Lok Sabha Question No. 2522 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Decreasing Ground Water Level
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Uday Pratap Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2522 ANSWERED ON 0 5.0 3.2020

## DECREASING GROUND WA TER LEVEL

## †2522. SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for continuously decreasing ground wa and to prevent uncontrolled exploitation of ground water and if so, the details thereof, Stat - wise;

(b) the steps taken by the Government for ensuring availability of clean drinking water especially in Madhya Pradesh during the last three years and the current year;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  attentive  towards  the  continuous  deplet ion  of  ground  water  level  and vanishing of old pond, babadi and wells;

(d) if so, the scheme of the Government to make them deep/revive; and

(e) the details of the allocated and used funds during the last three years and the curren - wise incl uding Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) Water being a State subject, initiatives on sustainable water management including cons water harvesting in the Country is primarily States' responsibility. However, the important measures taken by the Central Government for conservation, mana gement of ground water and effective implementation rain water harvesting in the country are at the following URL:

http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf .

In addition, a number of States have done notable work in the field conservation/harvesting.  Of these, mention can be made of 'Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan' in Rajasthan, 'Jalyukt Shibar' in Maharashtra, 'Sujalam Sufalam Abhiyan' in Gujarat, 'Mission Kakatiya' in Telangana,  Neeru  Chettu'  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  Jal  Jeevan  Hariyali  in  Bihar,  'Jal  Hi  Jeevan'  in  Haryana among others.

Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a time bound campaign with a mission m approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditions in the w blocks  of  256  districts  in  India.  In  this  regard,  teams  of  officers  from  Central  Governm t  along -with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to visit water stressed distric close collaboration with district level officials to undertake suitable interventions.

Central Government supports construction of water harvesting and conservation works through  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  and  Pradhan mantra Krishi Sinchayee Yojana -Watershed Development Component (PMKSY- WDC ).

(b)  D rinking  water  is  a  State  subject  and  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  o providing financial and technical assistance to States/UTs including Madhya Pradesh. It is plan, design, approve, implement, operate and maintain water supply schemes.

To  enable  every  rural  household  to  have  Functional  Household  Tap  Connection  (FHT 2024,Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). The funds provided to the States under JJM can be utilized for providing safe drinking wat water quality affected areas on priority.

Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs,  through  'Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban Transformation (AMRUT)', supplements the efforts of the States/ Union Territories (UTs) in provi water supply, sewerage & septage management, storm water drainage etc in 500 cities/towns a (covering  about  22.50  Crore  population)  with  a  total  outlay  of  Rs.  1,00,000  crore  incl Assistance of Rs. 35,990 crore during FY 2015 - 2016  to  FY  2019 - 2020.  The  total  State  Annual  Action Plans (SAAPs) approved for the entire Mission period is Rs.77,640 crore out of which Rs.3 (around 50%) has been allocated to water supply.

(c)  Ground water levels in various parts of the Country are declining because of continuous due to reasons such as increased demand of fresh water for various uses, vagaries of rain population, industrialization & urbanization et c.

Central  Ground  Water  Board (CGWB) is  periodically  monitoring  the  ground  water  le throughout the Country on a regional scale, through a network of monitoring wells. In order to assess the decline in water level on a long - term basis, Pre - monsoon water level data collected by CGWB during Pre -monsoon 2019 has been compared with the decadal average (2009 - 2018).  Analysis  of  water  level  dat indicates that about 61% of the wells monitored have registered decline in ground water level .

(d) & (e) The expenditure made on water related works taken up under MGNREGS during last three years and current year as uploaded by the States (including Madhya Pradesh) is at Annexure .

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Annexu re referred to in reply to part (d) & (e) of Uns tarredQ. No. † 2522 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 05.03.2020 regarding ' Decreasing Groundwater Level '.

