GROUND WATER AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN INDIA

Abstract

Groundwater is the essential source for drinking water of humans and agriculture is totally based on groundwater resource. This paper divided into three parts. First part is discussing with importance of groundwater, major causes for the pollution of groundwater and challenges for groundwater resource. Legislative framework for controlling groundwater extraction, Constitutional provisions for making groundwater laws and functional bodies working under the enactments are examined under the second part of the paper. Final part of the paper discourses the judicial approach on regulation of groundwater with suggestions.