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Government of India
Ministry of Water Resources
04-August-2011 19:22 IST
Irrigation under Bharat Nirman Programme
Creation of irrigation potential of 10 million hectares was targeted under Bharat Nirman during the four years i

Creation of irrigation potential of 10 million hectares was targeted under Bharat Nirman during the four years i.e., during the period from 2005-06 to 2008-09.  Further, creation of 3.5 million hectare of irrigation potential has been targeted under Bharat Nirman in the next two years i.e., 1.75 million hectare each during 2009-10 and 2010-11.

As per the information received from the State Governments, irrigation potential of 1.93 million hectare and 1.85 million hectare has been created during the years 2008-09 and 2009-10 respectively.  During the year 2010-11, creation of 0.81 million hectare of irrigation potential has so far been reported by the States, the information is still awaited from few States. 

Water being a State subject, Planning and implementation of water resources projects are undertaken by respective State Governments as per their own priorities.  However, central assistance is provided to the States for early completion of the projects. The details of the major / medium/minor projects taken up under Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) in various States during the above period and the status thereof are as follows:

S.No

Name of States

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

Taken up

Completed

Taken up

Completed

Taken up

Completed

Taken up

Completed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.

MMI Projects *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Andhra Pradesh

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Bihar

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Chhattisgarh

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

4

Himachal Pradesh

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

5

Jammu and Kashmir

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Karnataka

3

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

7

Kerala

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

8

Madhya Pradesh

5

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

9

Maharashtra

3

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

10

Orissa

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

11

Punjab

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

12

Uttar Pradesh

1

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total MMI Projects

17

 

14

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.

Minor Projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Special Category States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Arunachal Pradesh

145

111

 

39

79

29

 

 

2

Assam

320

87

505

154

 

72

 

 

3

Manipur

 

198

165

40

 

19

 

 

4

Meghalaya

53

4

23

25

49

35

 

 

5

Mizoram

73

62

 

40

58

43

 

 

6

Nagaland

166

48

 

192

177

104

 

 

7

Sikkim

 

37

 

26

225

 

 

 

8

Tripura

 

57

37

48

 

35

 

 

9

Himachal Pradesh

 

30

 

39

191

25

 

 

10

Jammu & Kashmir

131

121

12

31

 

130

 

 

11

Orissa (KBK)

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Uttrakhand

39

267

20

229

492

291

 

 

(b)

Non Special Category States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Andhra Pradesh

29

6

 

5

 

1

17

3

2

Chhattisgarh

58

33

22

36

 

22

49

34

3

Madhya Pradesh

66

18

 

7

19

68

 

 

4

Maharashtra

6

34

 

15

46

24

 

 

5

Bihar

56

 

 

 

32

60

 

 

6

West Bengal

 

23

 

 

34

 

 

 

7

Rajasthan

 

 

7

 

 

1

 

 

8

Karnataka

 

 

98

 

207

33

 

 

9

Jharkhand

 

 

 

 

285

 

 

 

 

Total MI Projects

1182

1136

889

926

1894

992

66

37

 

*Note : All the MMI projects taken up during last three years are in progress

 

The Minister of State in the Ministry Of Water Resources and Minority Affairs Shri Vincent H. Pala gave this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

YSK