The Per Drop More Crop component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC) scheme is operational in the country from 2015-16 which focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation (MI). Total area of 59.37 lakh ha has been covered under Micro Irrigation in the country under PMKSY-PDMC from 2015-16 to till date.

During the last three years, Central assistance of Rs. 8141.96 crore was released to States and an area of 32.68 lakh ha covered under Micro Irrigation through the scheme.  

The PMKSY- PDMC is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and the funds under the scheme is shared between Central Government and State Government in the ratio of 60:40 for all States except the North Eastern and Himalayan states wherein sharing pattern is 90:10. In case of  Union Territories, funding pattern is 100% grant by the Central Government. The Central Assistance to States under the scheme is provided based on their Annual Action Plan approved by the State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary.  Besides, Operational Guidelines of the scheme has been issued to support the States and farmers on various aspects for effective implementation of the scheme. 

With the objective of facilitating the States in mobilising resources for expanding coverage of micro irrigation, a Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) with corpus of Rs. 5000 crore was created with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) during 2018-19. The States are encouraged to access MIF for innovative projects / additional incentive to farmers for installation of Micro Irrigation systems by interest subvention of 3% than the cost of funds mobilized by NABRAD from the market.  So far, projects with loans under MIF amounting to Rs. 3970.17 Crore have been approved for 12.81 lakh ha of Micro Irrigation area.

To continue the efforts, during the current year, a Budget Announcement was made to double the initial corpus of MIF from Rs. 5,000 crores to Rs. 10,000 crore.

Central Assistance released and area covered under Micro Irrigation under PMKSY- PDMC during last three years

S. No.	State	Central Assistance released (Rs. in Crore)	Area covered under Micro Irrigation (Ha)
1	Andhra Pradesh	1072.00	322349
2	Bihar	27.91	6166
3	Chhattisgarh	120.54	65251
4	Goa	1.70	417
5	Gujarat	825.50	349756
6	Haryana	142.21	45567
7	Himachal Pra.	64.00	5046
8	Jharkhand	74.97	11876
9	J&K	44.80	1090
10	Karnataka	1182.03	806622
11	Kerala	9.00	1937
12	Madhya Pradesh	359.56	67509
13	Maharashtra	985.00	380934
14	Odisha	115.00	32171
15	Punjab	9.00	2191
16	Rajasthan	443.48	181746
17	Tamil Nadu	1278.00	650086
18	Telangana	122.00	56237
19	Uttarakhand	125.00	15174.41
20	Uttar Pradesh	387.88	170143
21	West Bengal	121.00	50015
22	Arun. Pradesh	55.50	6898
23	Assam	72.00	17674
24	Manipur	107.50	8609
25	Meghalaya	27.00	-
26	Mizoram	80.80	2867
27	Nagaland	118.00	4350
28	Sikkim	121.98	5524
29	Tripura	46.20	-
30	Ladakh	2.40	-
	Grand Total	8141.96	3268205

 

This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha.

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