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As per the latest available information provided by Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, in the year 2018-19, against total agricultural land of 1,80,888 thousand hectares, the cultivated land in the country was 1,53,888 thousand hectare, out of which net 71,554 thousand hectares was irrigated.

Water being a State subject, it is for the State Governments to take up projects for providing irrigation in rain-fed regions under their jurisdiction. Role of Government of India is limited to being catalytic, providing technical support and in some cases partial financial assistance in terms with the existing schemes under implementation.

A centrally sponsored scheme, namely Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), was launched during the year 2015-16, with an 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, inter alia consisting of two major components implemented by Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, namely, Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), and Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP). HKKP, in turn, consists of four sub-components, being Command Area Development & Water Management (CAD&WM), Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI), Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies, and Ground Water (GW) Development component. In addition, PMKSY has Watershed Development (WD) component being implemented by Department of Land Resources. Further, during the years 2015-22, Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) component was being implemented by Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under PMKSY, which has now been taken up under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).

 

Extension of PMKSY for 2021-22 to 2025-26 has been approved with an overall outlay of Rs. 93,068.56 crore (central assistance of Rs. 37,454 crore, debt servicing to NABARD for Rs. 20,434.56 crore and State share to be borne by the State Governments being Rs. 35,180 crore). Component-wise details for the central assistance part are as given below:

 

Component	Total (Rs. in crore)
AIBP and CAD&WM	23,918
HKKP (SMI & RRR)	4,580
HKKP (GW) (for 2021-22 only)	822
WD	8,134
Grand Total	37,454

 

This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written  reply in Lok Sabha today.

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