Lok Sabha Question No. 2051 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Ground Water Management
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH, FEROZE VARUN GANDHI, RAJENDRA AGRAWAL, GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, M. CHANDRAKASI, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2051

ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT

| 2051.   | SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN SHRI KIRTI AZAD   | SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI SHRI GOPAL SHETTY SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI   |
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Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the blocks surveyed by the Central Ground Water Board to assess the State of ground water in the country during the last three years;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  blocks  where  ground  water  resources  are  found  to  be  overexploited/depleted  and contaminated State/ UT-wise; particularly Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the details of funds allocated to address the depletion of ground water along with the actual utilisation and the physical outcome thereof during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to bring any legislation or any other institutional mechanism for the regulation of the optimal usage of ground water in the country; and

(e) if so, the time line proposed in this regard?;

## ANSWER

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

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) & (b) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) periodically assess replenishable ground water resources as  well  as  quality  of  ground  water  in  the  Country  including  Uttar  Pradesh.    State-wise  details  of Blocks/Taluks/Mandals/Firkas, as per the latest assessment (2011), are given at Annexure-I. CGWB also monitors the water quality of shallow aquifers on regional scale once in a year.  State-wise number of blocks surveyed during the last three years is given at Annexure II. State-wise details of the blocks in the Country including Uttar Pradesh, where high occurrences of various geo-genic contaminants are observed in ground water is given at Annexure III.

(c) During  XI  Plan,  CGWB  has  undertaken  the  Demonstrative  Rain  Water  Harvesting  and  Artificial Recharge Projects, under the Scheme of 'Ground Water Management & Regulation'.  The scheme has been discontinued during XII Plan.  However, release of funds for approved projects spilled-over during XII Plan. Details of funds released during last three years are given at Annexure  -IV. Water  harvesting structures/ground water recharge structures and other measures  to address depletion of ground water are also  being  taken  up  under  MGNREGA  and  PMKSY  (Watershed  component  and  per  drop  more  crop component).

(d) & (e) Water being a state subject, it is primarily the responsibility of the concerned State Governments to make suitable legislation to regulate utilization of ground water.

Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has been constituted under 'The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986' for the purpose of regulation and control of ground water development and management in the Country.    CGWA  is  regulating  ground  water  withdrawal  by  industries  /  infrastructure/mining  projects  in 'Non-Notified' areas for which guidelines/criteria have been framed and circulated in public domain.

Further, Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR has circulated a Model Bill to all the States/UTs to enable them to enact suitable ground water legislation for its regulation and development which includes provision of rain water harvesting.  So far, 15 States/UTs have adopted and implemented the ground water legislation on the lines of Model Bill.

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## Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2051 to be answered on 28.07.2016 regarding 'Ground Water Management'

## CATEGORIZATION OF BLOCKS/ MANDALS/ TALUKAS/FIRKAS IN INDIA AS PER DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT

(2011)

