Rural Development on Environment: 2012-13

Q. No. Q. Type Date Ans by Ministry Members Title of the Questions Subject Political State Specific Party Representative 484 Unstarred 15.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Haribhau Madhav Funds to NGOs under Environmental BJP Jawale CAPART Education, NGOs and Media 494 Unstarred 15.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Badri Ram Jakhar Integrated Watershed Water INC Rajasthan Management Management Programme 564 Unstarred 15.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Harish Chaudhary Watershed Scheme Water INC Rajasthan Management Shri Ijyaraj Singh INC Rajasthan *130 Starred 22.03.2012 Rural Development Shri N. Chaluvaraya Integrated Wastelands Environmental JD(S) Karnataka Swamy Management Conservation Programme Shri Ijyaraj Singh INC Rajasthan 1442 Unstarred 22.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Syed Shahnawaz Self-Help Groups in Environmental BJP Bihar Hussain Bihar Education, NGOs and Media 1495 Unstarred 22.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Ashok Kumar Housing and Drinking Water BSP Rawat Water Facilities Management Shri Gorakh Prasad BSP Uttar Pradesh Jaiswal Rajkumari Ratna Singh INC Uttar Pradesh 1505 Unstarred 22.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Laxman Tudu Rural Development Freshwater BJD Odisha Schemes and Marine Conservation Shri Surendra Singh Water BSP Uttar Pradesh Nagar Management Dr.Rattan Singh Ajnala SAD Punjab Dr. Sanjay Sinh INC Uttar Pradesh Shri Nishikant Dubey BJP Jharkhand Shri AIFB

Shri AIFB West Bengal Shri Kadir Rana BSP Uttar Pradesh 1541 Unstarred 22.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Pradeep Majhi Environment INC Odisha Projects under and Forest MGNREGS Trade Shri Kishanbhai INC Gujarat Vestabhai Patel 1574 Unstarred 22.03.2012 Rural Development Smt. Supriya Sadanand Funds under Rural Freshwater NCP Maharashtra Sule Development Schemes and Marine Conservation Shri Forest CPI West Bengal Conservation Shri Gajanan Dharmshi Health and SS Maharashtra Babar Sanitation Shri P.Lingam Pollution CPI Tamil Nadu Shri Water NCP Maharashtra Management Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh NCP Maharashtra Naik Chaudhary Lal Singh INC Jammu and Kashmir Shri Kumbakudi INC Kerala Sudhakaran Shri Dharmendra Yadav SP Uttar Pradesh Shri Shivaji Adhalrao SS Maharashtra Patil Shri Anandrao Adsul SS Maharashtra Shri Dushyant Singh BJP Rajasthan 2704 Unstarred 29.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Harish Chaudhary Area under Desert and Agriculture INC Rajasthan Barren Land Shri Dara Singh Environment BSP Uttar Pradesh Chauhan and Forest Trade Freshwater and Marine Conservation Forest Conservation

Pollution Water Management 2716 Unstarred 29.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Projects Sanctioned by Environmental RSP West Bengal CAPART Conservation Shri Prasanta Kumar RSP West Bengal Majumdar 2729 Unstarred 29.03.2012 Rural Development Smt. Seema Upadhyay Schemes/Projects Environmental BSP Uttar Pradesh under CAPART Conservation Shri Bhausaheb SS Maharashtra Wakchaure Shri Maheshwar Hazari JD(U) Bihar Shri Harish Chaudhary INC Rajasthan Shri Ijyaraj Singh INC Rajasthan Smt. Sushila Saroj SP Uttar Pradesh Smt. Usha Verma SP Uttar Pradesh 2730 Unstarred 29.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Arjun Ram Availability of Water Disaster BJP Rajasthan Meghwal in Desert and Drought Management Prone Areas Shri Badri Ram Jakhar Freshwater INC Rajasthan and Marine Conservation Water Management 2740 Unstarred 29.03.2012 Rural Development Shri Bhoopendra Singh Financial Assistance Environmental BJP Madhya by CAPART Conservation Pradesh 3655 Unstarred 26.04.2012 Rural Development Dr. Nilesh Narayan Wasteland Area Water INC Maharashtra Rane Management 4461 Unstarred 03.05.2012 Rural Development Shri J.M. Aaroon Rashid Rehabilitation Policy Agriculture INC Tamil Nadu Smt. Yashodhara Raje Energy BJP Madhya Scindia Studies Pradesh Shri Rangaswamy Freshwater INC Karnataka Dhruvanarayana and Marine Conservation Water Management 4476 Unstarred 03.05.2012 Rural Development Shri Pralhad Venkatesh Watershed Projects Disaster BJP Karnataka Joshi Management

