NOTE ON CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEME ON MICRO IRRIGATION UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA (PMKSY)

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1 NOTE ON CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEME ON MICRO IRRIGATION UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA (PMKSY) Background The Government of India has been implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation with the objective to enhance water use efficiency in the agriculture sector by promoting appropriate technological interventions like drip & sprinkler irrigation technologies and encourage the farmers to use water saving and conservation technologies. The Scheme was launched by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture in January, 2006 as Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation (CSS). In June, 2010, it was up-scaled to National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI), which continued till the year From 1st April, 2014, NMMI was subsumed under National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) and implemented as On Farm Water Management (OFWM) during the financial year From 1st April 2015, Micro Irrigation component of OFWM has been subsumed under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana. It will be implemented as Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation during the financial year as per the same pattern of assistance and cost norms as were prevailing under OFWM, until revised. The funding pattern between Central Government and State Government has, however, changed to 50:50% with the result that pattern of assistance has been re-framed as under: Sl. No Category of Districts/Areas Category of Beneficiaries Central Government Share Small & Marginal Farmers 30% 30% DPAP/DDP Areas and NE&H States Other than Small & 22.50% 22.50% Marginal Farmers Other than Small & Marginal Farmers 22.50% 22.50% DPAP/DDP Areas Other than Small and and NE&H States 17.50% 17.50% marginal Farmers State Government Share Under the Scheme, unit cost of Drip Irrigation system varies with respect to plant spacing and location of the water source. Normative/average cost has been laid down for various Micro Irrigation systems for the purpose of calculating financial assistance. Twenty five

2 (25%) higher cost, over & above the normative cost for all the systems has been fixed for North Eastern & Himalayan states for the purpose of calculating financial assistance. Introduction to PMKSY The verbatim content of Hon ble President of India s address to the joint Session of the Parliament of 16th Lok Sabha is reproduced below:- Each drop of water is precious. My government is committed to giving high priority to water security. It will complete the long pending irrigation projects on priority and launch the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana with the motto of Har Khet Ko Paani. There is a need for seriously considering all options including linking of rivers, where feasible; for ensuring optimal use of our water resources to prevent the recurrence of flood and drought. By harnessing rain water through Jal Sanchay and Jal Sinchan, we will nurture water conservation and ground water recharge. Micro irrigation will be popularized to ensure Per drop-more crop. Need for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana Growth in agriculture sector on sustained basis is closely linked with judicious utilization of land and water resources for sustaining production and productivity of agricultural and horticulture crops. Presently, a number of departments/ministries are involved in implementation of various programmes for addressing the issues relating to development of land and water resources. Out of about 142 million hectare of cultivable land in the country, only 65 million hectare (45%) is currently covered under irrigation. Substantial dependence on rainfall makes cultivation in remaining areas a high risk and less productive profession. Empirical evidences suggest that assured/protective irrigation/in-situ moisture conservation encourages farmers to invest more in farming technology and inputs leading to productivity enhancement and increased farm income. Task force on Micro Irrigation(MI) set up under the Chairmanship of Shri Chandra Babu Naidu (2004) has estimated that potential existed for covering an area of about 69.5 million hectare under improve systems of irrigation such as drip and sprinkler irrigation. Accordingly, the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was announced and the same is to be implemented during the ongoing XII Five Year Plan and beyond the XII year plan by amalgamating ongoing schemes viz. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) and PMKSY (WR) of M/o Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of D/o Land Resources under Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the Minor Irrigation component of On Farm Water Management (OFWM) of National Mission on Sustainable

