Lok Sabha Question No. 2552 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Assistance for Ground Water Monitoring
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †2552

ANSWERED ON 27.12 .201 8

## ASSISTANCE FOR GROUN D WATER MONITORING

## †2552. SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  provides  financial  and  technological  assistance  to  States  for survey, monitoring and increasing ground water level;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the extent of the said assistance provided dur years and the current year, State - wise;
- (c) whether the Government has sanctioned any proposals for exploration of ground water in h of the country and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the funds allocated and released for the said purpose, State - wise and the details of work undertaken i this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) & (b) Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management & conservation including artificial recharge to ground water in the Country is primarily States' responsibility.

CGWB as part of the Aquifer Mapping Programme under the Ground Water Management & Regulation ( GWM&R )scheme shares the Aquifer Maps and Management Plans w ith the concerned State Agencies.  A  conceptual  document  titled  Master  Plan  (2013)  for  artificial  recharge  to prepared by CGWB has also been shared with the State agency which provides information ab specific artificial recharge techniqu es to augment the ground water resources based on the availabi source water and capacity of the subsurface formations to accommodate it.

As  per  information  received  from Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  S ate - wise  details  of number  of  works on  water  conservation  and  water  harvesting  completed and  funds  released under MGNREGS are given at Annexure -I.

(c) & (d) Ground water Exploration is an activity under the National Aquifer Mapping Programm Central  Sector  Scheme  of  Ground  Water  Man agement  &  Regulation  ( GWM&R ) sch eme  being implemented by CGWB. Details of hilly States to be covered under Aquifer mapping during 2017 -20 are given at Annexure -II .

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ANNEXURE -I † 2552 to be answered in Lok

## Annexur e referred to in reply to part s ( a) & (b)of Unstarred Question No. Sabha on 27.12.2018 regarding ' Assistance for Ground Water Monitoring '