| S.No.   | States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assessed Units   | Safe   | Safe   | Semi- critical   | Semi- critical   | Critical   | Critical   | Over- Exploited   | Over- Exploited   | Saline   | Saline   |
|---------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------|--------|------------------|------------------|------------|------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------|----------|
| S.No.   | States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assessed Units   | Nos.   | %      | Nos.             | %                | Nos.       | %          | Nos.              | %                 | Nos.     | %        |
|         | States                       |                               |        |        |                  |                  |            |            |                   |                   |          |          |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh               | 662                           | 534    | 81     | 42               | 6                | 7          | 1          | 41                | 6                 | 38       | 6        |
| 2       | Telangana                    | 448                           | 343    | 77     | 55               | 12               | 8          | 2          | 42                | 9                 | 0        | 0        |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh            | 11                            | 11     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 4       | Assam                        | 27                            | 27     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 5       | Bihar                        | 533                           | 522    | 98     | 11               | 2                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                 | 146                           | 125    | 86     | 18               | 12               | 2          | 1          | 1                 | 1                 | 0        | 0        |
| 7       | Delhi                        | 27                            | 2      | 7      | 5                | 19               | 2          | 7          | 18                | 67                | 0        | 0        |
| 8       | Goa                          | 20                            | 20     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 9       | Gujarat                      | 223                           | 171    | 77     | 13               | 6                | 5          | 2          | 24                | 11                | 10       | 4        |
| 10      | Haryana                      | 116                           | 23     | 20     | 7                | 6                | 15         | 13         | 71                | 61                | 0        | 0        |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh             | 8                             | 5      | 63     | 0                | 0                | 2          | 25         | 1                 | 13                | 0        | 0        |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir               | 14                            | 14     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 13      | Jharkhand                    | 210                           | 199    | 95     | 5                | 2                | 0          | 0          | 6                 | 3                 | 0        | 0        |
| 14      | Karnataka                    | 270                           | 152    | 56     | 34               | 13               | 21         | 8          | 63                | 23                | 0        | 0        |
| 15      | Kerala                       | 152                           | 126    | 83     | 23               | 15               | 2          | 1          | 1                 | 1                 | 0        | 0        |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh               | 313                           | 218    | 70     | 67               | 21               | 4          | 1          | 24                | 8                 | 0        | 0        |
| 17      | Maharashtra                  | 353                           | 325    | 92     | 16               | 5                | 2          | 1          | 10                | 3                 | 0        | 0        |
| 18      | Manipur                      | 8                             | 8      | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 19      | Meghalaya                    | 7                             | 7      | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 20      | Mizoram                      | 22                            | 22     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 21      | Nagaland                     | 8                             | 8      | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 22      | Odisha                       | 314                           | 308    | 98     | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 6        | 2        |
| 23      | Punjab                       | 138                           | 22     | 16     | 2                | 1                | 4          | 3          | 110               | 80                | 0        | 0        |
| 24      | Rajasthan                    | 243                           | 25     | 10     | 20               | 8                | 24         | 10         | 172               | 71                | 2        | 1        |
| 25      | Sikkim                       | 4                             | 4      | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu                   | 1129                          | 437    | 39     | 235              | 21               | 48         | 4          | 374               | 33                | 35       | 3        |
| 27      | Tripura                      | 39                            | 39     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh                | 820                           | 559    | 68     | 82               | 10               | 68         | 8          | 111               | 14                | 0        | 0        |
| 29      | Uttaranchal                  | 18                            | 11     | 61     | 5                | 28               | 2          | 11         | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 30      | West Bengal                  | 271                           | 217    | 80     | 53               | 20               | 1          | 0.37       | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
|         | Total (States)               | 6554                          | 4484   | 68     | 693              | 11               | 217        | 3          | 1069              | 16                | 91       | 1        |
|         | Union Territories            |                               |        |        |                  |                  |            |            |                   |                   |          |          |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar             | 36                            | 36     | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 2       | Chandigarh                   | 1                             | 1      | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 3       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli          | 1                             | 1      | 100    | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 4       | Daman &Diu                   | 2                             | 0      | 0      | 1                | 50               | 0          | 0          | 1                 | 50                | 0        | 0        |
| 5       | Lakshadweep                  | 9                             | 6      | 67     | 3                | 33               | 0          | 0          | 0                 | 0                 | 0        | 0        |
| 6       | Pondicherry                  | 4                             | 2      | 50     | 0                | 0                | 0          | 0          | 1                 | 25                | 1        | 25       |
|         | Total (UTs)                  | 53                            | 46     | 87 69  | 4                | 8                | 0          | 0          | 2                 | 4                 | 1        | 2        |
|         | Grand Total                  | 6607                          | 4530   |        | 697              | 11               | 217        | 3          | 1071              | 16                | 92       | 1        |

ANNEXURE - II

Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2051 to be answered on 28.07.2016 regarding 'Ground Water Management'

