Lok Sabha Question No. 4277 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: NAQUIM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## 4277. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has conducted the National Aquifer Mapping and Management Progr (NAQUIM) to map aquifers;

- (b) if so, the details thereof, State - wise;

(c) whether the Government is plan ning to make rain water harvesting mandatory in all buildings; a (d) if so, the details thereof including the minimum plot size cap, incentives guaranteed etc

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  &  b) Central  Ground  Water  Board  (CGWB)  is  implementing  National  Aquifer  Mapping  a Management program (NAQUIM), which envisages mapping of aquifers (water bearing formations), characterization and development of Aquifer Management Plans to facilitate sustainable management Ground Water Resources.

So far aquifer maps and management plans for about 11.8 lakh sq.km.have been prepared for areas spread over various parts of the country. State - wise de ils are given in Annexure .

(c) & d) As per information received from Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs , the Model Building Bye Laws (MBBL), 2016, has been issued for guidance of the States/UTs which has a chapter on 'Rainwater Harvesting'.    The  provisions  of  this  chapter  are  app licable  to  all  the  buildings.  33  States  /  UTs adopted the rainwater harvesting provisions. The implementation of the rainwater harvesting within the purview of the State Government/Urban Local Body / Urban Development Authority. as per MBBL-2016, provision of rainwater harvesting is applicable to all residential plots ab

In order to regulate the Over - exploitation and consequent depletion of ground water, t he Ministry has circulated a Model Bill to all the States/UTs to enable them to enact suitable ground water legisl for regulation of its development, which includes provision of rain water harvesting. So far have adopted and implemented the ground water legislation on the lines of Model Bill .

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4277

ANSWERED ON 1 9.0 3.2020

## NAQUIM

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No. 4277 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 19.03.2020 regarding 'NAQUIM'.

## State and UT - wise areas (in km 2 ) for which Aquifer maps have been prepared and management plans have been developed by CGWB

| S.No.   | Area for which aquifer maps and management plans have been prepared (km 2 )   |   Area for which aquifer maps and management plans have been prepared (km 2 ) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | 1 Andaman                                                                     |                                                                           800 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                |                                                                         64185 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                             |                                                                          3399 |
| 4       | Assam                                                                         |                                                                         13980 |
| 5       | Bihar                                                                         |                                                                         25657 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                                                                    |                                                                           115 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                                                                  |                                                                         29616 |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                          |                                                                           490 |
| 9       | Daman & Diu                                                                   |                                                                             0 |
| 10      | Delhi                                                                         |                                                                          1483 |
| 11      | Goa                                                                           |                                                                          3702 |
| 12      | Gujarat                                                                       |                                                                         69106 |
| 13      | Haryana                                                                       |                                                                         44179 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh                                                              |                                                                          6240 |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir                                                               |                                                                          9506 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                                                                     |                                                                         29241 |
| 17      | Karnataka                                                                     |                                                                         98495 |
| 18      | Kerala                                                                        |                                                                         18166 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                                                                   |                                                                            32 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                                                                |                                                                         81366 |
| 21      | Maharashtra                                                                   |                                                                         86863 |
| 22      | Manipur                                                                       |                                                                          1655 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                                                                     |                                                                          8678 |
| 24      | Mizoram                                                                       |                                                                           700 |
| 25      | Nagaland                                                                      |                                                                           910 |
| 26      | Odisha                                                                        |                                                                         24912 |
|         | 27 Pudducherry                                                                |                                                                           454 |
| 28      | Punjab                                                                        |                                                                         50368 |
| 29      | Rajasthan                                                                     |                                                                        188070 |
| 30      | Sikkim                                                                        |                                                                           280 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                                                                    |                                                                         94505 |
| 32      | Telangana                                                                     |                                                                         48963 |
| 33      | Tripura                                                                       |                                                                          6757 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh                                                                 |                                                                        123556 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                                                                   |                                                                          7811 |
| 36      | West Bengal                                                                   |                                                                         32695 |
| Total   | Total                                                                         |                                                                       1176935 |

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