Shri A.K.S. Vijayan Water DMK Tamil Nadu Management 4492 Unstarred 03.05.2012 Rural Development Dr. Bali Ram Pending Rural Environment BSP Uttar Pradesh Development Projects and Forest Trade Health and Sanitation Water Management 5588 Unstarred 10.05.2012 Rural Development Shri Manohar Tirkey Funds for Treatment Freshwater RSP West Bengal of Forest Areas and Marine Conservation Shri Prasanta Kumar Forest RSP West Bengal Majumdar Conservation Water Management 5620 Unstarred 10.05.2012 Rural Development Kunwar Rewati Raman Forest Clearance under EIA SP Uttar Pradesh Singh PMGSY Forest Conservation 5625 Unstarred 10.05.2012 Rural Development Shri Shivaji Adhalrao Funds for Disaster SS Maharashtra Patil Development of Management Drought Prone Areas Shri Gajanan Dharmshi Environmental SS Maharashtra Babar Conservation Freshwater and Marine Conservation Water Management 5714 Unstarred 10.05.2012 Rural Development Shri Ram Singh Kaswan Wasteland Environmental BJP Rajasthan Development Works Conservation under MGNREGS 6775 Unstarred 17.05.2012 Rural Development Shri Surendra Singh Reclamation of Land Agriculture BSP Uttar Pradesh Nagar Environmental Conservation Freshwater and Marine

Conservation Pollution 6854 Unstarred 17.05.2012 Rural Development Shri P. Kumar Water Projects under Agriculture AIADMK Tamil Nadu MGNREGS Disaster Management Freshwater and Marine Conservation Water Management 6899 Unstarred 17.05.2012 Rural Development Shri Harish Chaudhary Grants to NGOs Environmental INC Rajasthan Education, NGOs and Media 242 Unstarred 09.08.2012 Rural Development Dr. Sanjay Sinh Assistance to NGOs in Environmental INC Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Education, NGOs and Media Shri Gorakh Prasad BSP Uttar Pradesh Jaiswal 245 Unstarred 09.08.2012 Rural Development Shri M. B. Rajesh PURA Scheme Health and CPI(M) Kerala Sanitation Shri Anirudhan Sampath Water CPI(M) Kerala Management 275 Unstarred 09.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Naveen Jindal Social Audit of Rural Water INC Haryana Development Schemes Management 298 Unstarred 09.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Badri Ram Jakhar IWMP in Rajasthan Freshwater INC Rajasthan and Marine Conservation Water Management 319 Unstarred 09.08.2012 Rural Development Dr. Kirodilal Meena Schemes/Projects Environmental Ind. Rajasthan Sanctioned by Education, CAPART NGOs and Media Shri AITC West Bengal 331 Unstarred 09.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Anandrao Adsul Employment under Climate SS Maharashtra MGNREGS Change and

Meteorology Shri Shivaji Adhalrao Disaster SS Maharashtra Patil Management Environmental Conservation Freshwater and Marine Conservation Forest Conservation Water Management 380 Unstarred 09.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Pradeep Majhi Prime Minister's Rural Freshwater INC Odisha Development Fellows and Marine Scheme Conservation Shri Kishanbhai Water INC Gujarat Vestabhai Patel Management 1026 Unstarred 16.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Anandrao Adsul Allocation of Funds Health and SS Maharashtra for PURA Scheme Sanitation Shri Pradeep Majhi Pollution INC Odisha Smt. Annu Tandon Water INC Uttar Pradesh Management Shri Zafar Ali Naqvi INC Uttar Pradesh Shri Jose K. Mani KC(M) Kerala Shri Dharmendra Yadav Uttar Pradesh SP Shri Gajanan Dharmshi SS Maharashtra Babar Shri Shivaji Adhalrao SS Maharashtra Patil Shri Kishanbhai INC Gujarat Vestabhai Patel Shri Rangaswamy INC Karnataka Dhruvanarayana 1027 Unstarred 16.08.2012 Rural Development Smt. Annu Tandon Monitoring of Dams Agriculture INC Uttar Pradesh and Reservoirs Disaster Management