## Details of Blocks Surveyed by CGWB for Ground Water Quality Monitoring in Last Three Years

| S.No.   | State/UTs              | No. of blocks from which samples were collected   | No. of blocks from which samples were collected   | No. of blocks from which samples were collected   |
|---------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State/UTs              | 2013-14                                           | 2014-15                                           | 2015-16                                           |
| 1       | A &NIslands            | 5                                                 | 5                                                 | 5                                                 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh         | 229                                               | 373                                               | 293                                               |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 5                                                 | 5                                                 | 5                                                 |
| 4       | Assam                  | 24                                                | 24                                                | 24                                                |
| 5       | Bihar                  | 279                                               | 307                                               | 319                                               |
| 6       | Chandigarh             | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | 1                                                 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh           | 98                                                | 98                                                | 98                                                |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1                                                 | 1                                                 | 1                                                 |
| 9       | Daman and Diu          | 1                                                 | 2                                                 | 2                                                 |
| 10      | Delhi                  | 21                                                | 22                                                | 22                                                |
| 11      | Goa                    | 12                                                | 12                                                | 12                                                |
| 12      | Gujarat                | 189                                               | 188                                               | 195                                               |
| 13      | Haryana                | 119                                               | 119                                               | 119                                               |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh       | 14                                                | 10                                                | 8                                                 |
| 15      | Jharkhand              | 153                                               | 158                                               | 165                                               |
| 16      | Jammu &Kashmir         | 27                                                | 27                                                | 27                                                |
| 17      | Karnataka              | 176                                               | 176                                               | 176                                               |
| 18      | Kerala                 | 110                                               | 132                                               | 136                                               |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh         | 287                                               | 291                                               | 291                                               |
| 20      | Maharashtra            | 245                                               | 273                                               | 303                                               |
| 21      | Meghalaya              | 5                                                 | 5                                                 | 5                                                 |
| 22      | Nagaland               | 5                                                 | 5                                                 | 5                                                 |
| 23      | Odisha                 | 260                                               | 260                                               | 260                                               |
| 24      | Punjab                 | 138                                               | 138                                               | 138                                               |
| 25      | Rajasthan              | 206                                               | 191                                               | 196                                               |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu             | 280                                               | 280                                               | 280                                               |
| 27      | Telangana              | 165                                               | 204                                               | 215                                               |
| 28      | Tripura                | 4                                                 | 4                                                 | 4                                                 |
| 29      | Puducherry             | 2                                                 | 2                                                 | 2                                                 |
| 30      | Uttar Pradesh          | 759                                               | 717                                               | 637                                               |
| 31      | Uttarakhand            | 29                                                | 29                                                | 29                                                |
| 32      | West Bengal            | 341                                               | 341                                               | 341                                               |
|         | Total                  | 4190                                              | 4400                                              | 4314                                              |

Note:    Survey  has  not  been  carried  out  by  CGWB  for  water  quality  in  States/UTs  of  Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim and Lakshadweep.

## Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2051 to be answered on 28.07.2016 regarding 'Ground Water Management'

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF BLOCKS/DISTRICTS/REGIONS/ISLANDS WITH GEOGENIC CONTAMINANTS IN GROUND WATER

