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Lok Sabha (Winter Session) 2013-14 – Part-III Water Resources on Environment: Lok Sabha (Winter Session) 2013-14 – Part-III Q. No. Q. Type Date Ans by Members Title of the Questions Subject Specific Political State Ministry Party Representative 05.12.2013 Water Shri Uday Singh Water Scarcity Water Management BJP Bihar *12 Starred Resources Shri Ramesh Bais BJP Chhattisgarh 05.12.2013 Water Shri Harish Choudhary Study by WAPCOS INC 10 Unstarred Resources Alternative Technologies Rajasthan 05.12.2013 Water Shri S. R. Jeyadurai Water Dispute Tribunals Water Management DMK Tamil Nadu 26 Unstarred Resources 05.12.2013 Water Shri Nalin Kumar Water Usage Freshwater and Marine BJP Karnataka 27 Unstarred Resources Kateel Conservation 05.12.2013 Water Shri Prataprao Canals in Maharashtra Agriculture SS 39 Unstarred Resources Ganpatrao Jadhav Maharashtra 05.12.2013 Water Shri Jeetendra Singh Upper Yamuna Review Freshwater and Marine BJP Madhya Pradesh 53 Unstarred Resources Bundela Committee Conservation 05.12.2013 Water Shri N.Dharam Singh Share of River Water Water Management INC Karnataka 58 Unstarred Resources 05.12.2013 Water Shri Ghanshyam Conservation of Freshwater and Marine SP Uttar Pradesh 76 Unstarred Resources Anuragi Groundwater Conservation Shri P. T. Thomas INC Kerala Shri Raju alias Devappa Anna Shetti SWP Maharashtra Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal INC Delhi Dr. Virendra Kumar BJP Madhya Pradesh Shri Kameshwar Baitha JMM Jharkhand 05.12.2013 Water Shri Purnmasi Ram Boulder Pitching Work Disaster Management Bihar 77 Unstarred Resources JD(U) 05.12.2013 Water Shri Tarachand Borewells by DMRC Freshwater and Marine INC 110 Unstarred Resources Bhagora Conservation Rajasthan 114 Unstarred 05.12.2013 Water Shri Arvind Kumar Losses due to Floods Disaster Management BSP Uttar Pradesh Resources Chaudhary Smt. Susmita Bauri CPI(M) West Bengal Smt. Putul Kumari Ind. Bihar Shri Modugula Venugopala Reddy TDP Andhra Pradesh 05.12.2013 Water Shri Eknath Mahadeo Mapping of Aquifers 122 Unstarred Resources Gaikwad EIA INC Maharashtra Shri J.M. Aaroon Environmental Education, Rasheed NGOs and Media INC Tamil Nadu Shri Anand Prakash Freshwater and Marine Paranjpe Conservation SS Maharashtra Shri Harin Pathak BJP Gujarat Shri Subhash Bapurao Wankhede SS Maharashtra Shri Bhaskarrao Bapurao Patil INC Maharashtra Smt. Supriya Sadanand Sule NCP Maharashtra 05.12.2013 Water Shri Gorakh Prasad Flood Control Disaster Management 135 Unstarred Resources Jaiswal BSP Uttar Pradesh Shri Modugula Venugopala Reddy TDP Andhra Pradesh Smt. Rama Devi BJP Bihar Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat BSP Uttar Pradesh 05.12.2013 Water Shri Hansraj Gangaram Proposal from Agriculture 142 Unstarred Resources Ahir Maharashtra BJP Maharashtra 05.12.2013 Water Shri Bhausaheb Proposals for Repair of Agriculture 157 Unstarred Resources Wakchaure Water Bodies SS Maharashtra Shri Arjun Ram Freshwater and Marine Meghwal Conservation BJP Rajasthan 05.12.2013 Water Dr. Kirodilal Meena Contamination of Freshwater and Marine Ind. 159 Unstarred Resources Groundwater Conservation Rajasthan 05.12.2013 Water Shri Bhismshankar Groundwater in Hilly Freshwater and Marine 160 Unstarred Resources Alias Kushal Tiwari Areas Conservation BSP