The Atal Bhujal Yojana 2020 focused on improving water resources management of how many states?
seven
The Atal Bhujal Yojana (Atal Jal) is a central sector scheme of the Government of India aimed at strengthening the institutional framework for the sustainable management of groundwater resources, with active involvement of local communities and Panchayati Raj institutions. It was formally launched on 25 December 2019 (the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and rolled out for implementation over the following years, with financial and technical support from the World Bank.
Objectives and design of the scheme:
- Its central goal is to improve groundwater management in identified water-stressed areas by promoting community-led sustainable groundwater management practices, demand-side interventions, and behavioural change around water usage.
- It works through convergence of ongoing central and state government schemes related to water (such as those for irrigation efficiency, watershed development, and afforestation) rather than creating entirely new infrastructure from scratch.
- It also emphasises data dissemination — making groundwater level and quality data available to communities and local bodies — and incentivises states/panchayats that achieve pre-agreed targets in groundwater management.
Geographic coverage: The scheme specifically targets seven identified water-stressed states that face significant groundwater depletion: Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. These states were selected based on the severity of groundwater over-exploitation and the existence of relevant institutional and legal frameworks.
The scheme has an overall outlay of about ₹6,000 crore, shared between the Government of India and the World Bank, to be utilised over roughly five years.
Why the other numbers are incorrect: The figures five, eight, and ten do not correspond to the actual number of states covered under Atal Bhujal Yojana; the scheme's official coverage, as notified by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, is fixed at seven states, making "seven" the only correct figure among the choices.
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