Presently, only new and industries seeking expansion fall under the purview of the CGWA guidelines framed in the year 2012.
Union Minister of State for Water Resources Sanwar Lal Jat shared the information while responding to questions whether the CGWA has introduced new rules/norms regarding extraction of ground water.
Jat replied in affirmative and said the CGWA has proposed revision of the guidelines issued in the year 2012 in compliance to the directions of various orders of National Green Tribunal (NGT).
"Some of the major amendments proposed in the guidelines include obtaining NOC for ground water withdrawal (to be) made mandatory for all industries/projects using ground water irrespective of its date of coming into existence, category of the area and quantum of ground water withdrawal," he said.
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Jat added that in order to make gainful use of saline ground water, it has been specified that NOC for using saline ground water could be considered for all kinds of industries/projects in notified and over-exploited areas.
A processing fee of Rs 1000 for fresh NOC and Rs 500 for renewal of the same has been provided for, the Minister added.