Lok Sabha Question No. 892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Management of Ground Water
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: VINCENT H PALA

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 892

ANSWERED ON 07.0 2.201 9

## MANAGEMENT OF GROUND WATER

## 892. SHRI VINCENT H. PALA

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) the framework and policies developed by the Central Ground Water Board for management water in India;

(b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  effective  implementation  of  the  Aquifer  M Management Plans (AMP) and Participatory Ground Water Management Plans (PGWM); and

(c) the results achieved as a result of implementation of the above mentioned plans in each State of the country?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW

## AL )

(a)   Central Ground W ater Board (CGWB) has been entrusted with the responsibilities of developing disseminating technologies, monitoring national policies for the scientific and substainab and management of India's ground water resources. CGWB periodically takes up various studies which include  ground  wate r  management  studies,  exploratory  drilling  programmes,  monitoring  ground level and water quality through a network of ground water observation wells etc and the res shared with the concerned States for taking up suitable ground water specific interventions.

(b)& (c) The National Aquifer Mapping and Management Programme (NAQUIM) was initiated as a p of the Ground Water Management and R egulation scheme to delineate and ch racterize the aquifers to develop plans for ground water management.

Aquifer maps and management plans are being regularly shared with State Governments the State Ground Water Coord ination Committees, c haired by the concerned Principal Se cretaries of the respective S tates and also with the respective District Authorities for their suitable ground wate demand side and supply side interventions. To facilitate participation at grassroots level s, public interaction programmes (PIP) are being regularly organizedby t he CGWB in which aquifer maps and management plans are discussed in detail.

The  State - wise  details  of  aquifer  mapping  work  carried  out  by  CGWB  in  India  is  g Annexure.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part s (b)  & (c)  of  Unstarred  Question  No.  892  to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 07.02.2019 regarding 'Management of Groundwater'

## 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.   | State/UT                    |   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 and Nicobar Islands |                                                                           400 |                                                                               |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              |                                                                         52150 |                                                                               |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                                                          3399 |                                                                               |
| 4       | Assam                       |                                                                          6879 |                                                                               |
| 5       | Bihar                       |                                                                         14921 |                                                                               |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                |                                                                         19525 |                                                                               |
| 7       | Dadra & NagarHaveli         |                                                                           490 |                                                                               |
| 8       | Delhi                       |                                                                          1483 |                                                                               |
| 9       | Goa                         |                                                                          1756 |                                                                               |
| 10      | Gujarat                     |                                                                         31522 |                                                                               |
| 11      | Haryana                     |                                                                         44179 |                                                                               |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh            |                                                                          3200 |                                                                               |
| 13      | Jammu & Kashmir             |                                                                          9506 |                                                                               |
| 14      | Jharkhand                   |                                                                         19395 |                                                                               |
| 15      | Karnataka                   |                                                                         84043 |                                                                               |
| 16      | Kerala                      |                                                                         15200 |                                                                               |
| 17      | Lakshadweep                 |                                                                            32 |                                                                               |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh              |                                                                         71798 |                                                                               |
| 19      | Maharashtra                 |                                                                         66298 |                                                                               |
| 20      | Manipur                     |                                                                          1655 |                                                                               |
| 21      | Meghalaya                   |                                                                          4937 |                                                                               |
| 22      | Mizoram                     |                                                                           700 |                                                                               |
| 23      | Nagaland                    |                                                                           910 |                                                                               |
| 24      | Odisha                      |                                                                         22450 |                                                                               |
| 25      | Puducherry                  |                                                                           454 |                                                                               |
| 26      | Punjab                      |                                                                         50368 |                                                                               |
| 27      | Rajasthan                   |                                                                        151275 |                                                                               |
| 28      | Sikkim                      |                                                                           140 |                                                                               |
| 29      | Tamil Nadu                  |                                                                         71131 |                                                                               |
| 30      | Tela ngana                  |                                                                         39578 |                                                                               |
| 31      | Tripura                     |                                                                          6757 |                                                                               |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh               |                                                                         65108 |                                                                               |
| 33      | Uttarakhand                 |                                                                          7811 |                                                                               |
| 34      | West Bengal                 |                                                                         21201 |                                                                               |
|         | Total                       |                                                                        890651 |                                                                               |