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India's Groundwater Resource
India pumps 247 billion cubic metres of groundwater a year — close to three-fifths of what its aquifers can safely give up — and the overwhelming share of it goes to irrigation.
Last updated 9 September 20266 min read
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Added the fluorosis programme: what the NPPCF does about excess fluoride, and the multi-stakeholder workshop the health ministry held on National Fluorosis Day, 9 September 2026.
- Central Ground Water Board
- groundwater
- NAQUIM
- stage of extraction
- aquifer mapping
- Ministry of Jal Shakti
- Dynamic Ground Water Resources
- groundwater quality
- NPPCF
- fluorosis
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