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Legal Instruments Related to Groundwater in India

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Union-level instruments
     
Atal Bhujal Yojana (Atal Jal) - Program Guidelines, 2020
 

full text   3072 [KB]
     
Model Groundwater (Sustainable Management) Act, 2016
 

full text   1024 [KB]
     
Central Ground Water Authority, Guidelines/Criteria for evaluation of proposals/requests for ground water abstraction, 2015
 

full text   225 [KB]
     
Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Water Resources Report on Groundwater, 2011
 

full text   643 [KB]
     
Planning Commission Model Bill for the Conservation, Protection and Regulation of Groundwater, 2011
 

full text   1202 [KB]
     
Model Bill to regulate and control the development and management of ground water, 2005
 

full text   105 [KB]
     
Notification Constituting Central Groundwater Authority, 1997
 

full text   65 [KB]
     
Model Bill to regulate and control the development and management of ground water, 1996
 

full text   93 [KB]
     
Model Bill to regulate and control the development and management of ground water, 1992
 

full text   99 [KB]
     
Indian Easements Act, 1882 (excerpts)
 

full text   53 [KB]

Andhra Pradesh
     
Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Rules, 2004
 

full text   290 [KB]
     
Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act and Rules, 2002
 

full text   118 [KB]
     
Andhra Pradesh Ground Water (Regulation for Drinking Water Purposes) Act, 1996
 

full text   299 [KB]

Assam
     
Assam Ground Water Control and Regulation Act, 2012
 

full text   2164 [KB]

Bihar
     
The Bihar Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2006
 

full text   3296 [KB]

Chhattisgarh
     
Chhattisgarh Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Bill, 2012
 

full text   270 [KB]

Delhi
     
Delhi Groundwater Regulation Direction, 2010
 

full text   1598 [KB]

Goa
     
Goa Ground Water Regulation Rules, 2003
 

full text   334 [KB]
     
Goa Ground Water Regulation Act, 2002
 

full text   151 [KB]

Haryana
     
Haryana State Groundwater Management & Regulation Bill, 2013
 

full text   268 [KB]
     
Haryana Preservation of Subsoil Water Act, 2009
 

full text   343 [KB]
     
Haryana State Groundwater Management and Regulation Bill, 2008
 

full text   101 [KB]

Himachal Pradesh
     
Himachal Pradesh Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Rules, 2007
 

full text   338 [KB]
     
The Himachal Pradesh Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2005
 

full text   113 [KB]

Jharkhand
     
Jharkhand State Ground Water Development & Management (Regulation & Control) Act, 2019
 

full text   1046 [KB]

Karnataka
     
Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2011
 

full text   338 [KB]
     
The Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation for Protection of Sources of Drinking Water) Act, 1999
 

full text   97 [KB]

Kerala
     
The Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002
 

full text   89 [KB]

Lakshadweep
     
Lakshadweep Ground Water (Development and Control) Regulation, 2001
 

full text   408 [KB]

Maharashtra
     
Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Act, 2009
 

full text   3034 [KB]
     
Maharashtra Groundwater (Regulation for Drinking Water Purposes) Act, 1993 (repealed)
 

full text   151 [KB]

Odisha
     
Odisha Groundwater (Regulation, Development and Management) Bill, 2011
 

full text   115 [KB]

Puducherry
     
The Pondicherry Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002
 

full text   87 [KB]

Punjab
     
Punjab Preservation of Subsoil Water Act, 2009
 

full text   100 [KB]

Tamil Nadu
     
Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws and the Chennai Metropolitan Area Groundwater (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2014
 

full text   139 [KB]
     
Tamil Nadu Groundwater (Development and Management) Act, 2003 (repealed)
 

full text   192 [KB]
     
Chennai Metropolitan Area Groundwater (Regulation) Act, 1987
 

full text   1725 [KB]

Uttar Pradesh
     
Uttar Pradesh Ground Water (Management and Regulation) Rules, 2020
 

full text   10942 [KB]
     
Uttar Pradesh Ground Water (Management and Regulation) Act, 2019
 

full text   2361 [KB]
     
The Uttar Pradesh Groundwater Conservation, Protection and Development (Management, Control and Regulation) Bill, 2010
 

full text   419 [KB]

West Bengal
     
The West Bengal Ground Water Resources (Management, Control And Regulation) Act, 2005
 

full text   150 [KB]
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