(a) whether Jal Shakti Abhiyan has led to an increase in ground water level, surface water storage capacity, soil moisture in farmlands and increased plant cover;
(b) if so, the details thereof including the national and State-wise data on the said parameters;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor;
(d) whether the Government has commissioned a study of the water scarcity crisis in the country; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)
(a) & (b) Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA), a time-bound, mission mode water conservation campaign, was implemented in the July - November 2019 period, in only 1,592 blocks out of 2,836 blocks of 256 water-stressed districts of the country. These blocks fell under critical or over-exploited groundwater category, where groundwater was being exploited faster than it could be replenished. During JSA, five target interventions to promote water conservation and water resource management, viz. water conservation & rainwater harvesting, renovation of traditional & other water-bodies/tanks, reuse and recharge of bore-wells, watershed development and intensive afforestation etc were implemented. Huge public awareness in water conservation/harvesting was generated due to JSA and further, it has been observed that various stakeholders, viz. Government departments/agencies, NGOs, Panchayats, individuals etc. have started taking steps towards water conservation. The outcome of JSA is improved water conservation.
The “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch The Rain” (JSA:CTR) campaign was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 22 March 2021, the World Water Day, with the theme – “Catch The Rain, Where it falls, When it falls”. JSA:CTR was taken up in all districts (rural as well as urban areas) of the country during the pre-monsoon and monsoon period in the country i.e. from March 2021 to 30 November 2021. JSA:CTR has been implemented with five focused interventions- (1) intensive rainwater harvesting and water conservation (2) enumerating, geo-tagging & making inventory of all water bodies; preparation of scientific plans for water conservation based on it (3) Setting up of Jal Shakti Kendras in all districts (4) intensive afforestation and (5) awareness generation. Intervention wise progress during the campaign period is as per Annexure I.
Further, Central Ground Water Board is periodically monitoring the ground water levels throughout the Country on a regional scale, through a network of monitoring wells. A comparison of ground water level of the country during last three years viz. November, 2021, 2020 and 2019 is given below-
SI. No. Year Wells analysed 0-2 mbgl (%) 2-5 mbgl (%) 5-10 mbgl (%) 10-20 mbgl (%) 20-40
mbgl
(%) >40 mbgl (%)
1. Nov 2021 14470 29.00 39.80 20.20 7.00 2.70 1.40
2. Nov 2020 16569 29.30 38.60 20.40 7.30 2.90 1.50
3. Nov 2019 14827 27.50 38.52 21.25 7.70 3.45 1.60
The data indicates that there has been overall improvement in ground water level in the country during November 2021 and 2020 when compared to November 2019 which is the cumulative impact of natural and several interventions of both State and Central Government including Jal Shakti Abhiyan. The State-wise Ground water level data of country during November 2021, 2020 and 2019 are given as Annexures II, III and IV.
(c) Does not arise.
(d) & (e) No specific study has been commissioned by this Ministry for the water scarcity crisis in the country. However, The Dynamic Ground Water Resources of the country are being periodically assessed jointly by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and State Governments. As per the 2020 assessment, Total Annual Ground Water Recharge is 436 Billion Cubic Meter (BCM) and the Annual Extractable Ground Water Resource is 398 BCM. The Annual Ground Water Extraction for all uses is 245 BCM. The Stage of Ground Water Extraction, which is a measure of Annual Ground Water Extraction for all uses (irrigation, industrial and domestic uses) over Annual Extractable Ground Water Resources is 62% for the country as a whole.
Annexure I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 454 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2022 REGARDING “JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN”.
Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain
Intervention –Wise Progress Report
Status : From 22-03-2021 To 30-11-2021
JSA:CTR
S.N. Jal Shakti Abhiyan Water Conservation and Rain Water Harvesting Structures Renovation of Traditional Water Bodies Reuse and Recharge Structures Watershed Development Total Water Related Works Intensive Afforestation Training Programmes/ Kisan Melas
Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban
1.A Total Nos. of Work Completed 7,61,020 1,97,591 1,58,996 2,478 4,68,827 9,63,313 23,52,156 2,00,069 36,02,82,099 42,564
9,58,611 1,61,474 25,52,225
1.B Total Nos. of Works Ongoing 5,16,983 1,16,348 2,65,139 7,38,926 16,37,396 8,36,159 -
2 Total of Completed and Ongoing Works 14,75,594 2,77,822 7,33,966 17,02,239 41,89,621 36,11,18,258
3 Expenditure in Rs Crores* 21,970 9,367 1,130 18,413 50,880 7,902 -
4 Total Expenditure Including Water related works and Afforestation ( In Rs Crores)* 58,782
* Expenditure is given only for the works carried out by DoRD under MGNREGS
Annexure II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 454 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2022 REGARDING “JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN”.