3 Agriculture (NMSA), being implemented by Department of Agriculture & Cooperation under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana has been recommended with an indicative outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore over a period of five years from to As mentioned in the Union Budget the PMKSY will have four components: AIBP, Watershed Development, Har Khet ko Pani and Per Drop More Crop. Sub-scheme wise outlay (Central Share) for PMKSY scheme for five years ( to ) is given below: S. No Year/ Min/Dept (Rs. in crore) Total 1 DAC DoLR M/o Water Resources, RD&GR a) AIBP b) PMKSY Subtotal MoWR Grand Total To implement the program Rs crore has been allocated in the budget of The overarching vision of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY ) is to ensure access to the means of irrigation to all agricultural farms in the country to produce per drop more crop, thus bringing much desired rural prosperity. The programme will focus at ensuring access to water to every agricultural farm (Har Khet Ko Pani) and increasing agricultural production and productivity through it. Under the programme, States will be allowed to have flexibility and autonomy in the process of planning and executing programmes for ensuring water to every farm by following a holistic approach by way of preparation of comprehensive District and State Irrigation Development Plans based on agro-climatic conditions and sources of availability of water. Besides, there will be equal emphasis on promoting extension activities related to on-farm water management and crop alignment for farmers and grass root level field functionaries. Objectives of PMSKY The main objectives of the scheme are as follows: a) Achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level (preparation of district level irrigation plan and, if required, sub district level water use plans).

4 b) Enhance the physical access of water on the farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation (Har Khet ko pani), c) Improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage and increase availability both in duration and extent, d) Enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies (Per drop More crop). e) Enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation practices f) Ensure the integrated development of rainfed areas using the watershed approach towards soil and water conservation, regeneration of ground water, arresting runoff, providing livelihood options and other NRM activities. g) Promote extension activities relating to water harvesting, water management and crop alignment for farmers and grass root level field functionaries. h) Explore the feasibility of reusing treated municipal waste water for peri-urban agriculture, and i) Attract greater private investments in precision irrigation. Structure National Steering Committee of PMKSY under the Chairmanship of Hon ble Prime Minister will provide policy direction to programme framework. The National Executive Committee under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman, NITI Ayog will oversee the overall implementation of the scheme at National Level. It will also provide strategic directions for implementing the scheme and also decide inter-state allocation of funds. State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC), already constituted under RKVY and chaired by the Chief Secretary of the State, will be strengthened by including representatives from department of Land Resources, Department of Water Resources/Irrigation and Department of Rural Development. It will be vested with the authority to sanction specific projects included in District Irrigation Plans. It is important to promote efficient methods of irrigation so that water resources created is used judiciously. With diversification of crops, increase in area under horticulture crops, cereal crops, apart from crops like sugarcane, cotton, maize etc., there is need for accelerated development of precision irrigation in the country. EFC has recommended that one time subsidy support may be given to the farmers for installing precision irrigation system and the prevailing pattern of subsidy under OFWM component of NMSA may be suitably modified, wherever necessary. The Budget Allocation of funds under PMKSY for programmes of DAC during is Rs crore. The proposed breakup of the same is as given below:-

5 a) Micro Irrigation Rs b) Treatment of Dark Zone Area Rs c) Preparation of District Irrigation Plan Rs d) ATMA (District level extension/services) Rs e) ICT including focused publicity and awareness Campaign through multimedia Rs plus (SMS Services Rs crore) f) Material Component for watershed & NREGA Rs (Rs. in crore) Treatment of Dark-Zone areas across the country Rs crore is to be utilized for recharging of ground level water in dark zone area, especially for Deep water aquifer recharge. Accordingly, this allocation of Rs crore will be allocated to the States having dark zone areas for tackling water scarcity and drinking water problems and the distribution could be based on number of dark zones blocks existing in States. These dark-zones blocks may be treated at par with DPAP and DDP areas for tackling water scarcity both for Agriculture and Drinking water. As per Report (July, 2014) of Central Ground Water Board (CGWD) under the M/O Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation the country (out of the total number of assessed 6607 blocks) has 1071 blocks (16%) categorized as over exploited, 217 blocks (3%) as critical, 697 blocks (10.5%) as semi critical and 92 blocks (1%) as saline blocks as per recent assessment of Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India (as on 31st March, 2011). Ground water is catering to 75% rural and 50% of urban domestic water supply, besides meeting up to 60% irrigation demand. The ground water resources are of two types i.e. (a) Dynamic: the resource in the unconfined aquifer between pre-and post-monsoon water levels (b) Static: below the zone seasonal fluctuation of water level. Dynamic resource- is used for irrigation and drinking supply. The methods for rain water harvesting in Rural area consist of the following:- (i) Gully Plug (ii) Contour Bund (iii) Gabion Structure (iv) Percolation Tank (v) Check Dam Cement Plug Nala Bung (vi) Recharge Shaft and Dug Well recharge. Some of the non-conventional techniques for the treatment of Deep water aquifer include the following:- (i) Fracture seal cementation (ii) Jacket wall (iii) Bore blast technique (iv) Stream blasting (v) Hydro-fracturing (vi) Artificial recharge of open walls and bore well