Environmental Conservation Forest Conservation Pollution Water Management 1080 Unstarred 16.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Jai Prakash Development of Rural Water INC Delhi Agarwal Areas Management 1143 Unstarred 16.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Suresh Kumar Illegal Conversion of Agriculture INC Andhra Shetkar Agricultural Land Pradesh 1901 Unstarred 23.08.2012 Rural Development Smt. Kamla Devi Patle NGOs in Chhattisgarh Environmental BJP Chhattisgarh Education, NGOs and Media 1937 Unstarred 23.08.2012 Rural Development Dr. (Smt.) Jhansi Awareness Environmental INC Andhra Lakshmi Botcha Programme on Rural Education, Pradesh Development Schemes NGOs and Media 1968 Unstarred 23.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Uday Pratap Singh Utilisation of Funds Environmental INC Madhya under Various Conservation Pradesh Schemes Shri Bhausaheb Pollution SS Maharashtra Wakchaure Water Management 2070 Unstarred 23.08.2012 Rural Development Shri N. Chaluvaraya Check Dams under Forest JD(S) Karnataka Swamy MGNREGS Conservation Water Management 3100 Unstarred 30.08.2012 Rural Development Dr. Bhola Singh Blacklisted NGOs Environmental BJP Bihar Education, NGOs and Media 3146 Unstarred 30.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Neeraj Shekhar Integrated Watershed Agriculture SP Uttar Pradesh Management Programme Shri Yashvir Singh Water SP Uttar Pradesh Management

Shri Kalikesh Narayan BJD Odisha Singh Deo 3150 Unstarred 30.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Development of Environmental INC Andhra Rao Wasteland Conservation Pradesh Shri Rajaiah Siricilla Forest Andhra Conservation INC Pradesh Shri Ashok Tanwar Water INC Haryana Management 3193 Unstarred 30.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Narayan Singh Survey under Drought Disaster INC Madhya Amlabe Prone Area Management Pradesh Programme 3195 Unstarred 30.08.2012 Rural Development Shri Kalikesh Narayan Contribution of Alternative BJD Odisha Singh Deo Renewable Energy in Technologies Rural Development Works Energy Studies 4219 Unstarred 06.09.2012 Rural Development Shri Pradeep Majhi Promotion of IWMP Water INC Odisha Management Shri Kishanbhai INC Gujarat Vestabhai Patel 4233 Unstarred 06.09.2012 Rural Development Dr. Bhola Singh Hariyali Yojana Disaster BJP Bihar Management Environmental Conservation Forest Conservation Water Management 4284 Unstarred 06.09.2012 Rural Development Shri Prem Das Rai Concept of Green Environmental SDF Sikkim under Rural Conservation Development Programmes 4369 Unstarred 06.09.2012 Rural Development Shri Pradeep Majhi Funding Pattern of Environmental INC Odisha IWMP Conservation Shri Kishanbhai Forest INC Gujarat Vestabhai Patel Conservation Water Management

*1 Starred 22.11.2012 Rural Development Shri Hukmdev Narayan Grants to NGOs under Environmental BJP Bihar Yadav CAPART Education, NGOs and Media Shri Mansukhbhai D. BJP Gujarat Vasava 40 Unstarred 22.11.2012 Rural Development Shri Marotrao Sainuji Construction of Freshwater INC Maharashtra Kowase Houses under IAY and Marine Conservation Water Management 56 Unstarred 22.11.2012 Rural Development Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel Schemes for Rural Water BJP Karnataka Areas Management Shri Premdas Katheria SP Uttar Pradesh Shri Vishwa Mohan JD(U) Bihar Kumar 88 Unstarred 22.11.2012 Rural Development Shri Pradeep Majhi Implementation of Health and INC Odisha PURA Sanitation Shri Kishanbhai INC Gujarat Vestabhai Patel 932 Unstarred 29.11.2012 Rural Development Shri Raju alias Devappa Employment in Agriculture SWP Maharashtra Anna Shetti Drought Affected Areas Dr. Kirodilal Meena Disaster Ind. Rajasthan Management Water BJP Karnataka Management 1013 Unstarred 29.11.2012 Rural Development Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel New Schemes for Environmental Rural Areas Conservation Smt. Davidson J. Helen DMK Tamil Nadu Shri Raghavendra BJP Karnataka Yeddyurappa 1032 Unstarred 29.11.2012 Rural Development Shri A.T. (Nana) Patil Implementation of Agriculture Maharashtra Rural Development BJP Schemes Shri Kapil Muni Environmental BSP Uttar Pradesh Karwariya Education, NGOs and Media

