Benchmarking of Irrigation Projects in Maharashtra Dr.Sanjay Belsare Superintending Engineer & Dy.Secretery, Water Resource Department , Government of Maharashtra 05/10/13
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Requirements for performance improvement • Commitment of policy makers - State Water Policy. • Broader awareness – MMISF Act, 2005 Trainings/ Workshops • Leadership State level Core group. • Involvement of users – Benchmarking of WUA • Data collection and its validation – Water Audit. • Involvement of managers – Action taken reports • Incentives and disincentives – Proposed 05/10/13
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Drivers for Benchmarking • Increasing water scarcity & competition between various sectors of water use. • Need to improve the productivity of water in the agriculture sector (Rs/m3) • Need to achieve financial sustainability of irrigation schemes & phase out State subsidy. • Need to establish a basis of accountability of the service providers. • Need to promote participatory management of schemes by the users. 05/10/13 3
In Maharashtra the categorisation for BM is done as Categorisation of sub basins on the basis of per hectare availability of water. Exercise conducted for major, medium and minor projects separately.
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Number of Projects Covered Year
Major Medium Minor Total Indicators
2000-01
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6
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2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
30 49 49
26 142 144
28 61 69
84 254 262
10 11 12
2004-05
49
144
69
262
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2008-09 2009-10 05/10/13
48 50
145 166
69 1052
262 1288
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Indicators The indicators are for a) System Performance b) Financial Indicators c) Agricultural Productivity d) Environmental Aspects e) Social Aspects 05/10/13
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Indicators Selected Sr. No Indicator
Objective
System Performance 1
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Annual Irrigation Water Supply per unit Irrigated Area Annual Area Irrigated per unit of Water Supplied Potential Created and Utilised
To improve Efficiency
Water
Use
-doTo improve utilisation potential developed
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Agricultural Productivity 3
Output per unit Irrigated Area
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Output per unit Irrigation 05/10/13 water supply
To improve irrigated agricultural production To improve water.
productivity of 7
Contd.. Financial Indicators 5 Cost Recovery To make the system Ratio sustainable. 6 O&M Cost per To minimise the O&M cost. unit Area
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7 O&M Cost per To minimise cost of supply of unit water water. supplied 05/10/13
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Revenue per unit of To use water efficiently & Water Supplied economically. 9 Assessment To check whether water Recovery Ratio charges for different uses are recovered fully or not. a) Irrigation b) Non irrigation Environmental Aspects 10 Land Damage Index To monitor land damage Social Aspects 11
Equity Performance To ensure equity distribution of water
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Presentation of Results Particulars No.of Projects ICA covered Reporting Format
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Year 2002 6
Year 2003 84 12,98,960
Year 2004 254
Year 2008 262
24,71,370 24,76,461
Individual Individual Grouped projects projects by type grouped @ circle by type & level region
Grouped by type & plan group of basin10
How Are the Results Shared •
Annual benchmarking report is published
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Report is available on websites (www.mahawrd.org www.mwrdc.org)
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Circle wise results are reviewed meetings among water providers.
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State, Regional seminars/workshops are conducted.
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Reports are circulated to NGOs working in the field of public awareness about water 05/10/13
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Lessons So Far
Useful management tool Improvement of Water Use Efficiency
Increase in revenue.
Improvement in overall performance
Step towards self sustainability. 05/10/13
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Water Use Efficiency 250
Ha/Mcum
200 150 100 50 0 200001
200102
200203
200304
200405
200506
200607
200708
200809
200910
201011
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O & M Cost and Recovery
Rs. Crores
900 800
803
700
709
627
600 500
490
400
450 377
300 200
195
378 333
448 376
453 413
494 416
673
745 746
555 466
252
100 0 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Year O&M Expenditure 05/10/13
Recovery 14
Recent developments Introduction of two new indicators Water Delivery Capacity Index - Ratio
1. of maximum discharge let through the main canal to it’s design capacity 2. PIM Index - Ratio of area handed over to WUA to potential created. Land Damage Index will be dropped. Base year for agriculture prices will be 2005-06. 05/10/13
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Recent developments…………Cont’d The region wise target values for Annual water use per unit irrigated area shall be based on past experience of major and medium projects. The targets for O&M Cost per unit Area and O&M Cost per unit water supplied will be revised considering rise in pay scales of staff. The indicators O & M Cost per unit Area and O & M Cost per unit Water Supplied shall be analysed for operation cost and maintenance cost separately.
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New Indicators for WUA 1.Assessment Recovery Ratio. 2.O & M cost per unit area irrigated. 3.Output per unit water use. 4.Gender Participation 5.Potential utilised 05/10/13
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Next Steps
Extending it further to Division and section level
Comparison with International schemes
Increasing participation of users in benchmarking process
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Thanks
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