Lok Sabha Question No. 96 (STARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Availability of Surface and Groundwater Resources
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Hanuman Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *96

ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026

## AVAILABILITY OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES

†*96. SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the surface water and groundwater resources available in the States/UTs facing drought and water scarcity in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b)  whether  several  States  including  Rajasthan  are  not  getting  their  due  share  of  water  from  their neighbouring States and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government in this regard;

(c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  additional  assistance  to  Rajasthan  to  meet  its  water requirement for drinking and irrigation purposes and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Government proposes to formulate any scheme for conservation of river water to benefit Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI C R PAATIL)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. *96  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  05.02.2026  IN  LOK  SABHA  REGARDING  'AVAILABILITY  OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES'

(a) The  average  annual  water  availability  of  any  region  or  country  is  largely  dependent  upon  hydrometeorological and geological factors. As per study titled 'Assessment of Water Resources of India- 2024' conducted by Central Water Commission, the average annual water resources in river basins of the country has been assessed as about 2116 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM). Basin-wise Water availability is presented in

## Annexure-I.

Dynamic Ground Water Resources of the country are being assessed every year from 2022 jointly by Central  Ground  Water  Board  (CGWB)  and  State  Governments.  As  per  the  2025  assessment,  the  Total Annual Ground Water Recharge is 448.52 Billion Cubic Meter (BCM) and the Annual Extractable Ground Water Resource is 407.75 BCM. The Total Annual Ground Water Extraction of the entire country for the year 2025 has been estimated as 247.22 BCM. The State/UT-wise Ground Water Resources of India (2025) is presented in Annexure-II

(b) States have entered into various agreements for sharing the water of inter-state river(s). In case there is any issue related to water sharing, the same is addressed to the Union Government under Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act for adjudication by River Water Dispute Tribunal. So far, 9 such Tribunals have been constituted, out of which 5 tribunals have submitted their reports.

(c) & (d) 'Water' being a State subject, steps for augmentation, conservation and efficient management of water resources are primarily undertaken by the respective State Governments. In order to supplement the efforts of the State Governments, Central Government provides technical and financial assistance to them through various schemes and  programmes.

Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) programme under National Perspective Plan (NPP) for Water Resources Development was formulated by Government of India in 1980 for providing storage and transfer of surplus waters to water deficit regions. 30 Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) Projects have been identified under NPP. These link projects are judicially planned and designed to transfer water from surplus basins to the deficit / water short basins and also to minimise water going to sea unutilized and thus, help in conservation of river water.  Under  NPP,  three  link  projects  pertains  to  Rajasthan  namely  Yamuna-Rajasthan  link  project, Rajasthan -Sabarmati link project and Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal Link Project (duly integrated with Easter Rajasthan canal project), benefit Rajasthan for drinking water and irrigation purposes.

The Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) among State of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Government of India was signed on 5 th December of 2024 regarding implementation of Modified ParbatiKalisindh-Chambal (MPKC) Link Project. As per agreement, State of Rajasthan is to utilise 3309.83 MCM of water (which includes 1744.16 MCM for drinking water) from MPKC Link Project.

Three  priority  project  of  Rajasthan  State,  namely  (i)  Modernization  of  Gang  Canal  Project,  (ii) Narmada Canal project and (iii) Parwan Multipurpose Project are included in Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai

Yojna-Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefits  Programme  (PMKSY-AIBP).  The  details  of  these  projects  are  as under:

| Sl no   | Name of project                  | District benefitted   | CA released (Rs in crore)   | CA released (Rs in crore)   | Remarks                                         |
|---------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl no   | Name of project                  | District benefitted   | 2016-2025                   | Cumulative                  | Remarks                                         |
| 1       | Modernization Gang Canal Project | of Sri Ganganagar     | 30.749                      | 248.487                     | completed                                       |
| 2       | Narmada Canal Project            | Jalore & Barmer       | 427.82                      | 1511.871                    | completed                                       |
| 3       | Parwan Multi-purpose project     | Jhalawar, Baran, Kota | 475.909                     | 475.909                     | Project included under PMKSY-AIBP in FY 2021-22 |

Further,  Repair,  Renovation  and  Restoration  (RRR)  of  189  water  bodies  are  included    under  Har Khet ko Paani (HKKP) component of PMKSY in various districts of Rajasthan and 94 water bodies have been  rejuvenated  with  irrigation  potential  restoration  of  22105.74  hectares  by  March  2025  and  Central Assistance  of  Rs  117.944  Crore  has  been  released  till  March  2025.  The  district  benefited  are  Ajmer, Banswara,  Baran,  Bharatpur,  Bhilwara,  Bundi,Chittorgarh,  Dausa,  Dholpur,  Dungarpur,  Jaipur,  Jalore, Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Karoli, Kota, Pali, Pratapgarh, Sawaimadhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Tonk & Udaipur.