| S.No.   | No. of States       | No. of Blocks affected                  | No. of Blocks affected    | No. of Blocks affected   | No. of Blocks affected    | No. of Blocks affected   |
|---------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| S.No.   | No. of States       | Salinity (EC above 3000 micro mhos/ cm) | Fluoride (above 1.5 mg/l) | Nitrate (above 45 mg/l)  | Arsenic (above 0.05 mg/l) | Iron (above 1 mg/l )     |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      | 65                                      | 117                       | 162                      | 0                         | 34                       |
| 2       | Telangana           | 17                                      | 215                       | 115                      | 0                         | 38                       |
| 3       | Assam*              | 0                                       | 9                         | 0                        | 19                        | 18                       |
| 4       | Arunachal Pradesh*  | 0                                       | 0                         | 0                        | 0                         | 4                        |
| 5       | Bihar               | 3                                       | 141                       | 26                       | 57                        | 32                       |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh        | 0                                       | 29                        | 33                       | 1                         | 9                        |
| 7       | Delhi               | 11                                      | 10                        | 14                       | 0                         | 0                        |
| 8       | Goa                 | 0                                       | 0                         | 0                        | 0                         | 2                        |
| 9       | Gujarat             | 104                                     | 69                        | 143                      | 0                         | 46                       |
| 10      | Haryana             | 34                                      | 91                        | 45                       | 21                        | 45                       |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh    | 0                                       | 0                         | 8                        | 0                         | 0                        |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir      | 0                                       | 2                         | 11                       | 0                         | 22                       |
| 13      | Jharkhand           | 0                                       | 38                        | 16                       | 3                         | 7                        |
| 14      | Karnataka           | 114                                     | 118                       | 160                      | 2                         | 116                      |
| 15      | Kerala              | 15                                      | 10                        | 35                       | 0                         | 74                       |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh      | 22                                      | 79                        | 260                      | 0                         | 127                      |
| 17      | Maharashtra         | 25                                      | 32                        | 158                      | 0                         | 28                       |
| 18      | Manipur*            | 0                                       | 0                         | 0                        | 2                         | 0                        |
| 19      | Meghalaya*          | 0                                       | 0                         | 0                        | 0                         | 0                        |
| 20      | Nagaland*           | 0                                       | 0                         | 0                        | 0                         | 0                        |
| 21      | Odisha              | 42                                      | 68                        | 38                       | 0                         | 91                       |
| 22      | Punjab              | 14                                      | 43                        | 50                       | 14                        | 43                       |
| 23      | Rajasthan           | 87                                      | 203                       | 123                      | 0                         | 58                       |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu          | 70                                      | 51                        | 154                      | 0                         | 10                       |
| 25      | Tripura*            | 0                                       | 0                         | 0                        | 0                         | 4                        |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh       | 35                                      | 74                        | 180                      | 85                        | 26                       |
| 27      | Uttarakhand         | 0                                       | 0                         | 9                        | 0                         | 0                        |
| 28      | West Bengal         | 59                                      | 43                        | 7                        | 85                        | 331                      |
| 29      | Andaman &Nicobar    | 1                                       | 0                         | 0                        | 0                         | 6                        |
| 30      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0                                       | 0                         | 1                        | 0                         | 0                        |
| 31      | Chandigarh          | 0                                       | 0                         | 0                        | 0                         | 0                        |
| 32      | Daman &Diu          | 2                                       | 0                         | 1                        | 0                         | 1                        |
| 33      | Puducherry#         | 0                                       | 0                         | 2                        | 0                         | 0                        |
| 34      | Lakshadweep^        | 0                                       | 3                         | 0                        | 0                         | 0                        |
|         | Total               | 720                                     | 1445                      | 1751                     | 289                       | 1172                     |

Note: Data Source is CGWB survey and reports of State Government

## Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2051  to  be  answered  on 28.07.2016 regarding 'Ground Water Management'

Spill Over of Demonstrative Artificial Projects Approved During XI Plan State-wise & Year-wise Funds Released During Last Three Years

| S. No.   | Name of States/UTs   | Spill over II nd Instal. Released (2012-13)   | Spill over II nd Instal. Released (2013-14)   | Spill over II nd Instal. Released (2014-15)   | Spill over II nd Instal. Released (2015-16)   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|          |                      | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 83.730                                        |                                               |                                               |                                               |
| 3        | Bihar                |                                               | 28.8                                          |                                               |                                               |
| 4        | Chandigarh           |                                               | 231.3                                         |                                               |                                               |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         |                                               | 108.45                                        |                                               |                                               |
| 6        | Delhi                |                                               | 13.029                                        |                                               |                                               |
| 7        | Gujarat              | 44.859                                        |                                               | 20.423                                        |                                               |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh     |                                               | 83.352                                        | 1.53                                          |                                               |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                               | 16.659                                        | 28.76                                         |                                               |
| 10       | Jharkhand*           |                                               | 67.0665                                       | 4.9470                                        |                                               |
| 11       | Karnataka            | 33.4560                                       | 107.615                                       |                                               | Nil                                           |
| 12       | Kerala               | 4.050                                         |                                               |                                               |                                               |
| 13       | Madhya               |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |
|          | Pradesh              |                                               | 38.754                                        | 60.75                                         |                                               |
| 14       | Maharashtra          |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |
| 15       | Nagaland             | 82.800                                        |                                               |                                               |                                               |
| 16       | Odisha               |                                               |                                               | 139.32                                        |                                               |
| 17       | Punjab               |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |
| 18       | Rajasthan            | 10.282                                        | 38.8                                          | 58.62                                         |                                               |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu           | 12.000                                        |                                               |                                               |                                               |
| 20       | Telangana            | 135.712                                       |                                               |                                               |                                               |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh        |                                               |                                               | 451.684                                       |                                               |
| 22       | West Bengal          |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |
|          | TOTAL                | 406.889                                       | 733.82545                                     | 766.034                                       |                                               |

Funds were released as spill over works of the AR Projects approved during XI Plan