Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna (PMKSY) is an umbrella scheme, consisting of two major components being implemented by the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, namely, Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), and Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP). HKKP, in turn, consists of four sub-components: (i) Command Area Development & Water Management (CAD&WM); (ii) Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI); (iii) Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies; and (iv) Ground Water (GW) Development. CAD&WM sub-component of HKKP has been taken up for pari passu implementation with AIBP. Further, in December, 2021, implementation of PMKSY for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 has been approved by Government of India. However, approval of Ground Water component under PMKSY-HKKP has provisionally been accorded till 2021-22 only for committed liabilities, which has been extended subsequently till completion of ongoing works.

Watershed Development Component (WDC) is being implemented by Department of Land Resources (DoLR). Per Drop More Crop component, which was earlier a component of PMKSY, is being implemented separately by Department of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare (DoA&FW) under Rashtriya Krishi Vikash Yojna (RKVY) since 2021-22.

Details of Central Assistance released to the States along with physical progress made since 2016 and number of beneficiaries/target beneficiaries are given below.

Sl No.	Component of PMKSY	Central Assistance released since 2016-17 (Rs. Crore)	Physical Progress since 2016-17	Number of target beneficiaries/ beneficiaries (in thousands)
1	PMKSY-AIBP	19,080.76	66 Major and Medium irrigation projects have been completed. Irrigation potential creation/ restoration is 29.22 lakh hectare.	17300.25
2	PMKSY-CADWM	3,190.91	17 projects have been completed. Cultural Command area of 22.21 lakh hectare has been developed.
3	PMKSY-HKKP-SMI & RRR	5,705.61	3,462 schemes have been reported as complete creating an irrigation potential of 4.96 lakh hectare.	Not maintained
4	PDMC	23,232.44	An area of 96.83 lakh hectares has been covered under micro irrigation.	8614.05
5	PMKSY-WDC	12,432.09	A total of 9,434 projects in 92.02 lakh hectare area have been taken up.	1342.78
6	PMKSY-GW	766.02	88.55 thousand hectare irrigation potential has been created along with construction of 29779 wells	67.91

 

Per Drop More Crop (PDMC), being implemented by DoA&FW, focuses on enhancing water use efficiency in the agriculture sector, including water stressed and ground water deficient blocks/districts, by promoting appropriate technological interventions like drip & sprinkler irrigation technologies and encourage the farmers to use water saving and conservation technologies through subsidies.

This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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