National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), a Central Sector Scheme under Ministry of Jal Shakti provides assistance to State Governments for abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers (excluding river Ganga and its tributaries) on cost sharing basis between the Central & State Governments. Under NRCP, projects for setting up Sewage Treatment Plants of 40 million liters per day (MLD) capacity in  Jodhpur,  Rajasthan  have  been  sanctioned  at  a  total  cost  of  Rs.172.60  crore  for  pollution  abatement  of River Jojari, a tributary of river Luni in Rajasthan.

The Ministry of Jal Shakti launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) in 2019 as a time-bound, missionmode water conservation campaign in 256 water-stressed districts. Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (JSA: CTR) with the tagline:  Catch The Rain, Where It falls, When It  Falls,  was expanded pan  India in 2021, expanding  coverage  to  all  districts,  blocks  and  municipalities  across  India  including  Rajasthan.  The  6th edition of JSA: CTR was launched on 22 nd March 2025 with the theme 'Jal Sanchay, Jan Bhagidari: Jan Jagrukta Ki Or'. Under JSA: CTR, a total of 1,01,687 nos of water conservation and rain water harvesting structure  and  renovation  of  9,156  traditional  water  bodies  have  been  completed  in  Rajasthan  (as  on  2 nd February, 2026).

To  further  strengthen  JSA:  CTR,  "Jal  Sanchay  Jan  Bhagidari"  (JSJB)  initiative,  launched   on  6 th September 2024, focuses on intensifying community  action and mobilization to build low-cost rainwater harvesting structures in low cost and saturation mode. This has been scaled up for pan India implementation including Rajasthan as Jal Sanchay-Jan Bhagidari initiative, whose main objective is to ensure that every drop  of  water  is  conserved  through  collective  efforts,  following  a  whole-of-society  and  whole-ofgovernment approach. As on 2 nd February, 2026, total 415,711 no of works are reported as completed under JSJB 1.0 and JSJB 2.0  in Rjasthan.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *96 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026 REGARDING 'AVAILABILITY OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES'

AVERAGE ANNUAL WATER AVAILABILITY (RIVER BASIN - WISE)

|    | Sl.noRiver Basin                              | Average (BCM)   | Annual   | Water   | Availability   |
|----|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------|---------|----------------|
| 1  | Barak &others                                 | 93.65           |          |         |                |
| 2  | Brahmani-Baitarani                            | 31.27           |          |         |                |
| 3  | Brahmputra                                    | 592.32          |          |         |                |
| 4  | Cauvery                                       | 26.53           |          |         |                |
| 5  | EFR between Mahanadi &Pennar                  | 23.33           |          |         |                |
| 6  | EFR between Pennar &Kanyakumari               | 27.06           |          |         |                |
| 7  | Ganga                                         | 581.75          |          |         |                |
| 8  | Godavari                                      | 129.17          |          |         |                |
| 9  | Indus (Eastern)                               | 47.3            |          |         |                |
| 10 | Krishna                                       | 86.32           |          |         |                |
| 11 | Mahanadi                                      | 72.82           |          |         |                |
| 12 | Mahi                                          | 13.03           |          |         |                |
| 13 | Minor rivers draining into Myanmar Bangladesh | & 31.86         |          |         |                |
| 14 | Narmada                                       | 49.95           |          |         |                |
| 15 | Pennar                                        | 10.42           |          |         |                |
| 16 | Sabarmati                                     | 9.87            |          |         |                |
| 17 | Subernarekha                                  | 14.48           |          |         |                |
| 18 | Tapi                                          | 20.98           |          |         |                |
| 19 | WFR from Tadri to Kanyakumari                 | 116.47          |          |         |                |
| 20 | WFR from Tapi to Tadri                        | 110,44          |          |         |                |
| 21 | WFR of Kutch &Saurashtra including Luni       | 26.95           |          |         |                |
| 22 | Area of inland drainage in Rajasthan          | Negligible      |          |         |                |
| 23 | Area of North Laddakh not draining into Indus | Negligible      |          |         |                |
|    | Total                                         | 2115.95 (say    | 2116)    |         |                |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *96 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026 REGARDING 'AVAILABILITY OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES'

