Lok Sabha Question No. 1977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Depletion in Ground Water
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, Gurjeet Singh,Aujla

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 1977

ANSWERED ON 27 .0 7.201 7

## DEPLETION IN GROUND WATER

## 1977. SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION  be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has recently announced setting up a panel of secretaries to issue of ground water depletion;

(b) if so, the details and the composition thereof along with the time by which the panel is li submit its report to the Government;

(c) whether the Government has taken any steps during the past three years to check the of ground water; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the extent to which the Government has succeeded in depletion of ground water in various parts of the country?

## ANSWER

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

## ( DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN )

(a) & (b)  In order to ensure sustainable withdrawal and effective utilization of ground management, an Inter Ministerial Committee has been constituted.  Secretary, Ministry o Resources, RD & GR is the convener of the Co mmittee which consists of Secretaries of Ministrie of Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Panchayati Raj, Agriculture and F Welfare  and  Environment  &  Forests  and  Climate  Change.  The  Committee  had  its  meeting 5.5.2017 and minutes hav e been issued.

(c) & (d) Steps taken by the Central Government for conservation of ground water are avail the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/writereaddata/GW\_Depletion.pdf .

The comparison of assessment of ground water resources of the country carried out by Central Ground Water Board and State Ground Water Departments in 2011 and 2013, reve that 343 assessment units have shown improvement in categorization (Overexp loited/Critical/Semi -critical) during successive assessments. State - wise table is given in Annexure.

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (c) & (d) Unstarred Q.No. 1977 to be answered in L on 27.07.2017 regarding 'Depletion in Ground Water'

## State - wise details of Assessment Units Improved (from Year 2011 to 2013)

| Sl.No   | State/UT          | Improved   |
|---------|-------------------|------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 9          |
| 2       | Bihar             | 3          |
| 3       | Delhi             | 9          |
| 4       | Gujarat           | 5          |
| 5       | Haryana           | 27         |
| 6       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1          |
| 7       | Jharkhand         | 5          |
| 8       | Karnataka*        | -          |
| 9       | Kerala            | 11         |
| 10      | Madhya Pradesh    | 13         |
| 11      | Maharashtra       | 5          |
| 12      | Punjab            | 11         |
| 13      | Rajasthan         | 39         |
| 14      | Tamil Nadu        | 82         |
| 15      | Telangana         | 27         |
| 16      | Uttar Pradesh     | 87         |
| 17      | Uttarakhand       | 6          |
| 18      | West Bengal       | 1          |
|         | State Total       | 341        |
|         | Union Territories |            |
| 1       | Daman & Diu       | 2          |
|         | UTs Total         | 2          |
|         | Grand Total       | 343        |