Atal Bhujal Yojana

1. GUIDELINES AND
PROTOCOL ON
PREPARATION OF WATER
SECURITY PLAN AND
ROLE OF
DISTRICTIMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS
DR. UMESH S
. B
ALP
ANDE
DIRECTOR
NATIONAL PROGRAMMEMONITORING UNIT
AT
AL BHUJALYOJANA
NEW DELHI

2. THE GOVERNENCE SYSTEM
Gram Panchayat is a basic village
governing institute in Indian villages. It is a
democratic structure at the grass-roots level
in India. It is a political institute, acting as
cabinet of the village.
Central Government
Local Government
State Government
Zilla Parishad
Panchayat Samiti
Gram Panchayat

4. 1
• Pre Planning
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• Facilitating Community Participation for WSP
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4
5
• Preparation of Water Security Plan
• Consolidation and Finalization of Water Security
Plan
• Social Impact Assessment & Complaint R
edressal
System
WATER SECURITY PLAN

5. Step 1 : PRE-PLANNING
• Water Management Committees (WMCs) /
WUAs/ Similar units (Constitution or
strengthening as per the Program Guidelines
particularly in respect of women members)
District/Block level meeting of
Sarpanches
• Campaigns on benefits of participatory planning.
Orientation on Atal Jal Program.
• GP meeting / workshop
District Implementation Partner
(DIP) consultation with constituent
villages of Gram Panchayat
Identification of Field Level Workers
Baseline data collection

6. Step 2 : FACILITATING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
Social mobilization and stakeholder consultation
Participatory Workshops on Water Balance:
Presentation; Group work on ways and means to
reduce groundwater demand and increase
groundwater availability.
Workshop by DIP and WMC at the village level to
explore options of demand and supply management.

7. • Preparation of water Budget and Water Security Plan (WSP).
• Village level meetings to chalk out Demand Decrease Plan (DDP) and Supply
Increase Plan (SIP). DIP and WMC facilitates meetings.
• Transect walks of WMC-DIP to sites suggested for Supply Increase Plan (SIP)
along with key stakeholders and technical personnel from DPMU.
• GP level meeting:
1. Discussion and finalization of Demand Decrease Plan (DDP).
2. Social Feasibility Report on SIP by DIP-WMC.
3. Technical Feasibility Report on SIP by DPMU Technical Team.
4. GP level meeting: Discussion on feasibility reports and finalization of SIP.
Step 3 : PREPARATION OF WATER SECURITY PLAN (WSP)

8. • Compilation of Draft WSP by DIP-WMC. Submission to GP and DPMU.
Review of WSP by GP and DPMU. Revision of WSP by DIP-WMC.
• Draft WSP presented in Gram Sabha by the GP and a resolution is
passed to approve the WSP and sent to DPMU.
• WSP fully complied, along with acknowledgement and Gram Sabha
Resolution. Sent to DPMU.
• WSP fully completed
• Approval of WSP by DPMU. Insertion of “Declaration” page. Sharing of
approved WSP with GP, SPMU, NPMU and MIS Team.
• Approvals by Competent authority
Step 4 : CONSOLIDATION AND FINALISATION OF WATER
SECURITY PLAN AND CONSULTATIVE PROCESS

9. Step 5 : SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Conduct social audit
Establishing Complaints Redressal System

11. District Implementation Partners (DIPs)
Community mobilization
Formation of Water User Associations (WUAs)
Development of water budgets and Water Security Plans (WSPs)
Data collection
Information, education, and communication (IEC) activities

19. THANKS