There was roughly 406 bcm of extractable groundwater in India in 2024. Meanwhile, annual groundwater extraction has remained almost the same the last five years, from 249 bcm in 2017 to 246 bcm in ...

While I was in India during 1986-2007 along with my students we carried out model studies that have shown subsidence of the ground surface due to groundwater withdrawal in the Indo-Gangetic Plains ...

Of the 27.66 BCM of groundwater extracted, 26.24 BCM was for irrigation purposes. Of the total 153 assessment units in Punjab, including three urban areas taken for study, 115 assessment units (75 ...

Nitrates, a significant pollutant in India’s groundwater, was found to exceed the safe limit of 45 milligrams per liter in about 56% of India’s districts — an increase from 359 affected ...

A recent study by researchers at Water, Environment, Land and Livelihoods (WELL) Labs and Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) shows groundwater exploitation in the ...

By expanding its adoption from the level of 16.74 million hectares in 2023-24, water use efficiency can be increased and groundwater exploitation can be curtailed.

New Delhi: High nitrate levels have been found in groundwater of 440 districts across India, with 20 per cent of the samples collected exceeding the permissible nitrate concentration, the Central ...

India’s urban groundwater crisis is worsening: Here’s what to do. Amit Kapoor, Meenakshi Ajith 3 min read 22 Jan 2025, 12:30 PM IST. Groundwater is a major ...

Rajasthan is among the top five states extracting the most groundwater, primarily for irrigation, according to an analysis of groundwater data published by the Ministry of Water Resources, River ...

In less than 20 years, human activities—especially the pumping of groundwater—have caused the Earth’s axis to shift by about 31.5 inches (or 80 centimeters), according to a new study.

If groundwater usage exceeds 100% of the annual recharge, the area is deemed ‘over-exploited.’ In Prayagraj, groundwater exploitation in urban areas has surpassed 100%, placing the city in the ...