-Down to Earth While power consumption in agriculture is overestimated, a number of factors influence Groundwater extraction. A new study done by Pune-based non-profit Prayas shows that India’s agriculture sector cannot be held responsible for financial stress on electricity distribution companies (discoms) and for declining Groundwater. The study titled, Understanding the Electricity, Water & Agriculture Linkages, argues that not only is the subsidy given to agriculture in India overestimated, the relation between subsidy...

-Newsclick.in 11,487 villages in 167 tehsils will face water scarcity, farmers likely to be most severely hit. After running in circles over “drought like situation” in Maharashtra, according to the latest study conducted by the state’s Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA), nearly 71 per cent of the state shows a drop of more than a meter in Groundwater level in September, as compared to a five-year average. As many as 170 tehsils...

-Livemint.com Systematic analysis of Groundwater conservation methods must be conducted to forestall the water crisis India’s over-exploitation of Groundwater is contributing to—as stated by NITI Aayog—“the worst water crisis in its history”. Groundwater is one of the most important water sources in India accounting for 63% of all irrigation water and over 80% of the rural and urban domestic water supplies. In fact, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...

-Scroll.inThe state is facing its worst Groundwater depletion since 2015, says the Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency.A quarter of Maharashtra?s villages ? numbering around 11,500 ? are likely to face water shortages by April 2019, according to data released by the state?s Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency. And 2,941 villages are already facing this deficit.The Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency releases a seasonal water shortage outlook for Maharashtra every October....

-Livemint.com A government report says nearly 11,500 of Maharashtra’s 40,000 villages face water scarcity due to a combination of less than normal rainfall and consequent exploitation of Groundwater Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday declared a ‘drought-like situation’ in 180 tehsils , more than half the 353 of these administrative units in the state, in an acknowledgement of looming agrarian distress. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said after a cabinet meeting that his government...