Shri Ram Sundar Das Bihar JD(U) *195 Starred 06.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Hemanand Biswal Integrated Watershed Water INC Odisha Management Management Programme 2101 Unstarred 06.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Harish Chaudhary Desert Development Agriculture INC Rajasthan Programme Water Management 2121 Unstarred 06.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Tathagata Satpathy Watershed Water BJD Odisha Management Management Programmes 2168 Unstarred 06.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Prem Das Rai Conversion of Barren Agriculture SDF Sikkim Land into Agricultural Land Water Management *281 Starred 13.12.2012 Rural Development Dr. (Shri) Ajay Kumar MGNREGS Environmental JVM (P) Jharkhand Conservation Shri Dhananjay Singh Water BSP Uttar Pradesh Management 3306 Unstarred 13.12.2012 Rural Development Shri M. K. Raghavan Impact of MGNREGS Environmental INC Kerala Conservation Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Water INC Andhra Rao Management Pradesh Shri Rangaswamy INC Karnataka Dhruvanarayana Dr. Kirodilal Meena Ind. Rajasthan 3315 Unstarred 13.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Baliram Sukur Drought Affected Disaster BVA Maharashtra Jadhav Areas under Management MGNREGS Shri Ganeshrao Nagorao Water SS Maharashtra Dudhgaonkar Management 3345 Unstarred 13.12.2012 Rural Development Dr. Mahendrasinh Pending Proposals Environmental BJP Gujarat Pruthvisinh Chauhan under Rural Conservation Development Schemes Shri Gopal Singh Water INC Rajasthan Shekhawat Management Shri M. Anjan Kumar INC Andhra

Yadav Pradesh 3395 Unstarred 13.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Gorakh Prasad Barren Land Disaster BSP Uttar Pradesh Jaiswal Development Management Shri Jitender Singh Water INC Haryana Malik Management Shri Marotrao Sainuji INC Maharashtra Kowase Shri Prataprao SS Maharashtra Ganpatrao Jadhav Shri Mansukhbhai D. BJP Gujarat Vasava *384 Starred 20.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Zafar Ali Naqvi PURA Scheme Environmental INC Uttar Pradesh Conservation Shri A.K.S. Vijayan Water DMK Tamil Nadu Management 4372 Unstarred 20.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Ratan Singh Development of Environmental INC Rajasthan Rocky Areas Conservation Water Management 4416 Unstarred 20.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Bhoopendra Singh Funds to NGOs in Environmental BJP Madhya Madhya Pradesh Education, Pradesh NGOs and Media 4448 Unstarred 20.12.2012 Rural Development Dr. Bhola Singh Development of Water BJP Bihar Degraded land Management 4458 Unstarred 20.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Inder Singh Integrated Watershed Water Ind. Jharkhand Namdhari Development Management Programme 4507 Unstarred 20.12.2012 Rural Development Shri Sanjay Singh Facility of Water Health and RLD Uttar Pradesh Chauhan Supply and Toilets in Sanitation IAY Houses Water Management 4510 Unstarred 20.12.2012 Rural Development Shri C. Rajendran Works of NGOs in Environmental AIADMK Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Education, NGOs and Media 4591 Unstarred 20.12.2012 Rural Development Smt. Yashodhara Raje Funding of NGOs by Environmental BJP Madhya Scindia CAPART Education, Pradesh

NGOs and Media

FUNDS TO NGOS UNDER CAPART 15th March, 2012

LSQ 484

SHRI HARIBHAU MADHAV JAWALE

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Ministry has received any proposal from any NGO in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra State for fund under schemes run by CAPART since last three years; and (b) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRADEEP JAIN ‘ADITYA’)

(a) & (b): CAPART, a registered society under the aegis of Ministry of Rural Development, has received eight proposals for funding under its different schemes from NGOs in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra State in last three years. The details are given at Annexure.

