Lok Sabha Question No. 737 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: National Groundwater Management and Regulation Scheme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 737 ANSWERED ON 21.11 .2019

## NATIONAL GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AND REGUL ATION SCHEME

## 737. SHRI COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of the National Groundwater Management and Regulation scheme along names of the States where it has become operational;
- (b) whether the Bill for the conservation, protection, regulation and Management of Groundwater, 2 likely to be re - introduced in this session and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the status and details of aquifier mapping in the country, State - wise?

## ANSWER

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

- ( a) National Ground water Management and Regulation (GWM&R) Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme having following components:
- The National Aquifer Mapping and Management Programme (NAQUIM)
- Ground Water Monitoring, Resource Assessment, Regulation & Dissemination.
- Strengthening of Infrastructure for technological upgradation (Machinery & Equipment).

The scheme is operational in all the States / Union Territories of the country.

- (b) No Sir.
- (c) (NAQUIM) was initiated in the year 2012 as part of the Ground Water Management and Regu scheme with the objective to delineate and characterize the groundwater aquifers and deve groundwater management plans. So far aquifer maps and manage ment plans have been prepared for nearly 11.24 lakh square - km area spread over various parts of the country. State/UT - wise areas covered are given in the Annexure .

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Annexure referredto in reply to part (c) of Unstarred Question No. † 737 to be answered in Lok  Sabha  on  21.11.2019 regarding  ' National  Groundwater  Management  &  Regulation Scheme ' .

State and UT - wise areas (in km 2 ) for which aquifer maps have been prepared and management plans have been developed since the inception of the programme.

| 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. A ndaman and                                                               |                                                                           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. Delhi                                                                      |                                                                          1483 |
|         | 10. Goa                                                                       |                                                                          3702 |
|         | 11. Gujarat                                                                   |                                                                         57956 |
|         | 12. Haryana                                                                   |                                                                         44179 |
|         | 13. Himachal Pradesh                                                          |                                                                          5840 |
|         | 14. Jammu & Kashmir                                                           |                                                                          9506 |
|         | 15. Jharkhand                                                                 |                                                                         29241 |
|         | 16. Karnataka                                                                 |                                                                         91896 |
|         | 17. Kerala                                                                    |                                                                         18166 |
|         | 18. Lakshadweep                                                               |                                                                            32 |
|         | 19. Madhya Pradesh                                                            |                                                                         77970 |
| 20      | Maharashtra                                                                   |                                                                         86863 |
|         | 21. Manipur                                                                   |                                                                          1655 |
|         | 22. Meghalaya                                                                 |                                                                          8678 |
|         | 23. Mizoram                                                                   |                                                                           700 |
|         | 24. Nagaland                                                                  |                                                                           910 |
|         | 25. Odisha                                                                    |                                                                         24912 |
|         | 26. Pudducherry                                                               |                                                                           454 |
|         | 27. Punjab                                                                    |                                                                         50368 |
|         | 28. Rajasthan                                                                 |                                                                        183747 |
|         | 29. Sikkim                                                                    |                                                                           280 |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu                                                                    |                                                                         87174 |
|         | 31. Telangana                                                                 |                                                                         48963 |
|         | 32. Tripura                                                                   |                                                                          6757 |
| 33.     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                 |                                                                        103928 |
|         | 34. Uttarakhand                                                               |                                                                          7811 |
|         | 35. West Bengal                                                               |                                                                         32631 |
|         | Total                                                                         |                                                                       1124044 |

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