India's groundwater extraction stage at 60% in 2022, says report

In 2022, around 87 per cent of the total annual ground water extracted that is around 208.49 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM) was for irrigation which in 2020 was around 89 per cent

India’s stage of groundwater extraction, which is the percentage of utilisation of groundwater against recharge, has dropped from 61.6 per cent in 2020 to 60.08 per cent in 2022, according to the latest report on the National Compilation of Dynamic Ground Water Resources in India. 

In 2022, around 87 per cent of the annual groundwater extracted — around 208.49 billion cubic metres (BCM) — was for irrigation, and it was around 89 per cent in 2020. Only 30.69 BCM, around 13 per cent of the extraction, was for domestic and industrial use in 2022. 

In Delhi, Goa, Kerala, Jammu and