The assessment was carried out jointly by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and States/UTs.
Key Highlights of the report:
- Annual GW Recharge: Total Annual Ground Water Recharge has increased marginally to 448.52 Billion Cubic Meter (BCM) from 446.9 BCM (2024).
- GW Extraction: Annual Extractable Ground Water Resources has also increased marginally to 407.75 BCM from 406.19 BCM (2024).
- Further, total Annual Ground Water Extraction of the entire country for the year 2025 has been assessed as 247.22 BCM.
- Stage of Ground Water Extraction (SoE): Measure of Annual Ground Water Extraction for all uses over Annual Extractable Ground Water Resource is worked out to be 60.63%.
- Categories: Out of the total 6746 assessment units (Blocks/ Mandals/ Talukas) in the country.
- 73.4 % assessment units are categorized as ‘Safe’.
- 10.5 % assessment units are categorized “Semi-critical’’,
- 3.05 % assessment units, have been categorized as ‘Critical’ and
- 11.1% assessment units have been categorized as ‘Over-exploited’.
- Concentration of Over-exploited units: North West (Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Western UP); West (Rajasthan, Gujarat); South (Karnataka, TN, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh).
- 1.8% assessment units have been categorized as ‘Saline’
Categorization of Assessment Units in the report:
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