Lok Sabha Question No. 1061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Groundwater Management
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1061 ANSWERED ON 2 7.06.2019

## GROUNDWATER MANAGEME NT

## 1061. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether depleting of groundwater level has been reported across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the areas declared water deficient in the country and

(c)  w hether  the  Government  has  started  any  groundwater  management  projects  and  if  so,  th thereof along with the review mechanism for these projects?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c) Ground  water  levels  in  various  parts  of  the  Country  are  declining  because  of  c withdrawal due to reasons such as increased demand of fresh water for various uses, vagarie increased population, industrialization & urbanization etc.  Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carri out ground water monitoring four times a year in different States.  In order to assess the trend in water level on a long - term basis, pre - monsoon water level data 2018 has been compared with the decadal average (2008 - 2017)  water  level.    Analysis  of  data  indicates  decline  in  ground  water about 52% of the wells being monitored. State - wise details including Bihar are given in Annexure I.

The annual replenishable gr ound water resource of the country is also being estimated joi Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and State Governments at periodical intervals. As per t assessment, out of the total 6584 assessment units (Block/ Taluks/ Mandals/ watersheds/ F irkas) in the Country,  1034  units  in  17  States/UTs  have  been  categorized  as  'Over -exploited'  where  ground  water extraction is more than net ground water availability and there is significant long - term decline in water levels. 253 units have been categorize d as 'Critical', 681 units as 'Semi -Critical' and 4520 units as 'Safe'. State wise details are at Annexure II .

Further, water being a State subject, efforts to conserve and manage ground water is primarily States' responsibility. However, other steps taken by the Central Government to control ground water depletion are at the following URL: http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun201 .

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part s (a) to  (c) of Unstarred  Question  No. 1061 to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 27. 06.2019 regarding ' Groundwater Management '

| S. No.   | Name of State        | No. of wells Analysed   | Rise   | Rise   | Fall   | Fall   | Wells showing no change   | Wells showing no change   |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State        | No. of wells Analysed   | No.    | %      | No.    | %      | No.                       | %                         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 714                     | 290    | 41     | 423    | 59     | 1                         | 0.1                       |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 8                       | 5      | 63     | 3      | 38     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 3        | Assam                | 154                     | 98     | 64     | 56     | 36     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 4        | Bihar                | 619                     | 268    | 43     | 350    | 57     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| 5        | Chandigarh           | 9                       | 2      | 22     | 7      | 78     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh         | 458                     | 181    | 40     | 271    | 59     | 6                         | 1.3                       |
| 7        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 17                      | 8      | 47     | 9      | 53     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 8        | Daman & Diu          | 10                      | 5      | 50     | 5      | 50     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 9        | Delhi                | 82                      | 20     | 24     | 62     | 76     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 10       | Goa                  | 70                      | 50     | 71     | 20     | 29     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 11       | Gujarat              | 756                     | 345    | 46     | 401    | 53     | 10                        | 1.3                       |
| 12       | Haryana              | 273                     | 68     | 25     | 205    | 75     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh     | 86                      | 21     | 24     | 65     | 76     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 244                     | 47     | 19     | 197    | 81     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 15       | Jharkhand            | 255                     | 168    | 66     | 87     | 34     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 16       | Karnataka            | 1343                    | 792    | 59     | 542    | 40     | 9                         | 0.7                       |
| 17       | Kerala               | 1431                    | 773    | 54     | 654    | 46     | 4                         | 0.3                       |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh       | 1330                    | 546    | 41     | 782    | 59     | 2                         | 0.2                       |
| 19       | Maharashtra          | 1632                    | 774    | 47     | 857    | 53     | 1                         | 0.1                       |
| 20       | Meghalaya            | 22                      | 9      | 41     | 13     | 59     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 21       | Odisha               | 1254                    | 766    | 61     | 485    | 39     | 3                         | 0.2                       |
| 22       | Puducherry           | 5                       | 3      | 60     | 2      | 40     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 23       | Punjab               | 216                     | 35     | 16     | 181    | 84     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 24       | Rajasthan            | 929                     | 474    | 51     | 454    | 49     | 1                         | 0.1                       |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           | 528                     | 209    | 40     | 318    | 60     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| 26       | Telangana            | 568                     | 295    | 52     | 268    | 47     | 5                         | 0.9                       |
| 27       | Tripura              | 25                      | 21     | 84     | 4      | 16     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        | 563                     | 97     | 17     | 466    | 83     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 29       | Uttarakhand          | 28                      | 8      | 29     | 20     | 71     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 30       | West Bengal          | 614                     | 408    | 66     | 205    | 33     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| Total    | Total                | 14243                   | 6786   | 48     | 7412   | 52     | 45                        | 0.3                       |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part s (a) to  (c) of  Unstarred  Question  No. 1061 to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 27. 06.2019 regarding ' Groundwater Management '

