Parliament Question: Role of MGNREGS in Jal Shakti Abhiyan

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4207 ANSWERED ON 19/08/2025 ROLE OF MGNREGS IN JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN

4207. Shri Alok Sharma:

Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the role of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the implementation of the Jal Shakti Abhiyan-Catch the Rain (JSA-CTR) campaign;

(b) the types of water conservation assets created under this campaign and the phase-wise details of expenditure incurred in this regard so far; and

(c) the details of assets created and funds utilised under the JSA- CTR campaign specifically in the State of Andhra Pradesh? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a): The Ministry of Jal Shakti has been implementing Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) since 2019 on an annual basis. In the current year,

the Ministry of Jal Shakti is implementing Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (JSA: CTR) 2025, 6th in the series of JSAs, in all the districts (rural as well as urban) of the country. JSA: CTR is a convergence of various Central Government schemes. Mahatma

Gandhi NREGS plays an important role in JSA:CTR as substantial funds from the Scheme are utilized for the works taken up under

JSA:CTR. The major interventions taken up under the campaign are as under-

1. Water Conservation and Rain Water Harvesting

2. Renovation of traditional and other water bodies/tanks

3. Reuse and Recharge structures

4. Watershed Development Page 1 of 35. Intensive Afforestation

(b): The works such as Construction of Boulder Check Dam, Brushwood Check Dam, Continuous Contour Trench Trench, Earthen Check Dam, Earthen contour Bund , Gabion Check Dam, Level Bench Terrace, Masonry/CC Check Dam, Sand filter for open well recharge, open well recharge, Stone boulder Gully Plugs, Upland Bench Terrace Water Absorption Trench, Mini percolation tank, pebble contour/graded bund, Water Harvesting Ponds, underground dyke, earthen spur, stone spur gabion spur etc. are being taken up under water conservation activities in the JSA-CTR campaign.

During JSA-CTR 2025 (since 23.03.2025), an amount of Rs.

15,226.83 Crore has been spent in the country (including Andhra Pradesh) on the campaign including Rs. 7101.33 Crore on water conservation related works (as on 13th August 2025). Further, under the campaign 4,55,980 water conservation and rain water harvesting related works have been started in this phase and total of 2,00,244 works have been completed in the country including Andhra Pradesh. Presently 4,36,358 works are ongoing.

(c): Details of assets created and funds utilized under JSA-CTR 2025 campaign in Andhra Pradesh are given below:

Details of works taken up in Andhra Pradesh under JSA-CTR-2025 (as on 13th August 2025) - Campaign started on 22-03-2025 Started 60770 Water Conservation and Rain water Harvesting Completed 15431 Ongoing 57967 Started 18597 Renovation of Traditional and other Water Bodies/ Tanks Completed 6792 Ongoing 18017 Started 18326 Reuse and Recharge Structures Completed 3802 Ongoing 18140 Started 27435 Watershed Development Completed 8941 Ongoing 25137 Started 14031 Intensive Afforestation Completed 3769 Ongoing 14028 Started 139159 Total Completed 38735 Ongoing 133289 Page 2 of 3*Ongoing and completed works also include some works which were taken up in previous phases.

Details of expenditure made in Andhra Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS on JSA-CTR 2025. (Rs. in lakh) Water Conservation and Rain water Harvesting 41,370.69 Renovation of Traditional and other Water Bodies/ Tanks 74,571.84 Reuse and Recharge Structures 92.43 Watershed Development 24,483.82 Intensive Afforestation 2,009.43 Total 142,528.21 ***** Page 3 of 3