State-wise Depth to water Level and Distribution of Percentage of Wells for the Period of November, 2019
S. No. Name of State No. of wells Analysed Depth to Water Level (mbgl) Number & Percentage of Wells Showing Depth to Water Level (mbgl) in the Range of
0-2 2-5 5-10 10-20 20-40 > 40
Min Max No % No % No % No % No % No %
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 90 0.36 10.04 59 65.56 29 32.22 1 1.1 1 1.11 0 0.00 0 0.00
2 Andhra Pradesh 708 0.00 58.04 343 48.45 203 28.67 103 14.5 48 6.78 9 1.27 2 0.28
3 Arunachal Pradesh 8 2.10 7.43 0 0.00 6 75.00 2 25.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
4 Assam 119 0.00 18.32 56 47.06 51 42.86 10 8.40 2 1.68 0 0.00 0 0.00
5 Bihar 628 0.02 14.00 182 28.98 340 54.14 101 16.08 5 0.80 0 0.00 0 0.00
6 Chandigarh 8 2.87 18.97 0 0.00 2 25.00 2 25.00 4 50.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
7 Chhattisgarh 569 0.48 21.35 74 13.01 361 63.44 115 20.21 18 3.16 1 0.18 0 0.00
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 17 1.03 7.60 6 35.29 10 58.82 1 5.88 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
9 Daman & Diu 9 3.92 6.08 3 33.33 5 55.56 1 11.11 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
10 Delhi 85 0.30 63.15 7 8.24 13 15.29 20 23.53 23 27.06 15 17.65 7 8.24
11 Goa 69 0.04 14.67 17 24.64 31 44.93 17 24.64 4 5.80 0 0.00 0 0.00
12 Gujarat 811 0.08 50.62 224 27.62 311 38.35 178 21.95 65 8.01 31 3.82 2 0.25
13 Haryana 288 0.57 77.00 32 11.11 55 19.10 69 23.96 61 21.18 60 20.83 11 3.82
14 Himachal Pradesh 103 0.38 30.43 29 28.16 35 33.98 22 21.36 14 13.59 3 2.91 0 0.00
15 Jammu & Kashmir 204 0.10 28.26 72 35.29 87 42.65 32 15.69 7 3.43 6 2.94 0 0.00
16 Jharkhand 274 0.35 15.00 74 27.01 153 55.84 42 15.33 5 1.82 0 0.00 0 0.00
17 Karnataka 1231 0.00 30.70 402 32.66 435 35.34 328 26.65 61 4.96 5 0.41 0 0.00
18 Kerala 1428 0.08 34.33 312 21.85 476 33.33 534 37.39 99 6.93 7 0.49 0 0.00
19 Madhya Pradesh 1364 0.00 37.14 339 24.85 609 44.65 319 23.39 80 5.87 17 1.25 0 0.00
20 Maharashtra 1644 0.01 53.20 502 30.54 687 41.79 339 20.62 84 5.11 31 1.89 1 0.06
21 Meghalaya 13 0.15 4.90 6 46.15 7 53.85 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
22 Nagaland 3 1.32 6.60 1 33.33 1 33.33 1 33.33 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
23 Odisha 1238 0.01 12.00 521 42.08 605 48.87 108 8.72 4 0.32 0 0.00 0 0.00
24 Pondicherry 4 1.31 2.85 3 75.00 1 25.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
25 Punjab 222 0.59 44.80 9 4.05 51 22.97 41 18.47 53 23.87 65 29.28 3 1.35
26 Rajasthan 1023 0.10 121.28 123 12.02 200 19.55 179 17.50 158 15.44 170 16.62 193 18.87
27 Tamil Nadu 655 0.00 105.36 177 27.02 188 28.70 190 29.01 75 11.45 18 2.75 7 1.07
28 Telangana 565 0.00 69.35 178 31.50 165 29.20 114 20.18 83 14.69 22 3.89 3 0.53
29 Tripura 21 0.55 6.38 8 38.10 12 57.14 1 4.76 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
30 Uttar Pradesh 660 0.02 44.05 149 22.58 249 37.73 136 20.61 100 15.15 24 3.64 2 0.30
31 Uttarakhand 49 1.38 61.81 7 14.29 10 20.41 15 30.61 10 20.41 4 8.16 3 6.12
32 West Bengal 717 0.00 32.61 162 22.59 323 45.05 130 18.13 78 10.88 24 3.35 0 0.00
Total 14827 0.00 121.28 4077 27.50 5711 38.52 3151 21.25 1142 7.70 512 3.45 234 1.6
Annexure III
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 454 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2022 REGARDING “JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN”.
