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In last 5 years, Gujarat got over half the Central irrigation funds

-The Hindu Business Line

Gujarat has cornered the lion’s share of central funds allocated for irrigation schemes in the last five years, according to a formal reply in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.

The State got central assistance worth Rs.2,074 crore, or nearly 56 per cent of the total Rs.3,772 crore spent for Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) between 2014-15 and 2018-19, said Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in reply to questions from Congress MPs Amee Yajnik and Husain Dalwai. Besides, Gujarat received another Rs.1,200 crore, which is nearly 12 per cent of the funds allotted for another scheme Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) during the same period. The Centre sanctioned a total of Rs.10,249 crore for the PMKSY scheme between 2014-15 and 2018-19. States which received more funds than Gujarat under the PMKSY scheme were Andhra Pradesh (Rs.1,674 crore), Karnataka (Rs.1,323 crore) and Maharashtra (Rs.1,313 crore).

According to the Minister, a total of 103 districts in six States were declared drought-hit in 2018-19 and allocated Rs.8,171 crore cumulatively for drought relief, against the States’ total demand of Rs.22,771 crore. However, the drought was less widespread than in 2015-16, which had adversely impacted 259 districts.

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