THE MINISTER FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION
(SUSHRI UMA BHARTI)
(a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. *270 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017 IN LOK SABHA REGARDING “DEPLETION OF GROUND WATER LEVEL” ASKED BY SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL, HON’BLE M.P :
(a) Water level decline can be mainly attributed to increased dependence on ground water to meet the growing demand for agriculture, industrialization and urbanization. As per latest Ground Water Resource Assessment (2013), carried out jointly by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and State Governments, the Annual Replenishable Ground Water Resource of the Country is 447 billion cubic meter (BCM) and the Net Annual Ground Water Availability is 411 BCM. Out of which, 228 BCM is used for irrigation purpose and 25 BCM for domestic and industrial uses. The Stage of Ground Water Development, which is the ratio of Annual Ground Water Draft and Net Ground Water Availability is 62%. Out of 6584 assessment units in the Country, 1034 units have been categorized as “Over-exploited”, 253 units as “Critical”, 681 units as “Semi-critical” and 4520 units as “Safe”. Details are given at Annexure.
(b) to (d) The National Water Policy (2012) formulated by Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR, inter -alia, advocates conservation, promotion and protection of water and highlights the need for augmenting the availability of water through rain water harvesting, direct use of rainfall and other management measures.
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. 30 States/UTs have made rain water harvesting mandatory by enacting laws or by formulating rules & regulations or by including provisions in building bye-laws or through suitable Government Orders.
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Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to Starred Q.No. *270 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 03.08.2017 regarding “Depletion of Ground Water Level”
CATEGORIZATION OF BLOCKS/ MANDALS/ TALUKS IN INDIA
(2013)
Sl.No. States / Union Territories Total No. of Assessed Units Safe Semi-Critical Critical Over-Exploited
Nos. % Nos. % Nos. % Nos. %
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 670 497 74 54 8 17 3 61 9
2 Arunachal Pradesh 11 11 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Assam 27 27 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bihar 534 520 97 14 3 0 0 0 0
5 Chhattisgarh 146 125 86 18 12 2 1 1 1
6 Delhi 27 5 19 7 26 0 0 15 56
7 Goa 12 12 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gujarat 223 175 78 9 4 6 3 23 10
9 Haryana 119 30 25 11 9 14 12 64 54
10 Himachal Pradesh 8 6 75 0 0 1 13 1 13
11 Jammu & Kashmir 22 22 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Jharkhand 260 244 94 10 4 2 1 4 2
13 Karnataka 176 98 56 21 12 14 8 43 24
14 Kerala 152 131 86 18 12 2 1 1 1
15 Madhya Pradesh 313 228 73 58 19 2 1 25 8
16 Maharashtra 353 324 92 19 5 1 0 9 3
17 Manipur 9 9 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Meghalaya 11 11 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Mizoram 22 22 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Nagaland 11 11 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Odisha 314 308 98 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Punjab 138 26 19 3 2 4 3 105 76
23 Rajasthan 248 44 18 28 11 9 4 164 66
24 Sikkim - - - - - - - - -
25 Tamil Nadu 1139 429 38 212 19 105 9 358 31
26 Telangana 443 311 70 74 17 12 3 46 10
27 Tripura 39 39 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Uttar Pradesh 820 603 74 45 5 59 7 113 14
29 Uttarakhand 18 16 89 1 6 1 6 0 0
30 West Bengal 268 191 71 76 28 1 0 0 0
Total (States) 6533 4475 68 678 10 252 4 1033 16
Union Territories
1 Andaman & Nicobar 34 34 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chandigarh 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Daman & Diu 2 1 50 0 0 1 50 0 0
5 Lakshadweep 9 6 67 3 33 0 0 0 0
6 Puducherry 4 2 50 0 0 0 0 1 25
Total (UTs) 51 45 88 3 6 1 2 1 2
Grand Total 6584 4520 69 681 10 253 4 1034 16
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