 286 333
5 BIHAR 1637 1831 1353 1072 833
6 CHHATTISGARH 4527 5944 6068 2722 3770
7 GOA 5 27 88 103 97
8 GUJARAT 4724 5429 5435 3007 1727
9 HARYANA 410 445 645 272 400
10 HIMACHAL PRADESH 706 527 595 553 632
11 JAMMU & KASHMIR 509 1154 1127 1345 690
12 JHARKHAND 198 955 5024 1519 1528
13 KARNATAKA 6280 7450 8333 6917 6960
14 KERALA 6410 9382 25757 23269 22607
15 LAKSHADWEEP 0 1 0 0 1
16 MADHYA PRADESH 3845 2867 2013 992 1976
17 MAHARASHTRA 2518 2093 3409 2438 2035
18 MANIPUR 25 52 103 42 73
19 MEGHALAYA 144 201 264 152 152
20 MIZORAM 247 157 26 74 39
21 NAGALAND 1 50 30 29 3
22 ODISHA 1893 4726 9417 4268 3511
23 PUDUCHERRY 501 500 482 441 233
24 PUNJAB 2243 2592 3402 2102 1802
25 RAJASTHAN 2762 3288 6137 2985 3282
26 SIKKIM 0 0 0 2 3
27 TAMIL NADU 12433 47951 31757 35413 33736
28 TELANGANA 977 1967 5695 526 387
29 TRIPURA 133 463 976 2787 4814
30 UTTAR PRADESH 9073 10104 13639 7769 6456
31 UTTARAKHAND 1144 1225 672 516 359
32 WEST BENGAL 9958 18851 21495 20511 17811
Total 93091 140983 177440 137481 129970
ANNEXURE-II
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Unstarred Question No. 1751 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 28.11.2019 regarding “Conservation of rural water bodies”.
State-wise details of watershed projects sanctioned, area covered by the projects and funds released as Central share to States under WDC-PMKSY (as on 31.10.2019)
(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 2019-20)#
Total no.
of Projects Area of the
projects
1
12 Andhra Pradesh* 432 1.810 1060.68
2 Arunachal Pradesh 156 0.467 244.33
3 Assam 372 1.577 492.75
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 1894.70
12 Kerala 83 0.423 109.30
13 Madhya Pradesh 517 2.937 1497.49
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 0.476 539.15
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 1.399 590.30
25 Tripura 65 0.213 210.96
26 Uttarakhand 65 0.346 131.08
27 Uttar Pradesh 612 3.045 808.49
28 West Bengal 163 0.693 197.08
Total 8214
39.07
17751.75
@ Sanctioned under the erstwhile Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), which has been amalgamated as the Watershed Development Component (WDC) of the PradhanMantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (PMKSY) with effect from 2015-16.
*As per final audited details received from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana after bifurcation of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.
^erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir # including releases under the erstwhile IWMP
ANNEXURE-III
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Unstarred Question No. 1751 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 28.11.2019 regarding “Conservation of rural water bodies”.
State-wise details of WHS created/rejuvenated, additional area brought under irrigation and farmers benefitted under WDC-PMKSY during 2014-15 to 2019-20 (as on 30.09.2019)
Sl. No State WHS created /
Rejuvenated
(in Nos.)
1 Andhra Pradesh** 192501
2 Arunachal Pradesh 588
3 Assam 6445
4 Bihar 4105
5 Chhattisgarh 8075
6 Gujarat 18575
7 Haryana 3191
8 Himachal Pradesh 9009
9 Jammu & Kashmir 3458
10 Jharkhand 3192
11 Karnataka 28410
12 Kerala 20766
13 Madhya Pradesh 26543
14 Maharashtra 10330
15 Manipur 10851
16 Meghalaya 2438
17 Mizoram 8201
18 Nagaland 2656
19 Odisha 21186
20 Punjab 336
21 Rajasthan 101098
22 Sikkim 169
23 Tamil Nadu 51350
24 Telangana 21220
25 Tripura 2548
26 Uttar Pradesh 22696
27 Uttarakhand 17009
28 West Bengal 11438
Total 608384
Note: Provisional and subject to change (As per information received from States)
**including achievements in convergence with MGNREGA in watershed area.
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