Question : WORLD BANK AID FOR IRRIGATION



(a) whether any agreements have been signed between India and the World Bank for development of irrigation projects;

(b) if so, the project-wise agreements signed during each of the last three years;

(c) the details of amount released thereof to each State as on date; and

(d) the time by which the balance amounts are likely to be released and implementation of ongoing projects is completed?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES AND MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI VINCENT H. PALA)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) & (c) The project-wise agreements signed during each of the last three years are given in column 2 & 3 and the amount released thereof to each state are given in column 5 of the following table.

State	Name of	Agreement Date/	Amount of	Cumulative	Undrawn	Project	Terminal Date	Loan	Drawl as	balance	of Disbursement	(IBRD/IDA)	on 30.11.2011	as on 30.11.2011	(US $ million)	(US $ Million)	(US $ Million)
Rajasthan Additional Financing 21.5.2010/ XDR 12.40 0.97 11.43 to Rajasthan Water 31.03.2013 (IDA) Sector Restructuring Project 4709-IN Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Water 14.08.2010/ 450.60 48.11 402.49 Sector Improvement 31.07.2016 (IBRD) Project 7897-IN Orissa Orissa Community Tanks 27.01.09/ 38.47 3.56 34.91 Management Project 31.12.2014 (IBRD) 7576-IN Orissa Orissa Community Tanks 27.01.09/ XDR 23.46 2.20 21.26 Management Project 31.08.2014 (IDA) 4499-IN

(d) The balance amounts are likely to be released by the terminal date of disbursement of the project and the on-going projects are also expected to be completed on that date.