Community Water Management for Green Development
- The 15th Finance Commission recommended 60% of Panchayat grants, and the 16th Finance Commission recommended 50% of basic funds, for water and waste management.
- 73% (3,701) of India's dams were built before 1990; 0.73% of water storage capacity (30% total) is lost annually due to siltation.
- According to the Central Ground Water Board, 14.18% of groundwater units are in the over-exploited or critical category, leading to a 20.68% increase in electricity consumption in agriculture (2019-2024).
- According to the 6th Minor Irrigation Census (2017-18), 94.7% of the country’s 23.14 million minor irrigation schemes are entirely based on groundwater.
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