Lok Sabha Question No. 3236 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Annual Ground Water Consumption
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: T. RADHAKRISHNAN, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SUDHEER GUPTA, ANWHAR RAAJHAA, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 3236

ANSWERED ON 15.0 3.201 8

## ANNUAL GROUND WATER CONSUMPTION

| 3236.   | SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN   | SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO SHRI A. ANWHAR RAAJHAA SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR   |
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Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVEN ATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether as per the assessment report of the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) 1034 of blocks in the country are over exploited in annual ground water consumption;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for over exploitation of ground water;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  drawn  an  ambitious  plan  to  tackle  water  depletion  throug management of available water resources and strengthening of recharge mechanism through community participation under Atal Bhujal Yojana recently and if so, the details thereof along with likely to be involved therein;

(d) whether the World Bank is also likely to support this yojana by granting a loan and i f so, the details thereof; and

(e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to prevent over exploitation of gr excess of its recharge?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) & (b) As per the assessment of dynamic ground water resources of country (As on 31 st March 2013) carried out jointly by Central Ground Water Board and State Ground Water Departments, o ut of the total 6584 numbers of assessment units (Block/ Taluks/ Mandals/ watershed/ Firkka), 1034 units categorized as 'Over -exploited'.   State -wise number of 'Over -exploited' units are given at Annexure . This  may  be  due  to  increase  in  populat i n,  rapid  urbanization  &  industrialization  and  other factors.

(c) & (d)Government has proposed Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY) aimed at sustainable ground water management with community participation in select over - exploited  and  ground  water  stresse d areas in seven States (Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar ABHY is designed as a Central Sector Scheme with a total outlay of Rs. 6,000 Crore and is propos be implemented with World Bank assistanc e on 50 - 50 sharing basis.

(e)  Water being a State subject, steps for augmentation, conservation and efficient manag resources  to  ensure  sustainability  and  availability  are  primarily  undertaken  by  the  r Governments.  However, steps taken by the Central Gove nment for conservation of ground water ar available at the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/MeasuresForGW - Depletion\_1.pdf

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Unstarred  Question  No.  3236  to answered in Lok Sabha on 15.03.2018 regarding 'Annual Ground Water Consumption'.

## CATEGORIZATION OF BLOCKS/ MANDALS/ TALUKS IN INDIA (2013)

| Sl. No.   | States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assessed Units   | Over - Exploited   | Over - Exploited   |
|-----------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assessed Units   | Nos.               | %                  |
|           | States                       |                               |                    |                    |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh               | 670                           | 61                 | 9                  |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh            | 11                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 3.        | Assam                        | 27                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 4.        | Bihar                        | 534                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                 | 146                           | 1                  | 1                  |
| 6.        | Delhi                        | 27                            | 15                 | 56                 |
| 7.        | Goa                          | 12                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 8.        | Gujarat                      | 223                           | 23                 | 10                 |
| 9.        | Haryana                      | 119                           | 64                 | 54                 |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh             | 8                             | 1                  | 13                 |
| 11.       | Jammu & Kashmir              | 22                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 12.       | Jharkhand                    | 260                           | 4                  | 2                  |
| 13.       | Karnataka                    | 176                           | 43                 | 24                 |
| 14.       | Kerala                       | 152                           | 1                  | 1                  |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh               | 313                           | 25                 | 8                  |
| 16.       | Maharashtra                  | 353                           | 9                  | 3                  |
| 17.       | Manipur                      | 9                             | 0                  | 0                  |
| 18.       | Meghalaya                    | 11                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 19.       | Mizoram                      | 22                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 20.       | Nagaland                     | 11                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 21.       | Odisha                       | 314                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 22.       | Punjab                       | 138                           | 105                | 76                 |
| 23.       | Rajasthan                    | 248                           | 164                | 66                 |
| 24.       | Sikkim                       | -                             | -                  | -                  |
| 25.       | Tamil Nadu                   | 1139                          | 358                | 31                 |
| 26.       | Telangana                    | 443                           | 46                 | 10                 |
| 27.       | Tripura                      | 39                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh                | 820                           | 113                | 14                 |
| 29.       | Uttarakhand                  | 18                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 30.       | West Bengal                  | 268                           | 0                  | 0                  |
|           | Total (States)               | 6533                          | 1033               | 16                 |
|           | Union Territories            |                               |                    |                    |
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar            | 34                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 2.        | Chandigarh                   | 1                             | 0                  | 0                  |
| 3.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli         | 1                             | 0                  | 0                  |
| 4.        | Daman & Diu                  | 2                             | 0                  | 0                  |
| 5.        | Lakshadweep                  | 9                             | 0                  | 0                  |
| 6.        | Puducherry                   | 4                             | 1                  | 25                 |
|           | Total (UTs)                  | 51                            | 1                  | 2                  |
|           | Grand Total                  | 6584                          | 1034               | 16                 |