ANNEXURE DETAILS OF THE NGOS AS REFERRED TO IN THE ANSWER TO UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 484 DATED 15.03.2012

Sl. No. VO Name ADDRESS TITLE Status SWAMI PLOT NO.106, GANESH PROJECT PROPOSAL VIVEKANAND REJECTED on 1 COLONEY, CHOPDA, OF UNDER PC GRAMIN VIKAS 19-Jan-09 DIST. JALGAON SCHEME. SANSTHA SWAMI PLOT NO.106, GANESH VIVEKANAND ORGANIATION OF REJECTED on 2 COLONEY, CHOPDA, GRAMIN VIKAS BENEFICIARIES 6-Jul-10 DIST. JALGAON SANSTHA INSTITUTE FOR SADHANA,MAYADEVI IMPLEMENTATION RURAL NAGAR,MAHABALA REJECTED on 3 OF NREGS DEVELOPMENT AND COLONY 11-Feb-09 PROGRAMME SOCIAL SERVICES ROAD,DIST.JALGAON

AWARENESS TAPI SATPUDA GENERATION AND PARISAR SS-80/3, MIDC, DIST- REJECTED on 4 TRAINING BAHUUDDESHIYA JALGAON 11-Feb-09 PROPOSAL UNDER MANDAL NREGA INCOME GENERATION RAJMATA JIJAU SEVAGE BUDRUKL, RURAL GIRLS & RECIEVED on 5 BAHUUDDESHIYA TAL.PAROLA, DIST- BOYS THROUGH 22-Jun-09 SANSTHA JALGAON SKILL DEVELOPMENT

B/H KASTURBA HIGH JAN SHIKSHAN ORGANIZING GRAM REJECTED on 6 SCHOOL, CHOPDA, DIST- SANSTHAN SHREE MELA 7-Oct-09 JALGAON SHIVAJI NAGAR, RAHI SHIKSHAN VARANGAON ROAD, ORGANIZING REJECTED on 7 MANDAL TAL-BHUSAWAL, DIST- WORKSHOP 2-Sep-09 JALGAON B/H KASTURBA HIGH JAN SHIKSHAN ORGANIZING GRAM REJECTED on 8 SCHOOL, CHOPDA, DIST- SANSTHAN SHREE MELA 3-Sep-09 JALGAON

INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 15th March, 2012

LSQ 494

SHRI BADRI RAM JAKHAR

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) whether a proposal worth Rs. 375 crores to harness 2.50 million hectare area in Pali district of Rajasthan under Integrated Watershed Management Programme in Eleventh Five Year Plan has been sent to the Union Government;

(b) if so, the details and present status thereof; and

(c) the time by which the said proposal is likely to be approved by the Government?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI)

(a) The Department of Land Resources has not received any proposal worth Rs. 375 crores to harness 2.50 million hectare area in Pali district of Rajasthan under Integrated Watershed Management Programme in Eleventh Five Year Plan.

(b) & (c) In view of (a) above, question does not arise.

WATERSHED SCHEME 15th March 2012

LSQ 564

SHRI IJYARAJ SINGH SHRI HARISH CHOUDHARY

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) the norms regarding implementation of watershed scheme;

(b) the names of the districts in various states which are included in the said scheme on the basis of the said norms; and

(c) the details of the mechanism and provisions to ensure that work under the said scheme is carried out in planned manner?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI)

(a) The Department of Land Resources has been implementing three area development schemes viz., Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), Desert Development Programme (DDP) and Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP) on watershed basis since 1995-96. These three schemes have been integrated and consolidated into a single modified programme called Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) with effect from 26.02.2009 being implemented under the Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects, 2008. Under IWMP, watershed projects are implemented on rainfed/ degraded lands in the country. The Scheme is inter alia governed by the following norms:

# The unit cost norm under IWMP is Rs. 12, 000 per hectare for plains and Rs.15, 000 per hectare for difficult and hilly areas, which is shared between the Centre and State in the ratio of 90 : 10. In the districts covered under Integrated Action Plan (IAP) the applicable cost norm is upto Rs.15, 000 per hectare.

# Criteria for selection of watershed projects includes poverty index (% of poor to population), % of SC/ ST population, actual wages, % of small and marginal farmers, ground water status, moisture index/ DPAP/ DDP Block, area under rain- fed agriculture, drinking water, degraded land, productivity potential of the land, contiguity to another watershed that has already been developed/ treated, cluster approach in the plains (more than one contiguous micro-watersheds in the project); and cluster approach in the hills (more than one contiguous micro- watersheds in the project)

# Criteria for making the State wise annual minimum tentative allocation of area under IWMP includes identified DPAP/DDP areas in the State as percentage of total DPAP and DDP area in the country, total treatable wastelands in the State as percentage of total treatable wastelands in the country, total SC/ST population of the State as percentage of total SC/ST population of the country, percentage of rainfed area in the State to total cultivated area in the country; and 10% mandatory allocation of North-Eastern States.