CATEGORIZATION OF BLOCKS/ MANDALS/ TALUKAS IN INDIA (2013)

| Sl.No .     | States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assesse   | Safe   | Safe   | Semi- critical   | Semi- critical   | Critical   | Critical   | Over- exploited   | Over- exploited   | Saline   | Saline   |
|-------------|------------------------------|------------------------|--------|--------|------------------|------------------|------------|------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------|----------|
| Sl.No .     | States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assesse   | Nos.   | %      | Nos              | %                | Nos        | %          | Nos.              | %                 | Nos      | %        |
|             | States                       | Units                  |        |        |                  |                  |            |            |                   |                   |          |          |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh               | d 670                  | 497    | 74     | . 54             | 8                | . 17       | 3          | 61                | 9                 | . 41     | 6        |
| 2           | Arunachal                    | 11                     | 11     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 3           | Pradesh Assam                | 27                     | 27     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 4           | Bihar                        | 534                    | 520    | 97     | 14               | 3                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh                 | 146                    | 125    | 86     | 18               | 12               | 2          | 1          | 1                 | 1                 | 0        | 0        |
| 6           | Delhi                        | 27                     | 5      | 19     | 7                | 26               | 0          | 0          | 15                | 56                | 0        | 0        |
| 7           | Goa                          | 12                     | 12     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 8           | Gujarat                      | 223                    | 175    | 78     | 9                | 4                | 6          | 3          | 23                | 10                | 10       | 4        |
| 9           | Haryana                      | 119                    | 30     | 25     | 11               | 9                | 14         | 12         | 64                | 54                | 0        | 0        |
| 10          | Himachal                     | 8                      | 6      | 75     | 0                | 0                | 1          | 13         | 1                 | 13                | 0        | 0        |
| 11          | Pradesh Jammu &              | 22                     | 22     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 12          | Kashmir Jharkhand            | 260                    | 244    | 94     | 10               | 4                | 2          | 1          | 4                 | 2                 | 0        | 0        |
| 13          | Karnataka                    | 176                    | 98     | 56     | 21               | 12               | 14         | 8          | 43                | 24                | 0        | 0        |
| 14          | Kerala                       | 152                    | 131    | 86     | 18               | 12               | 2          | 1          | 1                 | 1                 | 0        | 0        |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh               | 313                    | 228    | 73     | 58               | 19               | 2          | 1          | 25                | 8                 | 0        | 0        |
| 16          | Maharashtra                  | 353                    | 324    | 92     | 19               | 5                | 1          | 0          | 9                 | 3                 | 0        | 0        |
| 17          | Manipur                      | 9                      | 9      | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 18          | Meghalaya                    | 11                     | 11     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 19          | Mizoram                      | 22                     | 22     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 20          | Nagaland                     | 11                     | 11     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 21          | Odisha                       | 314                    | 308    | 98     | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 6        | 2        |
| 22          | Punjab                       | 138                    | 26     | 19     | 3                | 2                | 4          | 3          | 105               | 76                | 0        | 0        |
| 23          | Rajasthan                    | 248                    | 44     | 18     | 28               | 11               | 9          | 4          | 164               | 66                | 3        | 1        |
| 24          | Sikkim                       | -                      | -      | -      | -                | -                | -          | -          | -                 | -                 | -        | -        |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu                   | 1139                   | 429    | 38     | 212              | 19               | 105        | 9          | 358               | 31                | 35       | 3        |
| 26          | Telangana                    | 443                    | 311    | 70     | 74               | 17               | 12         | 3          | 46                | 10                | 0        | 0        |
| 27          | Tripura                      | 39                     | 39     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 28          | Uttar Pradesh                | 820                    | 603    | 74     | 45               | 5                | 59         | 7          | 113               | 14                | 0        | 0        |
| 29          | Uttarakhand                  | 18                     | 16     | 89     | 1                | 6                | 1          | 6          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 30          | West Bengal                  | 268                    | 191    | 71     | 76               | 28               | 1          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
|             | Total (StateS)               | 6533                   | 4475   | 68     | 678              | 10               | 252        | 4          | 103               | 16                | 95       | 1        |
|             | Union                        |                        |        |        |                  |                  |            |            | 3                 |                   |          |          |
| 1           | Territories Andaman &        | 34                     | 34     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 2           | Nicobar Chandigarh           | 1                      | 1      | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 3           | Dadra & Nagar                | 1                      | 1      | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 4           | Haveli Daman & Diu           | 2                      | 1      | 50     | 0                | 0                | 1          | 50         | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 5           | Lakshadweep                  | 9                      | 6      | 67     | 3                | 33               | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 6           | Puducherry                   | 4                      | 2      | 50     | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 1                 | 25                | 1        | 25       |
|             | Total (UTs)                  | 51                     | 45     | 88     | 3                | 6                | 1          | 2          | 1                 | 2                 | 1        | 2        |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                  | 6584                   | 4520   | 69     | 681              | 10               | 253        | 4          | 103               | 16                | 96       | 1        |

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