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Central Government/Public Sector | Multi State - India | PID: 191551
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The Cabinet has approved Rs 6,000 crore to improve groundwater table through community participation under the Atal Bhujal Yojana. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the scheme is expected to benefit nearly 8,350 gram panchayats in 78 districts in Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh by promoting community-led ground water management and behavioral change with primary focus on demand-side management. The World Bank’s entire loan component and Central assistance will be passed on to the states as grants. The scheme is aimed at contributing towards the goal of doubling farmers’ incomes, promoting participatory ground water management, improving water use efficiency on a massive scale, pushing cropping pattern and promoting efficient and equitable use of ground water resources. As a matter of fact, the scheme has two major components — one is institutional strengthening and capacity building for sustainable ground water management in the states including improving monitoring networks, capacity building, strengthening of water user associations. The second component is incentivizing the states for achievements in improved groundwater management practices, namely, data dissemination, preparation of water security plans, implementation of management interventions through convergence of ongoing schemes, adopting demand side management practices. Ground water contributes to nearly 65 percent of total irrigated area of the country and nearly 85 percent of the rural drinking water supply.
| Updated on: 28 - Dec - 2019
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