State-wise Depth to water Level and Distribution of Percentage of Wells for the Period of November, 2020
S. No. Name of State No. of wells Analysed Depth to Water Level (mbgl) Number & Percentage of Wells Showing Depth to Water Level (mbgl) in the Range of
0-2 2-5 5-10 10-20 20-40 > 40
Min Max No % No % No % No % No % No %
1 Andhra Pradesh 717 0.00 75.65 377 52.6 221 30.8 80 11.2 26 3.6 10 1.4 3 0.4
2 Arunachal Pradesh 3 0.80 6.47 1 33.3 1 33.3 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
3 Assam 160 0.05 15.84 94 58.8 54 33.8 10 6.3 2 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
4 Bihar 548 0.25 15.00 132 24.1 348 63.5 58 10.6 10 1.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
5 Chandigarh 12 2.74 53.64 0 0.0 3 25.0 1 8.3 4 33.3 3 25.0 1 8.3
6 Chhattisgarh 721 0.07 29.57 46 6.4 476 66.0 172 23.9 24 3.3 3 0.4 0 0.0
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli * 17 1.03 7.60 6 35.3 10 58.8 1 5.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
8 Daman & Diu 9 1.30 4.60 1 11.1 7 77.8 1 11.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
9 Delhi 81 1.61 65.16 1 1.2 18 22.2 21 25.9 21 25.9 14 17.3 6 7.4
10 Goa 65 1.32 13.58 8 12.3 31 47.7 22 33.8 4 6.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
11 Gujarat 742 0.00 44.20 136 18.3 288 38.8 204 27.5 79 10.6 34 4.6 1 0.1
12 Haryana 315 0.10 108.00 24 7.6 66 21.0 52 16.5 77 24.4 66 21.0 30 9.5
13 Himachal Pradesh 89 0.41 29.02 18 20.2 30 33.7 21 23.6 17 19.1 3 3.4 0 0.0
14 Jammu & Kashmir 163 0.09 34.50 34 20.9 86 52.8 29 17.8 8 4.9 6 3.7 0 0.0
15 Jharkhand 279 0.00 14.05 61 21.9 171 61.3 44 15.8 3 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
16 Karnataka 1318 0.01 32.50 440 33.4 470 35.7 322 24.4 82 6.2 4 0.3 0 0.0
17 Kerala 1334 0.18 31.35 243 18.2 416 31.2 561 42.1 109 8.2 5 0.4 0 0.0
18 Madhya Pradesh 1296 0.00 54.10 155 12.0 525 40.5 470 36.3 127 9.8 18 1.4 1 0.1
19 Maharashtra ** 3701 0.05 39.50 1859 50.2 1293 34.9 431 11.6 95 2.6 23 0.6 0 0.0
20 Meghalaya 24 0.18 4.80 11 45.8 13 54.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
21 Nagaland 2 4.21 6.37 0 0.0 1 50.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
22 Odisha 1220 0.01 12.76 543 44.5 582 47.7 93 7.6 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
23 Pondicherry 6 1.36 6.78 1 16.7 4 66.7 1 16.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
24 Punjab 250 0.28 70.00 20 8.0 38 15.2 47 18.8 65 26.0 60 24.0 20 8.0
25 Rajasthan 968 0.17 119.02 50 5.2 217 22.4 193 19.9 158 16.3 171 17.7 179 18.5
26 Tamil Nadu 640 0.00 67.42 114 17.8 208 32.5 196 30.6 95 14.8 20 3.1 7 1.1
27 Telangana 549 0.00 67.00 208 37.9 218 39.7 92 16.8 24 4.4 6 1.1 1 0.2
28 Tripura 21 0.24 6.12 9 42.9 10 47.6 2 9.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
29 Uttar Pradesh 634 0.00 44.21 117 18.5 273 43.1 126 19.9 97 15.3 18 2.8 3 0.5
30 Uttarakhand 47 0.98 60.00 6 12.8 13 27.7 17 36.2 6 12.8 3 6.4 2 4.3
31 West Bengal 638 0.00 29.38 140 21.9 300 47.0 107 16.8 78 12.2 13 2.0 0 0.0
Total 16569 0.00 119.02 4855 29.3 6391 38.6 3376 20.4 1213 7.3 480 2.9 254 1.5
** State Govt Data used in respect of Maharashtra
*November 2019 data used in respect of Dadra Nagar Haveli
Annexure IV
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 454 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2022 REGARDING “JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN”.
