{"id":2387,"date":"2018-12-17T14:18:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T08:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=2387"},"modified":"2018-12-17T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T08:48:51","slug":"come-june-industries-must-pay-for-using-groundwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/come-june-industries-must-pay-for-using-groundwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Come June, industries must pay for using groundwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/come-june-industries-must-pay-for-using-groundwater\/#Relevant_for_GS_paper_3\" title=\"Relevant for GS paper 3:-\">Relevant for GS paper 3:-<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/come-june-industries-must-pay-for-using-groundwater\/#Online_NOC_process\" title=\"Online NOC process:-\">Online NOC process:-<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Relevant_for_GS_paper_3\"><\/span>Relevant for GS paper 3:-<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/TH13Borewell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2388\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/TH13Borewell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/TH13Borewell.jpg 960w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/TH13Borewell-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/TH13Borewell-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/TH13Borewell-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a bid to promote conservation of groundwater, the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has notified a water conservation fee (WCF) that industries will need to pay on groundwater extraction starting from June.<\/li>\n<li>As per the notification, industries extracting groundwater including mining-dewatering units and those that use groundwater for packaged drinking water would also need to apply for a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the government. Individual households that draw groundwater using a delivery pipe of a greater than 1\u201d diameter, too, would need to pay a WCF.<\/li>\n<li>However, the agriculture sector \u2014 the largest consumer of groundwater in the country \u2014 will be exempt from the fees.<\/li>\n<li>The guidelines would come into force with effect from June 2019 and would apply across the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Online_NOC_process\"><\/span>Online NOC process:-<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe entire process of grant of NOC will be done online through a web based application system of CGA,\u201d the Water Resources ministry said in the notification.<\/li>\n<li>The rates, according to a notification by the CGA on Wednesday, would be levied depending on the location of the groundwater extraction point and the amount of water being extracted. The government has a list of groundwater blocks, called assessment blocks. These are classified as \u2018safe,\u2019 \u2018semi-critical,\u2019 \u2018critical\u2019 and \u2018over-exploited\u2019 depending on the groundwater draft.<\/li>\n<li>Drawing up to 20 cubic metres (a cubic metre is 1,000 litres) a day in a \u2018safe\u2019 block would cost a company \u20b93 per cubic metre. However, extracting 5,000 or more cubic metres a day, at an \u2018over exploited\u2019 block would invite a daily charge in excess of \u20b9100 per cubic metre .<\/li>\n<li>The WCF for residential projects ranges from \u20b91-2 per cubic metre. The WCF apart, all industrial as well as residential bodies would also need to apply for an NOC.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThese are not water charges but a water conservation fee and will be used for groundwater recharge projects,\u201d said K.C. Naik, Chairman, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB).<\/li>\n<li>The rates were decided in consultation with industry, which had \u201cfully supported\u201d the government\u2019s assessment of the need to impose charges for drawing groundwater, Mr. Naik added.<\/li>\n<li>Defence establishments and users who don\u2019t use electricity to extract water have also been granted exemption from the requirement of obtaining NOCs and having to pay the WCF.<\/li>\n<li>In India, extracted groundwater is mainly used for irrigation and accounts for about 228 BCM (billion cubic metre) \u2014 or about 90% of the annual groundwater extraction. The rest, 25 BCM, is drawn for drinking, domestic and industrial uses.<\/li>\n<li>India is the largest user of groundwater in the world, and accounts for about 25% of the global water extraction. The CGWB classifies 6,584 assessment units countrywide. While 1,034 units have been categorised as \u2018over-exploited,\u2019 253 are termed as \u2018critical\u2019, 681 as \u2018semi-critical\u2019 and 4,520 as \u2018safe.\u2019 The remaining 96 assessment units have been classified as \u2018saline.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant for GS paper 3:- In a bid to promote conservation of groundwater, the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[817,392],"class_list":["post-2387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-studies-ii","tag-gs","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions\/2389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}