FLOOD MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATION SCHEMES
FLOOD MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATION SCHEMES
Flood management and irrigarion schemes are formulated and implemented by concerned State Governments as per their priority. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical guidance and promotional financial assistance.
To strengthen the structural measures of flood management, Union Government had implemented Flood Management Programme (FMP) during XI & XII Plans for providing central assistance to States for works related to flood control, anti-erosion, drainage development, anti-sea erosion, etc. which subsequently continued as a component of “Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)” for the period from 2017-18 to 2020-21 and during 2021-22 to 2025-26.
Total 522 flood management projects covering 25 States/UTs with an estimated cost of Rs. 13238.37 Crore were included during XI and XII plan and 7 new flood management projects of six states with an estimated cost of Rs. 2573.80 crore have been included under FMP component of FMBAP during 2021-26. Total central assistance amounting to Rs. 7260.50 crore and Rs 1477.15 crore has been released under FMP and River Management and Border Area (RMBA) component respectively to various states upto March 2025. Details of State wise fund released under FMBAP scheme during last three years is placed below.
Total Budget earmarked and fund utilised under FMBAP scheme during last three years is given below:
Amount in Rs. Crore
Year
Budget Estimate
Revised Estimate
Actual Expenditure
2022-23
450
450
433.204
2023-24
450
200
198.384
2024-25
449.57
400
386.95
Total 431 projects under FMP component of FMBAP have been completed in various States which give protection to an area of around 5.13 Mha and protected a population of about 54.84 million.
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched during the year 2015-16, with the aim to enhance physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, etc. PMKSY is an umbrella scheme, consisting of two major components being implemented by this Ministry, namely, Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP), and Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP).
Further, a special package for completion of 8 MMI and 83 surface minor irrigation (SMI) projects of Maharashtra, having estimated balance cost of Rs. 13,651.61 crore as on April, 2018, has been approved during 2018-19 for financial assistance by Government of India.
Details of central assistance provided under AIBP and CAD&WM components of PMKSY and under Maharashtra package is placed below.
3.90 lakh hectare irrigation potential has been created/restored under PMKSY-AIBP during 2022-23 to 2024-25 with command area development of 4.69 lakh hectare. Further, 0.63 lakh hectare irrigation potential has been created under Maharashtra Package during 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Presently, 58 clusters comprising of 5,861 Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) and Repair, Renovation, and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies schemes are included under the SMI/RRR component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana – Har Khet Ko Pani (PMKSY-HKKP). The total estimated cost of these schemes is Rs. 9,965 crores. The central assistance liability for these schemes during the 15th Finance Commission period amounts to Rs. 5,449 crores.
Details of State wise CA released and Irrigation Potential created/restored under SMI and RRR of Water Bodies component of PMKSY-HKKP during the last three years is given below.
This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
MAM/SMP
(Lok Sabha US Q1934)
State-wise central Assistance released under FMBAP in last three years (Rs in Cr)
Sl. No.
State
Central Assistance released
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
1
Arunachal Pradesh
22.50
2
Assam
248.65
7.20
25.50
3
Bihar
88.96
74.59
32.51
4
Himachal Pradesh
30.16
5
Jammu & Kashmir
0.49
6
Manipur
76.63
62.00
99.00
7
Nagaland
0.86
8
Punjab
0.93
9
Uttar Pradesh
164.7
10
Uttarakhand
12.50
11
West Bengal
7.78
Total
414.24
175.30
365.42
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State
Central Assistance released in last three financial years (in crore) under PMKSY-AIBP and CADWM
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
1
Assam
41.98
0
42.46
2
Bihar
0
0
49.82
3
Chhattisgarh
1.85
10.44
3.33
4
Goa
0
0
0
5
Gujarat
61.15
32.4
11.77
6
Himachal Pradesh
0
414.46
369.53
7
Jharkhand
0
0
0
8
Karnataka
6.39
0
0
9
Kerala
0
0
0
10
Madhya Pradesh
93.43
53.44
10.94
11
Maharashtra
216.03
336.81
182.19
12
Manipur
24.86
13.65
0
13
Odisha
0
0
0
14
Punjab
213
288.45
157.65
15
Rajasthan
20.78
177
212.83
16
Telangana
0
0
0
17
Tamil Nadu
25.7
0
0
18
Uttar Pradesh
23.91
0
0
19
Uttarakhand
38.58
165.56
479.97
20
UT of Jammu & Kashmir
0
0
0
Total
767.66
1492.21
1520.49
State wise Central Assistance (CA) released under SMI and RRR of WBs component of PMKSY-HKKP (Rs. in crores)
S No.
State
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
1
Andhra Pradesh
2
Arunachal Pradesh
41.95
138.70
77.27
3
Assam
71.54
52.09
125.03
4
Bihar
11.76
7.78
5
Gujarat
3.16
2.57
6
Himachal Pradesh
40.50
142.30
38.63
7
J&K & Ladakh
8
Karnataka
30.00
37.50
37.50
9
Manipur
26.46
23.55
10
Meghalaya
46.52
74.21
57.09
11
Mizoram
0.81
12
Nagaland
21.01
92.71
57.81
13
Odisha
11.10
56.25
46.67
14
Rajasthan
9.30
10.46
35.99
15
Sikkim
12.88
29.25
9.40
16
Tamil Nadu
27.70
49.60
26.98
17
Telangana
18
Tripura
19
Uttarakhand
17.20
93.40
76.00
Total
371.08
811.19
588.37