Lok Sabha Question No. 145 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: NOC for Ground Water Extraction
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *145

ANSWERED ON 11 . 02.20 21

## NOC FOR GROUND WATER EXTRACTION

## *145. SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  as  per  the  new  guidelines  to  regulate  and  control  ground  water  extraction  in notified by the Union Government/Central Ground Water Authority, No Objection Certificate ( ground water extraction is not to be granted to any new industry in over - exploited areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the reasons for exempting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) under such guidelin
- (c) whether the Government plans to incentivise industries to use rejected ground water for the pu recycling and reuse and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government plans to use a real time monitoring mechanism to measure the level water, if so, the detai ls thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) to (d ) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART s (a) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.  *145 T O  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  11 .0 2.2021 REGARDING  ' NOC  FOR GROUND WATER EXTRACT ION ' ASKED BY SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA , M.P .

(a)As  per  Notified  Guidelines  dated  24.09.2020, in  over - exploited  assessment  units, No  Objection Certificate (NOC) shall not be granted for ground water extraction to any new industry falling in the category of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Further, NOC shal granted  to  new  packaged  water  industries  in  ov er - expl ited  areas,  even  if  they  belong  to  MSME category.

(b) All industries falling under the category of MSME are not exempted from seeking NOC. However, Small and Micro Enterprises (SME) drawing less than 10 cum/day of ground water have been ex to  promote  and  motivate  small  businesses  to  contribute  to  econ omic  development  of  the  country. Further, the small exempted quantity may not affect the overall ground water scenario in area. In addition, considering the large number of industries falling in the category of of ground water extraction in the said category may not be practical and implementable.

(c) There is no specific incentive for reuse of rejected water by the industr guidelines. However, indirect benefit has been included in the guidelines for promoting hig use of recycled  water  as  the  project  proponents  need  to  pay  lesser  amount  towards  groun abstraction/restoration charges for reduced requirement of fresh water (because of use of water).

Further, the guidelines stipulate use of latest water efficient technologies by all the indust using  the  groundwater  to  reduce  dependence  on  groundwater  resources.  In  addition,  all extracting groundwater are required to reduce their ground water use by at least 20 percent t hree years through appropriate means.

(d) Ground  water  regulation  guidelines  provide  for  elaborate  mechanism  for  monitoring  o water levels by the project proponents. Proponents drawing ground water in excess of 50 c are required to inst all digital water level recorders (DWLR) for real time monitoring of gro levels.  Further,  proponents  extracting  groundwater  beyond  500  cum  per  day  are  required DWLR with telemetry system.

In addition, Central Ground Water Board is plann ng to install DWLRs with telemetry system for real time monitoring of ground water resources in certain water stressed areas of the c

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