STATE/UT-WISE GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF INDIA, 2025

| S. No.   | States / Union Territories           | Total Ground Recharge (in   |   Annual Water BCM) Annual Ground Resource |   Extractable Water (in BCM) Annual GW Extraction for uses (in BCM) |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       | 26.34                       |                                      25.02 |                                                                7.88 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 3.69                        |                                       3.29 |                                                                0.01 |
| 3        | Assam                                | 26.36                       |                                      20.29 |                                                                2.93 |
| 4        | Bihar                                | 34.51                       |                                      31.32 |                                                               14.47 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         | 14.30                       |                                      13.07 |                                                                6.3  |
| 6        | Goa                                  | 0.38                        |                                       0.31 |                                                                0.07 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              | 27.58                       |                                      25.61 |                                                               14.33 |
| 8        | Haryana                              | 10.27                       |                                       9.3  |                                                               12.72 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     | 1.12                        |                                       1.01 |                                                                0.39 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                            | 6.15                        |                                       5.63 |                                                                1.85 |
| 11       | Karnataka                            | 19.27                       |                                      17.41 |                                                               11.58 |
| 12       | Kerala                               | 5.45                        |                                       4.93 |                                                                2.46 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 36.07                       |                                      34.15 |                                                               20.26 |
| 14       | Maharashtra                          | 33.89                       |                                      31.99 |                                                               16.57 |
| 15       | Manipur                              | 0.44                        |                                       0.4  |                                                                0.04 |
| 16       | Meghalaya                            | 1.84                        |                                       1.54 |                                                                0.08 |
| 17       | Mizoram                              | 0.21                        |                                       0.19 |                                                                0.01 |
| 18       | Nagaland                             | 0.55                        |                                       0.5  |                                                                0.02 |
| 19       | Odisha                               | 17.44                       |                                      16.02 |                                                                7.81 |
| 20       | Punjab                               | 18.60                       |                                      16.8  |                                                               26.27 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                            | 12.87                       |                                      11.62 |                                                               17.1  |
| 22       | Sikkim                               | 0.24                        |                                       0.22 |                                                                0.01 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                           | 22.61                       |                                      20.46 |                                                               15.04 |
| 24       | Telangana                            | 21.93                       |                                      19.84 |                                                                9.26 |
| 25       | Tripura                              | 1.53                        |                                       1.24 |                                                                0.12 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        | 73.39                       |                                      66.97 |                                                               46.89 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          | 2.13                        |                                       1.95 |                                                                1.05 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          | 25.85                       |                                      23.5  |                                                               10.62 |
| 29       | Andaman And Nicobar                  | 0.38                        |                                       0.35 |                                                                0.01 |
| 30       | Chandigarh                           | 0.05                        |                                       0.05 |                                                                0.03 |
| 31       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu | and 0.13                    |                                       0.12 |                                                                0.05 |
| 32       | Delhi                                | 0.38                        |                                       0.35 |                                                                0.32 |
| 33       | Jammu And Kashmir                    | 2.30                        |                                       2.07 |                                                                0.51 |
| 34       | Ladakh                               | 0.07                        |                                       0.06 |                                                                0.02 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                          | 0.01                        |                                       0.01 |                                                                0    |
| 36       | Puducherry                           | 0.19                        |                                       0.17 |                                                                0.13 |
|          | Grand Total                          | 448.52                      |                                     407.75 |                                                              247.22 |

Note- For National compilation, Evapotranspiration loss of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Lakshadweep has been added in Total Natural Discharges.

*Minor discrepancies in numbers may arise due to rounding at various levels and in case of Punjab 0.02 bcm contribution from lateral flows.

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