Uttar Pradesh 05.12.2013 Water A.T. NANA PATIL Expansion of Water 161 Unstarred Resources Resources BJP Maharashtra 167 Unstarred 05.12.2013 Water Shri Devji Mansingram Mahi Dam Issue Freshwater and Marine BJP Rajasthan Resources Patel Conservation 05.12.2013 Water Shri Hemanand Biswal Minor Irrigation Project Agriculture 194 Unstarred Resources INC Odisha 05.12.2013 Water Shri Anant Kumar Treaty on Brahmaputra Disaster Management 202 Unstarred Resources Dattatreya Hegde BJP Karnataka Shri Rajiv Ranjan Freshwater and Marine (Lalan) Singh Conservation JD(U) Bihar 05.12.2013 Water Shri Anandrao Adsul Per Capita Availability of Environmental Education, 205 Unstarred Resources Water NGOs and Media SS Maharashtra Shri Dharmendra Water Management Yadav SP Uttar Pradesh Shri Shivaji Adhalrao Patil SS Maharashtra Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel BJP Karnataka Shri Gajanan Dharmshi Babar SS Maharashtra 05.12.2013 Water Shri Chandrakant Interlinking of Rivers Freshwater and Marine 212 Unstarred Resources Bhaurao Khaire Conservation SS Maharashtra Shri Harin Pathak Water Management BJP Gujarat Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal INC Delhi Dr. Sanjay Sinh INC Uttar Pradesh Smt. Kamla Devi Patle BJP Chhattisgarh Shri Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav SS Maharashtra Shri Ratan Singh INC Rajasthan 05.12.2013 Water Shri Jagadanand Singh Targets for Irrigation Agriculture 223 Unstarred Resources RJD Bihar 05.12.2013 Water Shri Vilas Baburao Minor Irrigation Projects Agriculture 230 Unstarred Resources Muttemwar INC Maharashtra 12.12.2013 Water Shri Ijyaraj Singh Projects under AIBP Agriculture *102 Starred Resources INC Rajasthan Shri Ramashankar Water Management Rajbhar BSP Uttar Pradesh 12.12.2013 Water Shri A.K.S. Vijayan Dam Rehabilitation and Disaster Management *108 Starred Resources Improvement Project DMK Tamil Nadu Smt. Rama Devi Freshwater and Marine BJP Bihar Conservation 12.12.2013 Water Shri Ram Sundar Das Depletion of Groundwater Agriculture 110 Starred Resources Resources JD(U) Bihar Shri Ponnam Prabhakar Freshwater and Marine Conservation INC Andhra Pradesh 12.12.2013 Water Shri P.R. Natarajan Assistance under Flood Disaster Management 1155 Unstarred Resources Management Programme CPI(M) Tamil Nadu 12.12.2013 Water Shri Anurag Singh Flood Management Disaster Management Himachal 1156 Unstarred Resources Thakur BJP Pradesh 12.12.2013 Water Shri Prataprao Irrigation under Bharat Agriculture 1158 Unstarred Resources Ganpatrao Jadhav Nirman Yojana SS Maharashtra 12.12.2013 Water Shri Nishikant Dubey Water Resource Projects Freshwater and Marine 1187 Unstarred Resources Conservation BJP Jharkhand 12.12.2013 Water Shri Rangaswamy Tanks in Rural Areas Freshwater and Marine 1188 Unstarred Resources Dhruvanarayana Conservation INC Karnataka 12.12.2013 Water Shri Ravneet Singh Financial Assistance to Freshwater and Marine 1199 Unstarred Resources RRR in Punjab Conservation INC Punjab 12.12.2013 Water Shri E.G. Sugavanam Incentives for Resources Groundwater Freshwater and Marine 1201 Unstarred Conservation Conservation DMK Tamil Nadu 12.12.2013 Water Shri Arjun Ram Punjab Termination of Water Management 1220 Unstarred Resources Meghwal Agreements Act, 2004 BJP Rajasthan 12.12.2013 Water Smt. Bijoya Flood in Assam Disaster