Government of India
                                                                                             Ministry of Jal Shakti
                                          Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
                                                                                    Central Ground Water Authority

                                                                                         PUBLIC NOTICE No.13/2021
                                                                                New Delhi, Dated 27th September 2021

                                ATTENTION TO ALL EXISTING GROUNDWATER USERS (INDUSTRIAL/INFRASTRUCTURE/ MINING PROJECTS)

                               Whereas the Central Government constituted the Central Ground Water Authority
                               (hereinafter referred to as the Authority) vide notification Number S.O. 38(E), dated 14th
                               January, 1997, followed by notification number S.O. 1124(E) dated 6th November, 2000 and
                               S.O. 1121 (E) dated 13th May, 2010 of the Government of India in the Ministry of
                               Environment & Forests, for the purposes of regulation and control of ground water
                               development and management in the whole of India and to issue necessary regulatory
                               directions.

                               And whereas the Authority has issued ‘Guidelines to control and regulate ground water
                               extraction in India’ vide notification number 3289(E) dated 24th September, 2020, wherein
                               Section 5 provides that all project proponents shall be required to pay ground water
                               abstraction/restoration charges, as specified in the CGWA Guidelines.

                              THIS IS TO BRING TO THE NOTICE OF ALL EXISTING GROUND WATER USERS THAT:

                              All project proponents who have been issued NOC prior to 24.09.2020, shall be required
                              to pay ground water abstraction/restoration charges in arrears from 24.09.2020 till the date
                              of validity of NOC, as per their water requirement mentioned in NOC or the actual ground
                              water withdrawal data submitted by them. Such project proponents shall be required to
                              deposit the arrears by 31.12.2021. Non-payment within the stipulated period by the project
                              proponents is likely to result in cancellation of NOC, sealing of abstraction structures and
                              imposition of Environmental Compensation.
                              However, as per the Guidelines dated 24.09.2020, such project proponents who have
                              constructed artificial recharge structures in compliance to the condition specified in the NOC
                              shall be eligible for upto 50% rebate in ground water abstraction/ restoration charges.
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Member Secretary
                                                                                                                                                                                                 CGWA