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Figures updated on 30.12.05

IMPACT 

 Area Treated


Rajiv Gandhi Mission for Watershed Management
Area Treated / Taken up for Treatment

Name of Scheme

No. of Micro Watershed selected

No. of Villages Covered

Total area selected
(Lakh Ha.)

Total area Treated
(Lakh Ha.)

EAS

3186

4694

19.77

12.76

DPAP 

2921 3978

16.53

9.59

IWDP

692 1137

5.68

1.86

Total

6799

9809

41.98

24.21


 

Financial Progress

                                                                                                                                                                         (Rs. in Crore)

  Scheme EAS DPAP IWDP Grand Total

Year

Total Release

Total Expenditure

Total Release

Total Expenditure 

Total Release

Total Expenditure 

Total Release  Total Expenditure 
1995 - 96 7.98 7.98 27.31 9.41 0.00 0.00 35.29 17.39
1996 - 97 40.06 40.06 29.33 15.83 0.48 0.33 69.87 56.22
1997 - 98 59.94 59.94 20.77 29.35 2.13 0.79 82.84 90.08
1998 - 99 55.63 55.63 12.44 26.58 2.11 1.60 70.18 83.81
1999 - 00 135.49 84.58 15.05 17.17 9.31 2.85 159.85 104.60
2000 - 01 66.76 91.01 37.66 25.51 7.74 10.64 112.16 127.16
2001 - 02 90.91 94.73 56.59 58.46 22.06 17.24 169.56 170.43
2002 - 03 55.12 73.01 63.11 66.92 32.31 32.28 150.59 172.21
2003 - 04  0.00 3.27 68.57 69.50 30.44 28.07 99.01 100.84
2004 - 05   0.00 0.00 70.51 62.51 30.32 25.27 100.83 87.78

2005 - 06 (Upto Nov., 05)

0.00 0.00 40.05 20.02 27.80 11.77 67.85 31.79

 

 

Achievements  

The achievements of the mission are as following:       

¨      Watershed Management Mission has grown to cover all 45 districts, all 313 blocks, 6253 watersheds and 8692 villages to become India’s largest watershed management programme currently in operation with 110970 User Groups, 23176 Self Help Groups and 11130 Womens Thrift and Credit Groups. The total area selected for treatment is 41.98 lakh Ha.

¨      Area Treated: 24.21 Lakh Ha.

¨      Total funds received: Rs. 1050.13 crores

¨      Total Expenditure: Rs. 1010.50 crores

¨      Increase in Kharif Area: 22.44% of pre project Kharif area

¨      Increase in Rabi Area: 49.20 % of pre-project Rabi area

¨      Increase in area under Summer crop: 94.59 % of pre-project area

¨      Increase in irrigated area under Kharif crop: 35.92 % of pre project irrigated area

¨      Increase in irrigated area under Rabi crop: 46.89 % of pre project irrigated area

¨      Increase in irrigated area under Summer crop: 85.08% of pre project irrigated area

¨      Increase in Kharif production: 36.73 % of pre-project period

¨      Increase in Rabi production: 36.03 % of pre-project period

¨      Increase in Summer production: 12.49 % of pre-project period

¨      Increase in Double Cropped Area: 56.32 % of pre-project period

¨      Increase in Fodder production: 56% of pre-project period

¨      Increase in area under Plantation: 57.82 % of pre-project period

¨      Increase in area under Fuel wood plantation:  39.98 % of pre-project period

¨      Decrease in Wastelands: 44.65 % of pre-project period

¨      No.  of villages where Groundwater levels have increased : 6014

¨      38.42 % Decrease in dugwells getting dry in Summer

¨      41.12 % Decrease in tube wells getting dry in summer

¨      67.62 % Increase in No.  of  dugwells with round the year water availability

¨      83.14 % Increase in No.  of  tubewells with round the year water availability

¨      Assistance to SHGs: Rs. 813.12 lakh

¨      Income generated by SHGs: Rs. 461.03 lakh

¨      Savings by Women Thrift& Credit Groups: Rs. 350.50 lakh

¨      In the years of drought, “watershed villages” were seen to have created drought-proofing capacity

 

 

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