(b) The watershed projects of this Department are implemented on rainfed/ degraded lands in the country which include all districts of the States. The list of Hill districts, districts including difficult areas (i.e. DDP blocks) and IAP districts in various states is at Annexure-I, II & III respectively.

(c) The Department has made provisions to ensure that work under IWMP is carried out in a planned manner. IWMP is being implemented in the States through dedicated institutions like State Level Nodal Agency (SLNA) at State level, Watershed Cell cum Data Centre (WCDC) at district level, Project Implementing Agency (PIA) at project level and Watershed Committee (WC) at village level. For taking up projects under IWMP, the States are required to submit State Perspective and Strategic Plan (SPSP) approved by the SLNA. SPSP is a long-term plan to develop all the treatable watersheds in the State, after excluding all untreatable areas (e.g. area under assured irrigation, area already treated under various watershed programmes etc.). Preparation of SPSP is a one-time exercise.

After having prepared the SPSP, States prepare project wise Preliminary Project Reports (PPRs) for project area to be developed in a particular year. The PPRs, approved by the SLNA, are then presented by the State before the Steering Committee at the Government of level under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Land Resources) for appraisal & clearance. The Steering Committee has members from Planning Commission, National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA), technical experts from different scientific institutions, voluntary organizations, related departments of the Central and State Governments.

The SLNAs have been delegated with powers of sanctioning projects as per appraisal of the Steering Committee. On receipt of sanction from SLNA, Department of Land Resources releases 1st installment of central assistance to the SLNA for execution of activities of preparatory phase of the projects. Preparation of technically sound Detailed Project Report (DPR) is one of the crucial activities of this phase besides entry point activities and capacity building. 1% of the total project cost is earmarked for DPR preparation with scientific inputs utilizing the information technology, remote sensing techniques and the GIS facilities. The IWMP projects are implemented in 3 Phases viz.

Preparatory Phase, Works Phase and Consolidation & Withdrawal Phase. The financial assistance to projects under IWMP is released in 3 installments of 20%, 50 % and 30%, respectively.

ANNEXURE

Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 564 due for answer on 15.03.2012.

Hill Districts

No. State No. of Hill Districts Name of Districts 1 Arunachal Pradesh 13 Changlang, Dibang Valley, Kameng East, Kameng West, Lohit, Papumpare, Siang East, Siang Upper, Siang West, Subansiri Lower, Subansiri Upper, Tawang, Tirap

2 Assam 3 Karbi Anglong, North Cachar Hill, Nagaon

3 Himachal Pradesh 12 Bilaspur, Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una

4 Jammu & Kashmir 14 Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Doda, Jammu, Kargil, Kathua, Kupwara, Leh, Poonch, Pulwama, Rajouri, Srinagar, Udhampur

5 Karnataka 6 Belgaum, Chickmaglur, Dakshin Kannad, Kodagu, Shimoga, Uttar Kannad

6 Kerala 10 Kannur, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad 7 Maharashtra 7 Kolhapur, Nashik, , Raigarh, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg

8 Manipur 9 Bishnupur, Chandel, Churachandpur, Imphal East, Imphal West, Senapati, Tamenglong, Thoubal, Ukhrul 9 Meghalaya 7 East Garo Hills, East Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills, Ri Bhoi, South Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, West Khasi Hills

10 Mizoram 8 Aizwal, Champhai, Kolasib, Lawngtlai, Lunglei, Mamit, Saiha, Serchhip

11 Nagaland 8 Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Mon, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto 12 Sikkim 4 East Sikkim, North Sikkim, South Sikkim, West Sikkim 13 Tamil Nadu 5 Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Madurai, The Nilgiris, Tirunelveli 14 Tripura 4 Dhalai, North Tripura, South Tripura, West Tripura 15 Uttarakhand 13 Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Pauri Garhwal, Haridwar, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttarkashi

16 West Bengal 1 Darjeeling Total 124

Source : State of Forest Report, 2005 of Forest Survey of India

Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 564 due for answer on 15.03.2012.

