CGWB estimates groundwater resources, extraction stage (2025) and shares groundwater quality findings; measures for improvement including NAQUIM, JJM, Jal Shakti Abhiyan and water-body rejuvenation
CGWB’s Dynamic Ground Water Resources Assessment (2025) estimates national recharge, extractable resources, groundwater extraction stage and highlights groundwater-quality monitoring findings, with added water-quality and recharge measures under major Central schemes.
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What happened: CGWB’s groundwater resource assessment (2025) and groundwater quality findings (2025)
The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) jointly with concerned State Governments/UT Administrations assessed Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India and estimated three annual values: annual groundwater recharge, annual extractable groundwater resource, and annual groundwater extraction for all uses (groundwater consumption).
CGWB also monitors groundwater quality through a groundwater quality monitoring programme and scientific studies under an approved Standard Operating Procedure (SoP), using more frequent and denser sampling in vulnerable areas.
Dynamic Ground Water Resources Assessment (2025): national totals and extraction stage
For the country, CGWB assessed (as per Dynamic Ground Water Resources Assessment 2025):
• Annual Ground Water Recharge: 449 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM)
