Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : 2 and 3 only
The correct answer is 2 and 3 only. - Out of the 5723 assessment units assessed jointly by State Ground Water Departments and CGWB in the country, as per the report of Niti Aayog, the following is the data -
- Safe-71%, Semi-critical-10%, Critical-4%, and Over Exploited-15%.
- Hence statement 1 is not correct.
- Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) was constituted under Section 3(3) of the Environment (Protection) Act, (1986). Hence statement 2 is correct.
- It regulates the extraction of groundwater through guidelines that are updated regularly.
- At 39 million hectares (67% of its total irrigation), India has the world’s largest groundwater well-equipped irrigation system. Hence statement 3 is correct.
- China with 19 mha is second, the USA with 17 mha is third.
- Pakistan and Bangladesh are at fourth and fifth respectively in largest groundwater reserve.
- Central Ground Water Board
- Central Ground Water Board was established in 1970 by renaming the Exploratory Tube wells Organization
- Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), a subordinate office of the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India.
- It is the National Apex Agency entrusted with the responsibility of providing scientific inputs for the management of groundwater, exploration, monitoring, assessment, augmentation, and regulation of groundwater resources of the country.
- CGWB is under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
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