I. Legislative News - Subsoil Use - - Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development ("MIID") has approved the Solid Commercial Minerals ("SCM") and.
Groundwater Reserves A Concern In India’s Cereal-Growing Regions
Recent shifts to greater food production in the dry season to avoid unreliable rainfall in the wet season may further increase dependency on ground- and surface-water for agricultural irrigation. Outlook Web Bureau Feb 17, 2021
Dwindling groundwater reserves in India especially in major cereal-growing regions are an increasing challenge to national food supply, according to a recent study.
In the major food-producing states like Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, groundwater resources are rapidly depleting. This was stated in a study titled ‘Trading water: virtual water flows through interstate cereal trade in India’.