6 Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation The Government of India has been implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation with the objective to enhance water use efficiency in the agriculture sector by promoting appropriate technological interventions like drip & sprinkler irrigation technologies and encourage the farmers to use water saving and conservation technologies. The Scheme was launched by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture in January, 2006 as Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation (CSS). In June, 2010, it was up-scaled to National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI), which continued till the year From 1st April, 2014, NMMI was subsumed under National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) and implemented as On Farm Water Management (OFWM) during the financial year From 1st April 2015, Micro Irrigation component of OFWM has been subsumed under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana. It will be implemented as Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Micro Irrigation during the financial year as per the same pattern of assistance and cost norms as were prevailing under OFWM, until revised. The funding pattern between Central Government and State Government has, however, changed to 50:50% with the result that pattern of assistance has been re-framed as under: Sl. No Category of Districts/Areas Category of Beneficiaries Central Government Share State Government Share Small & Marginal Farmers 30% 30% DPAP/DDP Areas and NE&H States Other than Small & Marginal 22.50% 22.50% Farmers Small & Marginal Farmers 22.50% 22.50% Other than DPAP/DDP Areas and NE&H States Other than Small and marginal 17.50% 17.50% Farmers Under the Scheme, unit cost of Drip Irrigation system varies with respect to plant spacing and location of the water source. Normative/average cost has been laid down for various Micro Irrigation systems for the purpose of calculating financial assistance. Twenty five (25%) higher cost, over & above the normative cost for all the systems has been fixed for North Eastern & Himalayan states for the purpose of calculating financial assistance.

7 Cost Norms for Drip Irrigation under OFWM, NMSA Scheme The Cost Norms and lateral spacing under drip irrigation as were prevailing under Operational Guidelines of OFWM, NMSA are as under: Wide Spaced Crops Close Spaced Crops NMMI Lateral Spacing (in M x M) NMMI Indicative cost for calculation of subsidy (Rs./ha) Increase /Difference NMSA Lateral Spacing (in M) 12 x 12 18, x 10 20,041 9 x 9 20, % 8 M & above 23,500 8 x 8 22,028 Average 20, x 6 26,551 5 x 5 30, % 4 M to <8 M 33,900 4 x 4 31,793 Average 29, x 3 36, x , % 2 M to <4 M 58,400 2 x 2 63,598 Average 50, x , x , % 1.2 M to <2 M 85, x ,086 Average 66, x , (2.46%) < 1.2 M 1,00,000 NMSA Cost of installation (Rs./Ha)

