Ministry of Jal Shakti
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FLOOD MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATION SCHEMES

Posted On: 31 JUL 2025 4:32PM by PIB Delhi

Flood management and irrigarion schemes are formulated and implemented by concerned State Governments as per their priority. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical guidance and promotional financial assistance.

To strengthen the structural measures of flood management, Union Government had implemented Flood Management Programme (FMP) during XI & XII Plans for providing central assistance to States for works related to flood control, anti-erosion, drainage development, anti-sea erosion, etc. which subsequently continued as a component of “Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)” for the period from 2017-18 to 2020-21 and during 2021-22 to 2025-26.

Total 522 flood management projects covering 25 States/UTs with an estimated cost of Rs. 13238.37 Crore were included during XI and XII plan and 7 new flood management projects of six states with an estimated cost of Rs. 2573.80 crore have been included under FMP component of FMBAP during 2021-26. Total central assistance amounting to Rs. 7260.50 crore and Rs 1477.15 crore has been released under FMP and River Management and Border Area (RMBA) component respectively to various states upto March 2025. Details of State wise fund released under FMBAP scheme during last three years is placed below.

Total Budget earmarked and fund utilised under FMBAP scheme during last three years is given below:

 

 

Amount in Rs. Crore

Year

Budget Estimate

Revised Estimate

Actual Expenditure

2022-23

450

450

433.204

2023-24

450

200

198.384

2024-25

449.57

400

386.95

Total 431 projects under FMP component of FMBAP have been completed in various States which give protection to an area of around 5.13 Mha and protected a population of about 54.84 million.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched during the year 2015-16, with the aim to enhance physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, etc. PMKSY is an umbrella scheme, consisting of two major components being implemented by this Ministry, namely, Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP), and Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP).

Further, a special package for completion of 8 MMI and 83 surface minor irrigation (SMI) projects of Maharashtra, having estimated balance cost of Rs. 13,651.61 crore as on April, 2018, has been approved during 2018-19 for financial assistance by Government of India.

Details of central assistance provided under AIBP and CAD&WM components of PMKSY and under Maharashtra package is placed below.

3.90 lakh hectare irrigation potential has been created/restored under PMKSY-AIBP during 2022-23 to 2024-25 with command area development of 4.69 lakh hectare. Further, 0.63 lakh hectare irrigation potential has been created under Maharashtra Package during 2022-23 to 2024-25.

Presently, 58 clusters comprising of 5,861 Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) and Repair, Renovation, and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies schemes are included under the SMI/RRR component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana – Har Khet Ko Pani (PMKSY-HKKP). The total estimated cost of these schemes is Rs. 9,965 crores. The central assistance liability for these schemes during the 15th Finance Commission period amounts to Rs. 5,449 crores.

Details of State wise CA released and Irrigation Potential created/restored under SMI and RRR of Water Bodies component of PMKSY-HKKP during the last three years is given below.

This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

MAM/SMP

(Lok Sabha US Q1934)

 

State-wise central Assistance released under FMBAP in last three years (Rs in Cr)

Sl. No.

State

Central Assistance released

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

1

Arunachal Pradesh

 

 

22.50

2

Assam

248.65

7.20

25.50

3

Bihar

88.96

74.59

32.51

4

Himachal Pradesh

 

30.16

 

5

Jammu & Kashmir

 

0.49

 

6

Manipur

76.63

62.00

99.00

7

Nagaland

 

0.86

 

8

Punjab

 

 

0.93

9

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

164.7

10

Uttarakhand

 

 

12.50

11

West Bengal

 

 

7.78

 

Total

414.24

175.30

365.42

 

 

 

 

 

Sl. No.

 

State

 

Central Assistance released in last three financial years (in crore) under PMKSY-AIBP and CADWM

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

1

Assam

41.98

0

42.46

2

Bihar

0

0

49.82

3

Chhattisgarh

1.85

10.44

3.33

4

Goa

0

0

0

5

Gujarat

61.15

32.4

11.77

6

Himachal Pradesh

0

414.46

369.53

7

Jharkhand

0

0

0

8

Karnataka

6.39

0

0

9

Kerala

0

0

0

10

Madhya Pradesh

93.43

53.44

10.94

11

Maharashtra

216.03

336.81

182.19

12

Manipur

24.86

13.65

0

13

Odisha

0

0

0

14

Punjab

213

288.45

157.65

15

Rajasthan

20.78

177

212.83

16

Telangana

0

0

0

17

Tamil Nadu

25.7

0

0

18

Uttar Pradesh

23.91

0

0

19

Uttarakhand

38.58

165.56

479.97

20

UT of Jammu & Kashmir

0

0

0

Total

767.66

1492.21

1520.49

 

State wise Central Assistance (CA) released under SMI and RRR of WBs component of PMKSY-HKKP (Rs. in crores)

S No.

State

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

1

Andhra Pradesh

 

 

 

2

Arunachal Pradesh

41.95

138.70

77.27

3

Assam

71.54

52.09

125.03

4

Bihar

11.76

7.78

 

5

Gujarat

3.16

2.57

 

6

Himachal Pradesh

40.50

142.30

38.63

7

J&K & Ladakh

 

 

 

8

Karnataka

30.00

37.50

37.50

9

Manipur

26.46

23.55

 

10

Meghalaya

46.52

74.21

57.09

11

Mizoram

 

0.81

 

12

Nagaland

21.01

92.71

57.81

13

Odisha

11.10

56.25

46.67

14

Rajasthan

9.30

10.46

35.99

15

Sikkim

12.88

29.25

9.40

16

Tamil Nadu

27.70

49.60

26.98

17

Telangana

 

 

 

18

Tripura

 

 

 

19

Uttarakhand

17.20

93.40

76.00

 

Total

371.08

811.19

588.37

 

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