Parliament Question: Watershed Development Component of PMKSY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5224 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2026 Watershed Development Component of PMKSY

5224. Thiru Thanga Tamilselvan:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is true that the Union Government has amalgamated the earlier implemented Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) as the Watershed Development Component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY) in 2015-16 and again as WDC-PMKSY 2.0 from 2021;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the purpose for which the WDC-PMKSY 2.0 is being implemented;

(d) the funding pattern for the projects;

(e) the total amount spent on the scheme during the last three years, State-wise; and

(f) the total number of peoples/institutions have benefitted under this scheme during the last five years, State-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (Dr. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a) to (c) Since 2009-10, the Department of Land Resources (DoLR) has been implementing Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) for the development of rainfed / degraded areas. In 2015-16, IWMP was amalgamated as the Watershed Development Component (WDC) of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY). Under WDC- PMKSY-1.0 (projects sanctioned during 2009-10 to 2014-15), DoLR supported implementation of 6382 watershed projects covering an area of 2.95 crore hectare in 27 States and UTs of J&K and Ladakh. The period of WDC-PMKSY 1.0 projects got over in March,

2022.

On 15.12.2021, Government approved the continuation of programme as WDC- PMKSY 2.0 for the period of 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a physical target of 49.5 lakh ha and indicative financial outlay of Rs. 8,134 crore, as the Central share. Under WDC-PMKSY 2.0, 1a total of 1220 watershed projects covering an area of 52.95 lakh ha at a total cost of Rs.12404 crore have been sanctioned to all States and UTs of J&K and Ladakh. An amount of Rs.

6079.31 crore of Central share has been released to them from 2021-22 to 2025-26 (as on

18.03.2026).

The activities being undertaken under this programme inter alia include ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment, soil and moisture conservation, rain water harvesting, nursery raising, afforestation, horticulture, pasture development, improvement in livelihood/income potential of land etc. These activities are aimed for resource conservation, resource generation and sustainable resource utilization. WDC-PMKSY, through these interventions, seeks to ensure sustainable development through improved natural resource management and better resilience of farmers to climate change.

(d) Under WDC-PMKSY 2.0, the funding pattern between the Centre and States is 60:40 and for North Eastern Region States and the Hilly States of Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand, it is 90:10 and for UT of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh, it is 100%.

(e) The State-wise details of Central share released under WDC-PMKSY 2.0 during the last three years are given at Annexure-I.

(f) WDC-PMKSY is an area development programme and all the people of the project areas are benefitted through the activities and interventions carried out in the project areas under the programme. However, the State-wise details of farmers benefitted and mandays of employment generated reported under WDC-PMKSY 2.0, from 2022-23 to 2025-26 (Q3) are given at Annexure-II.

***** 2Annexure I Details of Central share released under WDC-PMKSY 2.0 during2022-23 to 2024-25 S. No. State Funds released (Rs. in Cr.) 1 Andhra Pradesh 133.87 2 Arunachal Pradesh 360.51 3 Assam 207.26 4 Bihar 83.49 5 Chhattisgarh 187.39 6 Goa 8.32 7 Gujarat 257.04 8 Haryana 23.36 9 Himachal Pradesh 68.60 10 Jharkhand 105.22 11 Karnataka 305.20 12 Kerala 27.23 13 Madhya Pradesh 479.89 14 Maharashtra 421.73 15 Manipur 36.37 16 Meghalaya 85.77 17 Mizoram 131.64 18 Nagaland 77.55 19 Odisha 290.84 20 Punjab 16.13 21 Rajasthan 497.61 22 Sikkim 34.75 23 Tamil Nadu 171.14 24 Telangana 90.74 25 Tripura 66.36 26 Uttar Pradesh 195.48 27 Uttarakhand 107.97 28 West Bengal 151.98 29 J&K(UT) 127.28 30 Ladakh(UT) 32.19 G. Total 4782.91 3Annexure II State-wise details of Farmers benefitted and Mandays of employment generated under WDC-PMKSY 2.0, from 2022-23 to 2025-26 (Q3) S. No. State Name No. of farmers benefitted No. of man-days generated 1 Andhra Pradesh 30338 487,843 2 Arunachal Pradesh 16573 1,999,723 3 Assam 159469 2,524,192 4 Bihar 66731 212005 5 Chhattisgarh 31758 569735 6 Goa 1480 21372 7 Gujarat 51665 405117 8 Haryana 4778 48605 9 Himachal Pradesh 44796 392309 10 Jharkhand 123311 607927 11 Karnataka 281341 1,652,973 12 Kerala 52102 86750 13 Madhya Pradesh 35937 2362065 14 Maharashtra 140345 819,799 15 Manipur 2607 147201 16 Meghalaya 18350 637,451 17 Mizoram 13297 39705 18 Nagaland 6567 484519 19 Odisha 142983 2,426,268 20 Punjab 25198 83,993 21 Rajasthan 139067 2,999,905 22 Sikkim 11564 387,038 23 Tamil Nadu 113051 595452 24 Telangana 6159 23,910 25 Tripura 10108 488,764 26 Uttarakhand 45969 1,220,768 27 Uttar Pradesh 161768 1,230,165 28 West Bengal 65079 300,792 29 UT of J &K 133603 502,695 30 UT of Ladakh 42691 33092 Grand Total 19,78,685 2,37,92,133 ******* 4