Atal Bhujal yojana

• The Atal Bhujal Yojana (Atal Jal) will continue for an additional two years beyond its original 2025 end date, as per the recent National Level Steering Committee (NLSC)

ABOUT ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

• It is a Central Sector Scheme, launched in 2020, under Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• It demonstrates community-led sustainable groundwater management which can be taken to scale.
• It envisages people’s participation through the formation of ‘Water User Associations’, water budgeting, preparation & implementation of Gram-panchayat-wise water security plans, etc.
• The identified over-exploited and water-stressed areas for the implementation of the scheme are Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.
  • The States have been selected according to the degree of groundwater exploitation and degradation, established legal and regulatory instruments, institutional readiness, and experience in implementing initiatives related to groundwater management.
• Funding: 50:50 between Government of India and World Bank.
• Atal Jal is active across 8,220 water-stressed Gram Panchayats within 80 districts of seven Indian states.