1. Shri Vikas Deshmukh, Commissioner, Agri,
ENHANCING AREA UNDER IRRIGATION & ACHIVING WATER USE EFFICIENCY Through PMKSY
Presentation by Group 3
Shri Vikas Deshmukh, Commissioner, Agri,
Maharashtra

2. States participated 1. Maharashtra 2. Chattisgarh Rajasthan Tamilnadu
West bengal
Jharkhand
Telangana
Andhrapradesh
Uttar pradesh
Madhy pradesh
sikkim
Manipur
Odisha
Himachal pradesh
Mizoram
Jammu & kashmir
Punjab
Bihar
No. of participants: 25

3. Objectives Convergence of investments in irrigation
Enhance access to irrigation
Integration of water source, distribution and application
Improved on-farm water use efficiency
Enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation
Water conservation & ground water recharge
Development of rainfed areas through watershed approach
Extension activities & IEC application
Treatment of municipal waste water for peri-urban agriculture
Greater private investments in irrigation

4. ISSUES Template for preparation of DIP not available
Cost of preparation of DIP not mentioned
Allocation to the states not known in
advance
High pending liabilities
Coordination at District and State level
Channelization of funds from various
departments

5. ISSUES Current method of approval of MOWR
projects will be continued or not?
What will be the role of existing SLNA
(IWMP)?
Componentwise allocation of funds of IWMP
Pattern of fund sharing ?
Norms for treated waste water
Convergence with MGNREGA

6. SUGGESTIONS
Templates to be finalized by GOI and shared with the states
Cost of preparation of DIP be upto Rs 20 L per
district
Allocation by all departments to be
communicated to the states in advance
Ongoing projects to be merged with DIP & to
be prioritized
State level executive authority to be
established for implementation
Channelization of funds through state level
executive authority

7. SUGGESTIONS SLSC be empowered to sanction the MOWR projects
and its implementation
SLNA be strengthened as PMKSY nodal authority
SLSC be empowered to decide componentwise/
departmentwise allocation
Pattern of fund sharing may be 90:10
BOD norms need to be relaxed
Convergence with MGNREGA to be decided by
SLSC
All state sector projects related to water
resource development be made part of DIP

8. Thank you…..