Atal Bhujal Yojana: A Scheme for Groundwater

On 25th December, Prime Minister launched the Atal Bhujal Yojana, or Atal Jal. It is a World Bank-funded, central scheme aimed at improving groundwater management. It was approved by the World Bank Board in June 2018.

Atal Bhujal Yojana

  • It will be implemented in seven states – Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and UP over five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
  • It will focus on arresting the rate of decline of groundwater levels as well as water consumption.
  • It will also seek to strengthen the institutional framework and bring about behavioural changes at community level for sustainable groundwater resource ....

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