Management 1227 Unstarred Resources Chakravarty BJP Assam 12.12.2013 Water Shri S. Semmalai National Water Policy Water Management AIADM 1231 Unstarred Resources K Tamil Nadu Shri J.M. Aaroon Rasheed INC Tamil Nadu Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal BJP Tamil Nadu 12.12.2013 Water Shri Rakesh Singh Depletion of Groundwater Freshwater and Marine 1249 Unstarred Resources Conservation BJP Madhya Pradesh Km. Saroj Pandey BJP Chhattisgarh Shri Kirti (Jha) Azad BJP Bihar Shri Ijyaraj Singh INC Rajasthan 12.12.2013 Water Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala National Projects 1259 Unstarred Resources Alternative Technologies SAD Punjab Shri Ganesh Singh Disaster Management BJP Madhya Pradesh Shri Gowdar Energy Studies Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara BJP Karnataka 12.12.2013 Water Shri Ramesh Water-Logged Areas in Pollution 1260 Unstarred Resources Vishwanath Katti Karnataka BJP Karnataka 12.12.2013 Water Shri M. K. Raghavan Rain Water Harvesting Freshwater and Marine 1265 Unstarred Resources Conservation INC Kerala 12.12.2013 Water Capt.(Retd.) Jainarain Guide Dam on Gandak Disaster Management 1278 Unstarred Resources Prasad Nishad River JD(U) Bihar 12.12.2013 Water Shri Nalin Kumar Judicious use of Water Environmental Education, 1296 Unstarred Resources Kateel NGOs and Media BJP Karnataka 12.12.2013 Water Shri Raosaheb Patil Dam on Brahmaputra Freshwater and Marine 1313 Unstarred Resources Danve Conservation BJP Maharashtra Dr. Kirodilal Meena Water Management Ind. Rajasthan Shri Ramen Deka BJP Assam Shri Rajendra Agrawal BJP Uttar Pradesh 12.12.2013 Water Shri Avtar Singh Roof Top Rain Water Freshwater and Marine 1314 Unstarred Resources Bhadana Harvesting Conservation INC Haryana Shri Modugula Venugopala Reddy TDP Andhra Pradesh Shri J.M. Aaroon Rasheed INC Tamil Nadu 12.12.2013 Water Shri Manohar Tirkey Withdrawal of Fresh Agriculture 1332 Unstarred Resources Water RSP West Bengal Shri Narahari Mahato Disaster Management AIFB West Bengal Shri Viswanathan Water Management Perumal INC Tamil Nadu 12.12.2013 Water Shri Chandrakant DDP and DPAP Areas Agriculture 1350 Unstarred Resources Raghunath Patil BJP Gujarat Shri Bharat Ram Water Management Meghwal INC Rajasthan 12.12.2013 Water Shri Ramkishun Water Management in Agriculture 1358 Unstarred Resources Uttar Pradesh SP Uttar Pradesh 12.12.2013 Water Shri Hansraj Gangaram Repair of Ponds Freshwater and Marine 1366 Unstarred Resources Ahir Conservation BJP Maharashtra 12.12.2013 Water Shri Haribhau Madhav Net Irrigated Area Agriculture 1370 Unstarred Resources Jawale BJP Maharashtra *222 Starred 06.02.2014 Water Shri A.K.S. Vijayan Accelerated Irrigation Agriculture DMK Tamil Nadu Resources Benefits Programme 06.02.2014 Water Smt. Darshana Vikram Sardar Sarovar Project 2444 Unstarred Resources Jardosh Water Management BJP Gujarat 06.02.2014 Water Prof.(Dr.) Ram Shankar DDP and DPAP Areas 2452 Unstarred Resources Agriculture BJP Uttar Pradesh 06.02.2014 Water Shri Anto Antony Awareness about Water Environmental Education, 2455 Unstarred Resources Conservation NGOs and Media INC Kerala 06.02.2014 Water Shri Gowdar Wastage of Water Resources Mallikarjunappa 2472 Unstarred Siddeshwara Agriculture BJP Karnataka 06.02.2014
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