Lok Sabha Question No. 4854 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: NAQUIM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: B. Y. Raghavendra

## 4854. SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the National Aquifer Mapping and Management Programme (NAQU being implemented by the Government ;
- (b) if so, the details and the objectives thereof;
- (c) whether th e Government has any contemplation to delineate and characterize the aquifers t plans for ground water management;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has set any timeframe to achieve the target under the said sche nd if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c) 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 sus tainable management of Ground Water Resources.

NAQUIM was initiated in 2012 as a part of the 'Ground Water Management and Regulation' scheme with the objectives to delineate and characterize the aquifers and develop plans f ground  water  ma nagement  in  the  country.  The  State - wise  information  is  shared  with  States/Uts implementation.

- (d)Out of nearly 33 lakh sq km geographical area of the country, a mappable area of around 2 has been identified by the CGWB to be covered u nder this programme. So far, 15.57 lakh sq km areas h been covered. State/UT wise areas covered under the programme are given in Annexure .
- (e)The remaining area is targeted to be covered by Mar 2023.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4854

ANSWERED ON 25 .03 .2021

## NAQUIM

ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of Unstarred Question No. 4854 to be answered Lok Sabha on 25.03.2021 regarding 'NAQUIM'.

State  and  UT - wise  areas  (in  sq  km)  for  which  aquifer  maps  have  been  prepared  and management plans have been developed.

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   management |
|----------|------------------------|--------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar      |          800 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh         |        74785 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh      |         5502 |
| 4        | Assam                  |        26077 |
| 5        | Bihar                  |        26557 |
| 6        | Chandigarh             |          115 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh           |        52546 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli   |          490 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu            |            0 |
| 10       | Delhi                  |         1483 |
| 11       | Goa                    |         3702 |
| 12       | Gujarat                |        99177 |
| 13       | Haryana                |        44179 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh       |         7875 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir        |         9506 |
| 16       | Jharkhand              |        30741 |
| 17       | Karnataka              |       118236 |
| 18       | Kerala                 |        24126 |
| 19       | Lakshdweep             |           32 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh         |       119240 |
| 21       | Maharashtra            |       184194 |
| 22       | Manipur                |         2559 |
| 23       | Meghalaya              |         9217 |
| 24       | Mizoram                |          700 |
| 25       | Nagaland               |          910 |
| 26       | Odisha                 |        57981 |
| 27       | Pudducherry            |          454 |
| 28       | Punjab                 |        50368 |
| 29       | Rajasthan              |       216430 |
| 30       | Sikkim                 |          280 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu             |       104391 |
| 32       | Telangana              |        77521 |
| 33       | Tripura                |         6757 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh          |       157117 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand            |         7811 |
| 36       | West Bengal            |        35185 |
|          | Total                  |      1557044 |

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