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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA
REJUVENATION
RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 796 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2015
SMALL AND MEDIUM IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN MAHARASHTRA
796. SHRI HUSAIN DALWAI
Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state: a) the area still dependent on monsoon, State-wise; b) the details of the area under cultivation brought under assured irrigation in
Maharashtra, district-wise; c) whether a large number of small and medium irrigation projects in the State are
pending for completion; d) if so, the details thereof; and e) the steps taken for their early completion?
ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION (PROF. SANWAR LAL JAT)
(a) According to the latest released publication on “Land Use Statistics at a glance”, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, the gross unirrigated/rainfed area in the country is 103716 thousand hectares (provisional data for the year 2011-12). The state-wise details are given at Annexure-I.
(b) As per information furnished by the Government of Maharashtra, the area under actual
irrigation in Maharashtra is 32.60 lakh hectare. The district-wise details of actual irrigation during 2013-14 are given at Annexure-II.
(c)&(d) : As per information furnished by the Govt. Of Maharashtra, 452 projects are under construction in Maharashtra out of which 97 projects are medium and 283 projects are minor. Their details are given at Annexure-III.
(e) Water resources projects are planned, funded and executed by the respective State
Governments from their own resources and as per their priorities. However, various Major/Medium Irrigation (MMI) and Minor Irrigation (MI) projects which cannot be completed by State Governments from their own resources and are in an advanced stage of construction, are provided assistance under Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) as per it’s guidelines.
Since inception, 34 Medium irrigation projects of Maharashtra have been included under AIBP, out of which 21 have been completed. An amount of Rs. 1159.26 crore has been released towards Central Assistance for these projects under AIBP upto January, 2015 and Irrigation Potential of 106.51 thousand hectare has been created upto March, 2014.
Further, 186 Minor Irrigation (MI) Schemes of Maharashtra with an estimated cost of Rs. 1227.3130 crore having total potential of 121.534 thousand hectare have been included for funding under AIBP upto 20.2.2015. The total assistance amounting to Rs. 934.5087 crore has been released for these MI schemes. State Government has reported that 100 MI schemes out of these 186 schemes have been completed and an irrigation potential of 52.487 thousand hectare has been created.
Annexure-I
(Thousand hectares)
ANDHRA PRADESH 11161 5090 6071 13759 6785 6975
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 215 57 158 281 57 225
ASSAM 2811 161 2649 4174 163 4011
BIHAR 5396 3052 2344 7647 5158 2489
CHHATTISGARH 4677 1415 3262 5664 1648 4016
GOA 132 41 91 164 41 123
GUJARAT 10302 4233 6069 13093 6305 6788
HARYANA 3513 3073 440 6489 5680 809
HIMACHAL PRADESH 538 106 433 951 187 763
JAMMU & KASHMIR 746 319 427 1161 480 681
JHARKHAND 1085 125 960 1255 152 1102
KARNATAKA 9941 3440 6501 12059 4137 7923
KERALA 2040 409 1631 2662 546 2116
MADHYA PRADESH 15237 7887 7350 22516 8228 14289
MAHARASHTRA 17386 3252 14134 21915 4089 17825
MANIPUR 365 69 297 365 69 297
MEGHALAYA 285 65 220 339 80 259
MIZORAM 97 13 85 97 13 84
NAGALAND 379 84 296 474 92 382
ODISHA 4394 1259 3135 4964 1437 3527
PUNJAB 4134 4086 49 7905 7771 134
RAJASTHAN 18034 7122 10913 24505 8903 15602
SIKKIM 77 14 63 137 19 118
TAMIL NADU 4986 2964 2022 5890 3519 2371
TRIPURA 256 60 196 371 129 241
UTTARAKHAND 714 339 375 1132 555 577
UTTAR PRADESH 16623 13411 3212 25809 19792 6017
WEST BENGAL 5198 3078 2120 9353 5437 3916
A&N ISLAND 15 0 15 18 0 18
CHANDIGARH 1 1 0 2 1 1
D & N HAVELI 17 4 13 22 7 15
DAMAN & DIU 3 3 3 3
DELHI 22 22 0 39 30 9
LAKSHADWEEP 2 0 2 3 0 3
PUDUCHERRY 18 15 3 27 22 6
ALL INDIA 140801 65263 75538 195246 91530 103716
Note: '0' relates to the area below 500 hectares.
Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Rajya Sabha unstarred Question no. 796 for answer on 2-3-2015
regarding small and medium irrigation projects in Maharashtra
Provisional data for the year 2011-12 as per latest released publication on Land
Use Statistics At A Glance
Gross
Irrigated
Area
Gross Un-
Irrigated
Area/Rainfed
AreaSTATES/Uts
Net Area
Sown
Net
Irrigated
Area
Net Un-
Irrigated
Area
Total
Cropped
Area
1 2 3 4 5 6
Kokan Irrigation Development Corporation Thane.
Major Projects 4 4107.13 2159.91 108318 44270
Medium Projects 11 5396.02 2774.21 84037 8671
Minor Projects 48 3146.90 1638.65 49281 8577
Total 63 12650.05 6572.77 241636 61518
Tapi Irrigation Development Corporation ,Jalgaon.
Major Projects 10 12268.74 3073.39 415329 80460
Medium Projects 14 3731.74 1618.54 83636 16033
Minor Projects 22 415.82 211.17 13847 2587
Total 46 16416.301 4903.10 512812 99080
Maharashtra Krishna Vally Development Corporation Pune.
Major Projects 29 34242.88 15875.86 1953691 717238
Medium Projects 18 3754.55 1862.88 90155 15715
Minor Projects 22 531.11 192.75 16666 500
Total 69 38528.54 17931.48 2060512 733453
Godawari Marathwada Irrigation Development Corporation, Aurangabad.
Major Projects 13 19550.78 9051.47 625257 333052
Medium Projects 8 2116.66 1078.92 60176 18394
Minor Projects 55 980.49 316.85 37284 3982
Total 76 22647.93 10447.24 722717 355428
Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation,Nagpur
Major Projects 16 40789.09 16812.20 1199753 377591
Medium Projects 46 9303.94 4878.26 249650 70751
Minor Projects 136 5411.65 2543.31 123827 9355
Total 198 55504.67 24233.76 1573230 457697
Maharashtra State
Major Projects 72 110958.62 46972.83 4302347 1552611
Medium Projects 97 24302.91 12212.81 567654 129564
Minor Projects 283 10485.97 4902.72 240905 25001
Total 452 145747.49 64088.36 5110906 1707176
Name of Corporation/
Project Type
No.of Projects Updated cost Total probable
expenditure
upto 31st
March 2014
Projected
irrigation
potential
Irrigation
potential created
by June-2013
( Rs.in Crore/ Potential in hectare )
Information of Ongoing Projects in Maharashtra
( Corporation-wise Abstract )
Annexure-III
Annexure referred to in reply to the Part C & D of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No.796 for answer on
2.3.2015 regarding Small and Medium Irrigation Projects in Maharashtra