It is envisaged to provide central assistance for restoration of about 10,000 water bodies, to restore an irrigation potential of 6.235 lakh hectares. A sum of Rs.6235 crore has been earmarked for the same.
The central assistance is provided in the form of grant which is 90% of the project cost in special category states (NE states, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Uttarakhand and undivided KBK districts of Odisha) as well as projects lying in drought prone, tribal, and desert prone areas as well as left wing extremism affected areas and 25% of the project cost in the case of non-special category states/areas. The Empowered Committee of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation in its first meeting held on June 24, 2014 has agreed to include 8 water bodies in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh for inclusion under the scheme of RRR of water bodies during 2014-15.
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