India extracted about 247.22 billion cubic metres of groundwater in 2025, 87% of it for irrigation, per the CGWB Dynamic Ground Water Resources Assessment. Nat…
Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil tells Parliament that Indias 2025 groundwater extraction stage stands at 60.63%, with 281 districts extracting above the national av…
CGWB and state governments jointly release the 2025 assessment: recharge of 448.52 BCM, extractable resource of 407.75 BCM, extraction of 247.22 BCM, national stage of e…
Bengaluru receives 37.75% less rainfall than its decadal average in 2023, and the citys groundwater stage of extraction rises to 217% - every unit in Bengaluru Urban and…
A community-led groundwater management pilot begins across 8,203 water-stressed Gram Panchayats in 229 blocks of 80 districts across Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya…
After two years of deficient monsoons, Chennais four main reservoirs drop to about 0.1% of capacity by June 2019, forcing reliance on tankers and deep borewells. Weeks l…
NITI Aayog releases the Composite Water Management Index; a 2019 follow-up warns 21 cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad could approach critically lo…
Rural electrification and subsidised agricultural power drive rapid adoption of electric and diesel tube-wells, giving farmers on-demand water independent of monsoon tim…
High-yielding wheat and rice varieties expand across northwestern India, paired with reliable irrigation. The Green Revolution ended recurring famine risk and made India…
Newly independent India invests in large multipurpose dams and canal networks - Bhakra Nangal, the Damodar Valley projects, Hirakud - to expand irrigation and reduce dep…
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