8 Cost Norms for Sprinkler Irrigation under OFWM, NMSA Scheme Similarly, cost norms and lateral spacing for sprinkler irrigation under Operational Guidelines of OFWM, NMSA were as under: Technology system NMSA Average cost of installation for calculation of subsidy (Rs./ha.) NMMI Lateral spacing (in m) Micro Sprinkler 58,900 5 x Mini Sprinkler 85, x Portable Sprinkler Area more than 0.4 ha - 1 ha / Coupler Dia (mm) Semi-permanent Sprinkler Large Volume Sprinkler (Rain-gun) 19,600 63mm mm mm NA 36,600 Area more than 0.4 ha -1 ha ,600 Area more than 0.4 ha - 1 ha / Coupler Dia (mm) 63mm mm mm NA NMMI Indicative cost for calculation of subsidy Rs./ha.) Area Coverage The area covered under Micro Irrigation in the country as on is lakh hectares as per information made available by NCPAH. The State-wise details are given in the Annexure-I. The leading states in the country in respect of Micro Irrigation are Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. Budget Provision ( ) The fund allocation for current F.Y. for Micro Irrigation under PMKSY is Rs crore. The State-wise tentative allocation is given in the Annexure-II. The position regarding Annual Action Plan ( ), proposals for first instalment ( ) is given in statement at Annexure-III as on date indicated in the statement. The position regarding allocation, physical area to be covered and amount of first instalment is given in the statement at Annexure-IV.

9 Statement regarding State-wise area covered under Micro Irrigation (Drip & Sprinkler) as on in hectare S. No. State Drip Sprinkler Total Annexure-I 1 Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana HP Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura UP Uttarakhand West Bengal Others Grand Total

10 Revised Tentative Fund Allocation for under Micro irrigation Scheme Annexure-II S.No. State Allocation 1 Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttrakhand Uttar Pradesh West Bengal 5.00 North East States 22 Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Sikkim Tripura NCPAH 2.30 Total

11 States Position as on AAP not submitted yet 6 (J&K, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura) AAP submitted 23 Out of AAP Submitted AAP approved 21 AAP under examination with Section 0 AAP referred to States 2 (West Bengal & Mizoram) Out of AAP approved Proposal for release of 1 st Instalment received 20 Annexure-III Proposal for release of 1 st Instalment Not 1 (Goa) received Out of Proposals received Under examination with Section 0 Rectification sought from State Govt. 5 (Kerala, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand,HP) With IFD 4* (Bihar/ Rs.1200 lakh) (Chhattisgarh/ Rs. 450 lakh) (Rajasthan/Rs.6285 lakh) (Uttarakhand/ Rs. 420 lakhs). Approved by IFD 11 Fund released All sanctions issued as approved by IFD. Sanctions would again be issued for balance payment of 1 st installment after approval by IFD Action taken for non submission of AAP: State Governments being Reminded Action taken for non submission of Proposal for 1 st Instalment State Governments being Reminded

12 Physical & Financial Progress Report under OFWM for FY State Physical (ha) Financial (Rs in lakh) S. Target Area Covered Release Utilization No. 1 Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Mizoram Meghalaya Nagaland Tripura Sikkim NCPAH Grand Total Note: Utilization includes unspent balances of previous years

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14 Revised Tentative Fund Allocation for under Micro irrigation Scheme Annexure-IV S. No. 1 Andhra Pradesh State Allocation Physical Area to be covered (in Hectare) as per Approved AAP Physical Achieveme nt from April to August 2015 Report status Report 50% of Allocation Unspent Balance Released in 1st installment NIL Bihar NIL Chhattisgarh NIL 3.75 NA 4 Goa NIL Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Report 8 Jharkhand Report 9 Jammu & Kashmir 5.00 Report 10 Karnataka Report 11 Kerala Report 12 Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Report Odisha NIL Punjab Rajasthan Report Tamil Nadu NIL Telangana Report 19 Uttarakhand Report 20 Uttar Pradesh Report 21 West Bengal 5.00 Report NE States NA

15 22 Arunachal Pradesh 0.50 Report 23 Assam Report 24 Manipur 2.72 Report 25 Meghalaya 0.50 Report 26 Mizoram 4.50 Report 27 Nagaland 0.00 Report 0.25 NA NA 0.25 NA NA 28 Sikkim NIL Tripura 2.00 Report Total The AAP is yet to be submitted by the respective State where physical area to be covered is appearing blank.