|       |                      | Water Conservation and Water Harvesting Works   | Water Conservation and Water Harvesting Works   | Water Conservation and Water Harvesting Works   | Water Conservation and Water Harvesting Works   | Water Conservation and Water Harvesting Works   | Water Conservation and Water Harvesting Works   | Water Conservation and Water Harvesting Works   | Water Conservation and Water Harvesting Works   |
|-------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| S.No. | State                | 2015-2016                                       | 2015-2016                                       | Completed 2016-2017                             | Completed 2016-2017                             | 2017-2018                                       | 2017-2018                                       | 2018-2019                                       | 2018-2019                                       |
| S.No. | State                | Phy. (Nos.)                                     | Fin. (in Lakhs)                                 | Phy. (Nos.)                                     | Fin. (in Lakhs)                                 | Phy. (Nos.)                                     | Fin. (in Lakhs)                                 | Phy. (Nos.)                                     | Fin. (in Lakhs)                                 |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 45889                                           | 60427.41                                        | 87343                                           | 28404.18                                        | 42886                                           | 45212.96                                        | 48503                                           | 24013.81                                        |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 15                                              | 53.38                                           | 591                                             | 439.86                                          | 87                                              | 293.57                                          | 9                                               | 122.69                                          |
| 3     | ASSAM                | 571                                             | 2085.34                                         | 915                                             | 5718.88                                         | 2020                                            | 2661.42                                         | 1439                                            | 597.39                                          |
| 4     | BIHAR                | 3230                                            | 8368.36                                         | 3968                                            | 10069.83                                        | 6382                                            | 7903.2                                          | 3572                                            | 1459.23                                         |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH         | 5927                                            | 29195.02                                        | 17013                                           | 53458.65                                        | 18949                                           | 32615.01                                        | 16585                                           | 13846.56                                        |
| 6     | GOA                  | 8                                               | 2.54                                            | 7                                               | 3.87                                            | 2                                               | 0.79                                            | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 7     | GUJARAT              | 4237                                            | 7197.74                                         | 7495                                            | 9742.41                                         | 7372                                            | 7321.63                                         | 4099                                            | 2884.38                                         |
| 8     | HARYANA              | 615                                             | 1255.48                                         | 741                                             | 4194.37                                         | 675                                             | 3042.92                                         | 354                                             | 666.53                                          |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 5742                                            | 4298.43                                         | 7014                                            | 5701.07                                         | 6198                                            | 4667.35                                         | 5882                                            | 1825.16                                         |
| 10    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    | 4051                                            | 2686.56                                         | 3615                                            | 3071.31                                         | 3000                                            | 2668.17                                         | 1054                                            | 285.47                                          |
| 11    | JHARKHAND            | 16392                                           | 33545.8                                         | 104334                                          | 60939.6                                         | 49523                                           | 9469.01                                         | 10538                                           | 1299.39                                         |
| 12    | KARNATAKA            | 19631                                           | 17090.39                                        | 24861                                           | 38295.77                                        | 20026                                           | 27066.4                                         | 12586                                           | 8394.37                                         |
| 13    | KERALA               | 34509                                           | 31271.19                                        | 46132                                           | 47214.59                                        | 27434                                           | 42419.28                                        | 9816                                            | 3429.09                                         |
| 14    | MADHYA PRADESH       | 18112                                           | 25503.7                                         | 24170                                           | 46932.12                                        | 19328                                           | 31501.59                                        | 13294                                           | 15733.81                                        |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA          | 19780                                           | 32344.52                                        | 22203                                           | 25810.83                                        | 14688                                           | 14260.34                                        | 14200                                           | 6071.99                                         |
| 16    | MANIPUR              | 484                                             | 1212.14                                         | 546                                             | 2159.63                                         | 178                                             | 650.08                                          | 116                                             | 206.46                                          |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA            | 905                                             | 1835.25                                         | 1239                                            | 6418.83                                         | 834                                             | 5539.61                                         | 251                                             | 588.66                                          |
| 18    | MIZORAM              | 366                                             | 2068.48                                         | 476                                             | 1026.09                                         | 814                                             | 1406.97                                         | 775                                             | 1700.27                                         |
| 19    | NAGALAND             | 602                                             | 740.32                                          | 701                                             | 2441.35                                         | 385                                             | 5532.34                                         | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 20    | ODISHA               | 4853                                            | 12249.07                                        | 12014                                           | 16570.43                                        | 5480                                            | 5796.95                                         | 1411                                            | 848.38                                          |
| 21    | PUNJAB               | 137                                             | 320.87                                          | 190                                             | 389.26                                          | 192                                             | 272.17                                          | 79                                              | 44.76                                           |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN            | 8531                                            | 72794.44                                        | 16013                                           | 70114.87                                        | 10497                                           | 30001.22                                        | 5879                                            | 5116.01                                         |
| 23    | SIKKIM               | 181                                             | 1037.5                                          | 248                                             | 1200.18                                         | 149                                             | 486.15                                          | 80                                              | 44.62                                           |
| 24    | TAMIL NADU           | 9237                                            | 55347.33                                        | 6420                                            | 46772.58                                        | 10199                                           | 50242.29                                        | 9671                                            | 12722.76                                        |
| 25    | TELANGANA            | 11073                                           | 41544.13                                        | 115462                                          | 26343.49                                        | 65259                                           | 12481.27                                        | 7585                                            | 1822.3                                          |
| 26    | TRIPURA              | 9605                                            | 10733.26                                        | 6532                                            | 14763.75                                        | 7151                                            | 6092.6                                          | 1585                                            | 654.36                                          |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH        | 23111                                           | 37230.33                                        | 44850                                           | 94624.83                                        | 29778                                           | 37219.07                                        | 13939                                           | 10425.74                                        |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND          | 2094                                            | 2984.31                                         | 3926                                            | 4552.22                                         | 6401                                            | 5141.06                                         | 4067                                            | 1498.41                                         |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL          | 26883                                           | 47651.45                                        | 33077                                           | 75787.11                                        | 35724                                           | 32362.54                                        | 25110                                           | 1603.86                                         |
| 30    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  | 22                                              | 24.68                                           | 49                                              | 3.95                                            | 5                                               | 5.4                                             | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 31    | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 32    | DAMAN & DIU          | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 33    | LAKSHADWEEP          | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 34    | PUDUCHERRY           | 14                                              | 73.32                                           | 16                                              | 94.26                                           | 35                                              | 187.88                                          | 7                                               | 37.61                                           |
|       | Total                | 276807                                          | 543172.74                                       | 592161                                          | 703260.17                                       | 391651                                          | 424521.24                                       | 212486                                          | 117944.07                                       |

Annexur e referred to in reply to part s ( c) &  (d) of  Unstarred Question No. † 2552 to be answered in Lok  Sabha  on 27.12.2018 regarding  ' Assistance  for  Ground  Water Monitoring '

State - wise details of hilly areas to be covered under Aquifer mapping during 2017- 2020

|   Sl. No . | State             |   Area to be covered (km 2 ) |
|------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|          1 | Arunachal Pradesh |                         3496 |
|          2 | Assam             |                        21081 |
|          3 | Himachal Pradesh  |                         7660 |
|          4 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                         2270 |
|          5 | Manipur           |                         2404 |
|          6 | Meghalaya         |                         1436 |
|          7 | Mizoram           |                          700 |
|          8 | Nagaland          |                         2122 |
|          9 | Sikkim            |                         1000 |
|         10 | Tripura           |                         5639 |
|         11 | Uttarakhand       |                         5000 |