Districts which include difficult areas (i.e. DDP blocks)

S. State No. of Districts Name of Districts No.

1 Andhra Pradesh 1 Ananthapur

2 Gujarat 6 Banaskantha, Jamnagar, Kutch, Patan, Rajkot Surendranagar

3 Haryana 7 Bhiwani, Hisar, Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Mahendragarh, Rewari, Sirsa

4 Himachal Pradesh 2 Kinnaur, Lahaul & Spiti

5 Jammu & Kashmir 2 Kargil, Leh

6 Karnataka 6 Bagalkot, Bellary, Bijapur, Davangere, Koppal, Raichur Ajmer, Barmer, Bikaner, Churu, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, 7 Jalore, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Rajasthan 16 Udaipur

Total 40 Annexure-III

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 564 due for answer on 15.03.2012.

IAP Districts

No. of IAP S.No. State Name of Districts Districts

1. Khammam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 8 Vizianagaram, Warangal

2. Jehanabad, Kaimur, Munger, Nawada, Bihar 9 Rohtas

3. Kanker, Kawardha, Koriya, Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh 10 Rajnandgaon, Surguja Bokaro, Chatra, Garhwa, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Khunti, Kodarma, Latehar, 4. Purbi Singhbhum, Ramgarh, Ranchi Jharkhand 17 (Rural), Saraikela, Simdega

5. Anuppur, Balaghat, Dindori, Mandla, Seoni, Madhya Pradesh 8 Shahdol, Sidhi, Umaria

6. Maharashtra 2 Gadchiroli, Gondiya 7. Jajapur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendujhar, Orissa 18 Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj,

Nabarangapur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sonapur, Sundargarh 8. Uttar Pradesh 3 Chandauli, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra

9. West Bengal 3 Bankura, Medinipur West, Total 78 Source : Planning Commission (http://pcserver.nic.in/iapmis/state_district_list.aspx )

INTEGRATED WASTELANDS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 22nd March, 2012

LSQ *130

SHRI N CHELUVARAYA SWAMY SWAMYGOWDA SHRI IJYARAJ SINGH

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) the names of the States where Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP) is under implementation at present;

(b) the details of the projects implemented and the areas of wasteland brought under cultivation indicating the funds sanctioned/ released and incurred thereon, during the last three years, year-wise and State-wise;

(c) the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to make wasteland more cultivable particularly in the coastal areas of the country;

(d) whether wasteland development is providing considerable employment opportunities in rural areas; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH)

(a) to (e) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 130 due for reply on 22.3.2012

(a) & (b): Projects under Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP) have been sanctioned in all the 28 States of the country, since 1995-96 till 2006-07. IWDP along with two other area development programmes viz., Desert Development Programme (DDP) and Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), has been consolidated and integrated into a single modified programme called Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) with effect from 26.02.2009. No new projects under IWDP have been sanctioned since 2007-08. However, state-wise details of funds released and utilised during the last three years for the ongoing projects under Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP) are at Annexure-I. The Statewise details of total wasteland and

degraded land developed under Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP) during each of the last three years is at Annexure-II.

A project on Wasteland Change Analysis between 2005-06 and 2008-09 has been given by the Department of Land Resources to National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad to understand the dynamics of wastelands through comparison of spatial statistics. This study will enable the Department to assess the extent of wastelands converted to cultivable land between these two periods. However, the assessment of yearwise acreage of wasteland converted to cultivable land is not feasible through this study.

(c) The Department of Land Resources integrated the three area development programmes viz., DPAP, DDP and IWDP into a single modified programme called ?Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)? with effect from 26.02.2009. The main aims of IWMP are harnessing, conserving and developing degraded natural resources such as soil, vegetative cover and water; prevention of soil run-off; rain water harvesting and recharging of the ground water table; increasing the productivity of crops; introduction of multi-cropping and diverse agro- based activities; promoting sustainable livelihoods and increasing the household incomes. Under IWMP, the projects are selected based upon certain criteria for prioritization. They are:-

Poverty index, % of SC/ ST population, Actual wages, % of small and marginal farmers, Ground water status, Moisture index, Area under rain-fed agriculture, Drinking water, Degraded land, Productivity potential of the land, Contiguity to another watershed that has already been developed/ treated and Cluster approach. Any area including coastal area, satisfying the above criteria of prioritization, qualifies for treatment under IWMP.