## State - wiseexpenditure made on water related works taken up under MGNREGS during last three years and current year

| Sl. No.   | State                | Expenditure on Water Related works [In. Lakhs] Mahatma Gandhi NREGA (as on 2nd March 2020)   | Expenditure on Water Related works [In. Lakhs] Mahatma Gandhi NREGA (as on 2nd March 2020)   | Expenditure on Water Related works [In. Lakhs] Mahatma Gandhi NREGA (as on 2nd March 2020)   | Expenditure on Water Related works [In. Lakhs] Mahatma Gandhi NREGA (as on 2nd March 2020)   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State                | 2019-20                                                                                      | 2018-19                                                                                      | 2017-18                                                                                      | 2016-17                                                                                      |
| 1         | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  | 89.62                                                                                        | 86.69                                                                                        | 126.03                                                                                       | 123.3                                                                                        |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 212120.95                                                                                    | 256964.71                                                                                    | 164157.81                                                                                    | 273149.9                                                                                     |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 3112.65                                                                                      | 2214.16                                                                                      | 2416.6                                                                                       | 4739.33                                                                                      |
| 4         | ASSAM                | 34915.62                                                                                     | 34497.54                                                                                     | 21137.02                                                                                     | 19878.53                                                                                     |
| 5         | BIHAR                | 25437.55                                                                                     | 37372.68                                                                                     | 45426.4                                                                                      | 47056.95                                                                                     |
| 6         | CHHATTISGARH         | 100517.64                                                                                    | 121179.93                                                                                    | 115148.28                                                                                    | 101281.9                                                                                     |
| 7         | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 8         | DAMAN & DIU          | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 9         | GOA                  | 31                                                                                           | 11.92                                                                                        | 208.89                                                                                       | 254.18                                                                                       |
| 10        | GUJARAT              | 28527.26                                                                                     | 37532.24                                                                                     | 23489.76                                                                                     | 24114.12                                                                                     |
| 11        | HARYANA              | 5207.51                                                                                      | 6613.62                                                                                      | 15397.22                                                                                     | 14274.98                                                                                     |
| 12        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 13672.92                                                                                     | 22844                                                                                        | 19824.73                                                                                     | 18969.19                                                                                     |
| 13        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    | 11052.46                                                                                     | 22442.49                                                                                     | 27464.92                                                                                     | 27382.79                                                                                     |
| 14        | JHARKHAND            | 18899.11                                                                                     | 40932.77                                                                                     | 69120.31                                                                                     | 126538.42                                                                                    |
| 15        | KARNATAKA            | 129687.52                                                                                    | 126328.15                                                                                    | 134506.03                                                                                    | 135721.54                                                                                    |
| 16        | KERALA               | 48085.04                                                                                     | 81474.63                                                                                     | 95301.72                                                                                     | 93727.73                                                                                     |
| 17        | LAKSHADWEEP          | 3.56                                                                                         | 7.01                                                                                         | 9.61                                                                                         | 0.03                                                                                         |
| 18        | MADHYA PRADESH       | 157603.88                                                                                    | 151624.59                                                                                    | 135631.69                                                                                    | 122744.85                                                                                    |
| 19        | MAHARASHTRA          | 28353.27                                                                                     | 69019.89                                                                                     | 87844.85                                                                                     | 96272.75                                                                                     |
| 20        | MANIPUR              | 13071.95                                                                                     | 7246.93                                                                                      | 4895.73                                                                                      | 13361.06                                                                                     |
| 21        | MEGHALAYA            | 22425.2                                                                                      | 11390.6                                                                                      | 10731.47                                                                                     | 11713.42                                                                                     |
| 22        | MIZORAM              | 6265.99                                                                                      | 5345.19                                                                                      | 5942.1                                                                                       | 6914.03                                                                                      |
| 23        | NAGALAND             | 4135.68                                                                                      | 7612.69                                                                                      | 7604.41                                                                                      | 14455.38                                                                                     |
| 24        | ODISHA               | 27255.31                                                                                     | 35635.17                                                                                     | 38899.05                                                                                     | 48204.72                                                                                     |
| 25        | PUDUCHERRY           | 1101.27                                                                                      | 1176.91                                                                                      | 1188.51                                                                                      | 907.41                                                                                       |
| 26        | PUNJAB               | 12779                                                                                        | 13944.05                                                                                     | 19915.75                                                                                     | 11983.2                                                                                      |
| 27        | RAJASTHAN            | 189424.86                                                                                    | 205798.49                                                                                    | 192036.19                                                                                    | 213289.68                                                                                    |
| 28        | SIKKIM               | 1780.63                                                                                      | 1415.02                                                                                      | 2141.56                                                                                      | 3575.37                                                                                      |
| 29        | TAMIL NADU           | 284033.18                                                                                    | 239027.71                                                                                    | 281712.38                                                                                    | 456369.4                                                                                     |
| 30        | TELANGANA            | 89694.82                                                                                     | 83031.08                                                                                     | 79988.04                                                                                     | 64344.82                                                                                     |
| 31        | TRIPURA              | 11194.47                                                                                     | 10081.41                                                                                     | 14176.07                                                                                     | 30926.97                                                                                     |
| 32        | UTTAR PRADESH        | 108411.45                                                                                    | 122450.7                                                                                     | 136741.3                                                                                     | 149274.23                                                                                    |
| 33        | UTTARAKHAND          | 10077.56                                                                                     | 18473.26                                                                                     | 24021.87                                                                                     | 24996.24                                                                                     |
| 34        | WEST BENGAL          | 90527.92                                                                                     | 193589.19                                                                                    | 206698.82                                                                                    | 171344.62                                                                                    |
|           | Total                | 1689496.9                                                                                    | 1967365.4                                                                                    | 1983905.1                                                                                    | 2327891.04                                                                                   |