State-wise Depth to water Level and Distribution of Percentage of Wells for the Period of November, 2021
S. No. Name of State No. of wells Analysed Depth to Water Level (mbgl) Number & Percentage of Wells Showing Depth to Water Level (mbgl) in the Range of
0-2 2-5 5-10 10-20 20-40 > 40
Min Max No % No % No % No % No % No %
1 Andaman & Nicobar 94 0.07 7.04 82 87.2 10 10.6 2 2.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
2 Andhra Pradesh 724 0.00 49.99 367 50.7 225 31.1 98 13.5 27 3.7 6 0.8 1 0.1
3 Arunachal Pradesh 10 1.25 6.80 1 10.0 8 80.0 1 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
4 Assam 169 0.02 16.67 65 38.5 84 49.7 17 10.1 3 1.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
5 Bihar 593 0.00 10.69 232 39.1 326 55.0 33 5.6 2 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
6 Chandigarh 12 2.80 51.31 0 0.0 3 25.0 1 8.3 4 33.3 3 25.0 1 8.3
7 Chhattisgarh 694 0.31 22.00 110 15.9 390 56.2 162 23.3 29 4.2 3 0.4 0 0.0
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 17 1.17 7.05 4 23.5 11 64.7 2 11.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
9 Daman & Diu 5 0.14 6.35 1 20.0 2 40.0 2 40.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
10 Delhi 87 0.14 65.67 15 17.2 18 20.7 23 26.4 15 17.2 8 9.2 8 9.2
11 Goa 68 1.10 15.70 6 8.8 32 47.1 24 35.3 6 8.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
12 Gujarat 747 0.00 52.33 170 22.8 276 36.9 177 23.7 88 11.8 33 4.4 3 0.4
13 Haryana 183 0.63 76.50 14 7.7 40 21.9 34 18.6 50 27.3 35 19.1 10 5.5
14 Himachal Pradesh 86 0.24 32.85 23 26.7 29 33.7 18 20.9 14 16.3 2 2.3 0 0.0
15 Jammu & Kashmir 213 0.32 31.80 79 37.1 80 37.6 39 18.3 9 4.2 6 2.8 0 0.0
16 Jharkhand 205 0.35 10.09 26 12.7 145 70.7 33 16.1 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
17 Karnataka 1290 0.01 26.58 502 38.9 454 35.2 287 22.2 46 3.6 1 0.1 0 0.0
18 Kerala 1304 0.01 53.60 330 25.3 459 35.2 425 32.6 83 6.4 6 0.5 1 0.1
19 Madhya Pradesh 1296 0.08 37.76 168 13.0 588 45.4 422 32.6 105 8.1 13 1.0 0 0.0
20 Maharashtra 1757 0.01 54.70 512 29.1 839 47.8 315 17.9 71 4.0 18 1.0 2 0.1
21 Meghalaya 24 0.20 4.80 10 41.7 14 58.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
22 Nagaland 2 3.58 6.05 0 0.0 1 50.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
23 Odisha 1253 0.06 13.60 503 40.1 602 48.0 139 11.1 9 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
24 Pondicherry 6 0.83 2.50 4 66.7 2 33.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
25 Punjab 176 0.02 42.00 13 7.4 43 24.4 34 19.3 48 27.3 36 20.5 2 1.1
26 Rajasthan 919 0.25 116.98 59 6.4 171 18.6 185 20.1 177 19.3 162 17.6 165 18.0
27 Tamil Nadu 541 0.05 62.50 230 42.5 142 26.2 113 20.9 42 7.8 7 1.3 7 1.3
28 Telangana 545 0.00 50.14 154 28.3 252 46.2 100 18.3 29 5.3 9 1.7 1 0.2
29 Tripura 22 0.31 6.58 6 27.3 13 59.1 3 13.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
30 Uttar Pradesh 650 0.00 43.95 233 35.8 202 31.1 115 17.7 81 12.5 16 2.5 3 0.5
31 Uttarakhand 45 0.04 55.16 7 15.6 11 24.4 15 33.3 6 13.3 4 8.9 2 4.4
32 West Bengal 733 0.14 29.35 265 36.2 283 38.6 103 14.1 66 9.0 16 2.2 0 0.0
Total 14470 0.00 116.98 4191 29.0 5755 39.8 2923 20.2 1011 7.0 384 2.7 206 1.4