India has roughly 4 pc of the world’s freshwater reserves: Raj Bhushan Choudhary

Minister of State for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary said, India is one of the largest users of groundwater in the world.

In a reply in Rajya Sabha yesterday, he said, the country has roughly 4 percent of the world’s freshwater reserves to cater to the needs of its population which is around 17



percent of the world’s total.

Choudhary said the total annual extractable groundwater resources for the country has been assessed as 407.21 billion cubic meters and the total annual groundwater extraction is assessed as 241.34 billion cubic meters.