IMPLEMENTATION AND EXPANSION OF ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

2025-08-07 Information

Atal Bhujal Yojana, is a community led participatory ground water management scheme focusing on demand side management of ground water, being implemented in 80 water stressed districts in 7 States.

Major activities/works undertaken under the Scheme are mentioned below:

Atal Bhujal Yojana is a Program for Results scheme and allocation of funds is based on the performance of the participating States under various indicators. Further, the funds are fungible and allocation can be moved from under-performing to better performing states. The total amount of funds released and utilised, state-wise, as on 31.03.2025 under Atal Bhujal Yojana is provided below

Arresting the decline of ground water levels is one of the important performance indicators under Atal Bhujal Yojana. The scheme is being implemented in 229 Blocks of 7 States and as per the assessment conducted, out of 229 Blocks, totally 83 Blocks have shown improvement in ground water levels as detailed is given below.

Under the Atal Bhujal Yojana, due importance is given to various local water conservation structures/ practises, as they represent traditional knowledge and are also best suited for local terrain and climatic conditions. The practice of constructing traditional structures like Gokatte, Bawdi, Johad, Tanka, Kalyani, Diggi, etc. has been revived and further strengthened.

Under Atal Bhujal Yojana, the participating states have adopted some innovative models which have proven to be quite impactful in terms of awareness creation, capacity building and efficient utilization of water. Some of the best practices, which have been identified, documented and publicized for replication and scaling up in other parts of the country are given below:

Atal Bhujal Yojana is a pilot project for participatory ground water management with a fixed duration & outlay. Currently, the project is under impact assessment stage.

This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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MAM/SMP

(Lok Sabha US Q3191)

IMPLEMENTATION AND EXPANSION OF ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

(amount in Rs. Crores)

State

Released

Utilised

Gujarat

595.57

470.61

Haryana

753.00

620.48

Karnataka

903.21

831.71

Madhya Pradesh

211.75

193.89

Maharashtra

643.82

609.59

Rajasthan

489.50

484.79

Uttar Pradesh

264.83

207.13

Total

3861.68

3418.20

IMPLEMENTATION AND EXPANSION OF ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

States

Total Blocks

Number of Blocks in which Ground Water Level has shown improvement