(d) & (e) Yes Sir, a study on ?Comprehensive Assessment of Watershed Programmes in India? by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad has inter alia revealed that the mean additional annual employment generation in the watershed area on various activities and operations was about 154 person days per hectare per year.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a & b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 130 due for reply on 22.3.2012 Annexure-I

Statewise details of funds released and utilised during the last three years under Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP)

(Rs. in crore) Sl. No. Name of the State Funds released Funds utilised 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 1 Andhra Pradesh 34.35 12.20 32.64 36.04 33.44 44.43 2 Bihar 5.71 0 6.73 6.74 4.26 7.32 3 Chhattisgarh 13.82 8.42 25.71 19.45 12.25 30.44 4 Goa 0 0 NR NR NR 0 5 Gujarat 23.69 15.74 27.05 35.68 26.73 31.86 6 Haryana 3.84 5.58 4.98 3.46 2.75 4.28 7 Himachal Pradesh 13.52 16.95 24.71 22.93 18.79 23.48 8 Jammu & Kashmir 11.21 2.28 NR 11.60 NR 4.55 9 Jharkhand 3.07 1.30 2.36 4.40 0.46 8.41 10 Karnataka 35.34 17.42 31.91 36.66 30.18 46.02 11 Kerala 3.20 6.98 6.20 3.76 5.60 11.46 12 Maharashtra 37.56 38.27 24.95 45.52 34.95 28.76

13 Madhya Pradesh 28.90 12.40 65.47 39.12 22.19 60.44 14 Orissa 27.45 25.29 20.74 31.28 28.64 33.54 15 Punjab 2.90 2.09 2.93 2.09 1.65 3.60 16 Rajasthan 22.53 7.92 52.36 34.02 15.67 45.26 17 Tamil Nadu 11.22 13.61 32.70 16.55 13.93 34.60 18 Uttar Pradesh 46.38 8.45 78.74 50.36 17.42 70.58 19 Uttarakhand 7.60 15.64 18.33 19.06 16.03 24.64 20 West Bengal 5.46 3.52 5.03 6.65 8.28 7.14 North Eastern States 1 Arunachal Pradesh 26.68 26.80 12.90 14.26 13.85 32.27 2 Assam 21.52 13.36 0.72 0.65 0.55 38.93 3 Manipur 10.97 15.43 11.13 14.69 7.75 11.18 4 Meghalaya 15.95 25.80 11.65 17.31 24.06 9.42 5 Mizoram 36.70 28.01 26.50 29.65 38.98 19.02 6 Nagaland 7.50 0.44 25.20 9.98 0.99 27.53 7 Sikkim 8.45 1.84 2.33 1.44 4.84 2.60 8 Tripura 0.39 1.03 - 0.28 1.58 Total 670.82 465.91 325.74 569.28 537.37 372.31 Note: The programme is not operational in Union Territories NR-Not reported

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a & b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 130 due for reply on 22.3.2012 Annexure-II Statewise details of total wasteland and degraded land developed under Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP) during each of the last three years

Wasteland and degraded land developed (lakh ha) Sl. No. Name of the State 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

1 Andhra Pradesh 6.43 4.71 7.24 2 Bihar 0.90 0.94 0.88 3 Chhattisgarh 0.40 0.34 0.18 4 Goa NR NR NR

5 Gujarat 0.54 0.71 0.53 6 Haryana 0.06 0.04 0.02 7 Himachal Pradesh 0.43 0.39 0.37 8 Jammu & Kashmir NR NR NR

9 Jharkhand 0.12 0.14 0.13

10 Karnataka 0.60 0.51 0.48 11 Kerala 0.09 0.05 0.08 12 Maharashtra 0.17 0.75 0.60 13 Madhya Pradesh 1.09 0.65 0.36 14 Orissa 0.35 0.52 0.48 15 Punjab 0.06 0.04 0.03 16 Rajasthan 0.84 0.55 0.26 17 Tamil Nadu 0.15 0.04 0.07 18 Uttar Pradesh 1.25 0.85 0.27 19 Uttarakhand 0.32 0.33 0.25 20 West Bengal 0.07 0.07 0.12 North Eastern States 21 Arunachal Pradesh 0.22 0.24 0.23 22 Assam NR NR NR 23 Manipur 0.19 0.24 0.13 24 Meghalaya 0.18 0.35 0.49 25 Mizoram 0.01 0.004 0.002 26 Nagaland 0.40 0.15 0.01 27 Sikkim 0.03 0.02 0.07 28 Tripura 0.01 0 0.004 Total 13.286